Forhåbningsholms Allé is a street in the
Frederiksberg district of
Copenhagen
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. It runs from
Gammel Kongevej in the south to
Niels Ebbesens Vej in the north. Notable buildings in the street include the
Immanuel Church from 1893 (No. 20A) and the former country house Forhåbningsholm (No. 23) for which the street is named.
History
The merchant
Henning Frederik Bargum bought a piece of land and constructed the country house Forhåbningsholm at the site in 1765. Bargum was that same year a driving force behind the establishment of Det danske Guineiske Kompagni. On 18 March 1765, he was granted a 20-year monopoly on slave trade from the
Danish Gold Coast and on 1 November that same year a royal concession on the fortresses of Christiansborg and Fredensborg. The business plan was to purchase gold, ivory, and slaves on the Danish Gold Coast, then sell the slaves in the
Danish West Indies and return with raw sugar to Denmark. Three ships were initially acquired of which the first departed from Copenhagen on 8 January 1766. The company went bankrupt in 1775. Betgum had fled the country the previous year.
A later owner, Arthur Howden, a Scotchman, operated the estate as a workhouse. His countryman, Alexander Mitchell, established a production of stockings at the site in the early 1780s. The house was later operated as a training facility for brewers.
Henning Wolff, Frederiksberg's first city architect, created a masterplan for a new neighbourhood of
single-family detached home
A stand-alone house (also called a single-detached dwelling, detached residence or detached house) is a free-standing residential building. It is sometimes referred to as a single-family home, as opposed to a multi-family residential dwelling ...
s in the area. It involved an extension of Forhåbningsholms Allé all the way to Niels Ebbesens Vej. The street was at the same time lined with trees. Wolff was also responsible for the construction of two houses for employees at nearby Kongens Bryghus on
Vodroffsvej
Vodroffsvej is a street in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It follows the western shore of The Lakes Copenahgen, St. Jørgen's Lake, linking Gammel Kongevej in the south with Rosenørns Allé in the north. The embankment and lake ...
but they have later been demolished.
Some of the houses along the street were later replaced by taller apartment buildings. Birgitte Berg Nielsens opened Birgitte Berg Nielsens Husholdningsskole at No. 18 in 1905. The trees that used to line the street disappeared when the street was refurbished in 1942-43,
Notable buildings
The
Immanuel Church (No. 20A) belongs to ''Københavns Valgmenighed'', a
Grundtvigian congregation under
Church of Denmark. The building was designed by Andreas Clemmesen and completed in 1893. The artists
Niels and
Joakim Skovgaard
Joakim Frederik Skovgaard (18 November 1856 – 9 March 1933) was a Danish painter. He is remembered above all for the frescos which decorate Viborg Cathedral.
Biography
Born in Copenhagen, from an early age he was trained in drawing and paintin ...
and
Niels Larsen Stevns
Niels Larsen Stevns (9 July 1864 – 27 September 1941) was a Danish painter and sculptor. He was originally educated as a journeyman painter but attended Kunstakademiet in the years 1886–1887 and 1892–1894. He assisted Joakim Skovgaard decora ...
, all three members of the congregation, decorated the church building together with a group of other artists, providing a series of glass mosaics above the entrances as well as the church furnishings.
Forhåbningsholm (No. 24) is now owned by Frederiksberg Municipality and operated as a daycare.
Notable people
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Kristian Arentzen (1823–1899), writer and educator, lived at No. 3 in 1883-99.
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Dan Turèll
Dan Turèll (March 19, 1946 – October 15, 1993), affectionately nicknamed "Onkel Danny" (''Uncle Danny''), was a popular Danish writer with notable influence on Danish literature. Influenced by the Beat Generation his work crossed a number of g ...
(1946-1993), writer
See also
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Schønbergsgade
References
External links
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Streets in Frederiksberg