Johan Thomas Flindt
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Johan Thomas Flindt | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Flindt by Ulrich Ferdinand Beenfeldt in Copenhagen Police Headquarters. | |
| Chief of Copenhagen Police Force | |
| In office 1788–1794 | |
| Monarch | Christian VII |
| Preceded by | Christian Fædder |
| Succeeded by | Christian Magdalus Thestrup Cold |
| Constituency | Copenhagen Police Force |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 October 1741 |
| Died | 10 November 1805 (aged 64) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Occupation | Chief of police |
Johan Thomas Flindt (8 October 1741 - 10 November 1805) served as chief of police in Copenhagen from 1788 to 1794.
Flindt was born on 8 October 1741 in Kerteminde, the son of army officer Henrik Flindt (1716–91) and Vilhelmine Charlotte Merckel (1725–1802). He earned a degree in Danish law (as opposed to Latin law) from the University of Copenhagen in 1763.[1]
Career
In 1768, Flindt was employed as byfoged in Rudkøbing and herredsfoged of Langeland Herred. In 1769, he was awarded the title of generalauditør.
On 6 June 1788, he succeeded Christian Fædder as chief of police in Copenhagen. The background for selecting a young and inexperienced low-ranking official from a rather remote island in the provinces for the important position in the capital is not known.[2] In 1783, he was also appointed deputy burgermaster. In 1790. he confiscated Peter Andreas Heiberg's Indtogsvise and presented the author the a fine of 150 rigsdaler.[1] The intervention made him very unpopular in the population. His poor handling of the so-called Post Office Riots (Posthusfejden) and Filosofgangen Riots (fiolsofgangesfejden) as well as the 1794|Carpenter Strike made him even more unpopular with the city's population. On 12 August 1794, he handed in his resignation.[2]