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About Caspar Kauffeldt
- Caspar Henrik Berntsen Kauffeldt (19 February 1773 – 19 August 1843) was a Norwegian industrialist.
- He was the founder of Gjøvig Glassverk. Kauffeldt was born at Gjøvik in Oppland, Norway.
- In 1804 he bought Gjøvig farm in a then-rural area by the river Hunnselva.
- In 1807 he founded the glass factory Gjøvig Glassverk on the other side of the river, creating an industrial environment and laying the grounds for a larger city there.
- The factory became known for its blue vases, basing the color on cobalt blue from Blaafarveverket at Åmot in Modum.
- In the 1830s, his son Wexel Hansen Kauffeldt (1801-1860) took over most of the factory administration.
- The operation became increasingly difficult with increasing competition from abroad.
- It was discontinued in 1843, and Caspar Kauffeldt died in the same year.
- Near the factory Kauffeldt had also erected the administration building "Kauffeldtgården".
- The building still stands, and was preserved in 1985.
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