From time to time, J. C. Jacobsen would have a dinner party, where he invited the brightest minds of his time. Scientists, artists, writers – including H.C. Andersen, actors and musicians would sit around the Jacobsens’ table to share a nine-course dinner and a lot of ideas. It was probably during one of these dinners, in 1876, that the brewer got the idea to establish the Carlsberg Foundation, which exists today, paying out its dividends every year to promote art, science and culture.