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East Asiatic Company

public company
Organization business Q1201076
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Summary

East Asiatic Company is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (200 views/month, #206 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Denmark[3]
  • Founder: Hans Niels Andersen[4]
  • Headquarters location: Copenhagen[5]
  • Industry: investment[6]
  • Inception: March 27, 1897[7]
  • Official website: http://www.eac.dk/[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:East Asiatic Company[9]
  • Legal form: aktieselskab[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[11]
  • P14750: E7E5-ED1F-441C-C2DD-4C7B[12]

Why It Matters

East Asiatic Company has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Denmark public company

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18h ago · 1020D · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → business
    Sitelink count → 11
    Wikipedia languages → ['da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'fa', 'nn', 'no', 'ru', 'sv', 'ur', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: business"
  2. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → E7E5-ED1F-441C-C2DD-4C7B
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: E7E5-ED1F-441C-C2DD-4C7B, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  3. 22w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Headquarters → —
    Logo → —
    Image → Company House Copenhagen.jpg
    + 43 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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