Colbjørnsensgade is a street in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Vesterbrogade in the northwest to Tietgensgade in the southeast and is intersected by

Istedgade Istedgade (also called ''Strassen'') is a 1-kilometer straight street in the district of Vesterbro in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. It starts at Copenhagen Central Station and runs parallel to Vesterbrogade to Enghave Plads and Enghaveparken. ...

. Located just one block from Copenhagen Central Station, the street is completely dominated by hotels.

History

Colbjørnsensgade and the two parallel streets Reventlowsgade and

Bernstorffsgade Bernstorffsgade is a street located next to Central Station and Tivoli Gardens in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Vesterbrogade in the northwest to Kalvebod Brygge on the harborfront in the southeast, and marks the boundary between the di ...

were planned in 1881. The three streets were named after Andreas Peter Bernstorff,

Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow (11 March 1748 – 11 October 1827) was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow (1710–1775) by his first wife, baroness Johanne Sophie Frederikke von B ...

and

Christian Colbjørnsen Christian Colbjørnsen (29 January 1749 – 17 December 1814) served as the Chief Justice of Denmark-Norway from 1802 until 1814. Background Christian Colbjørnsen was born in Sørum, Akershus, in the traditional region of Romerike, Norway. ...

, three of the driving forces behind the peasant reforms of the 1780s. The buildings along the street were not constructed until the 1890s.

Notable buildings and residents

Hotels in the street include Meininger Hotel Copenhagen (No. 5), Hotel Union (No. 7), Hotel Urban House (No. 11), Omena Hotel København (No. 11), Good Morning City Copenhagen Star (No. 13), Hotel du Nord (No. 14), Saga Hotel (No. 18), Hotel Bjørnen (No. 27), Hotel Tiffany (No. 28) and Hotel Ansgar (No. 29). First Hotel Excelsior (No. 6) was merged into First Hotel Mayfair in Helgolandsgade on the other side of the block in 2017. No. 3 is from 1880 and was designed by

Johannes Emil Gnudtzmann Johannes Emil Gnudtzmann (17 November 1837 – 14 April 1922) was a Danish architect working in the Historicist style. His most notable works are St. Paul's Church and the extension of the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University's main ...

. No. 1 is from 1892-94 and was designed by Georg Palludan. No. 6-8 are from 1892 and were designed by Julius Bagger.

Cultural references

Mastodont-Svend, alias the Butcher of Colbjørnsensgade, is the archenemy of Klap-i-Olsen ("Shut-Up-Olsen") in Wikke & Rasmussen's parodic 1980s DR television series ''Tonny Toupé Show''.

References

External links

{{Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave Streets in Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave