Frederiksberg Kommunale Funktionærers Boligforening (Frederiksberg Municipal Employee's Housing Association), also known as Frederiksberg Haveby (Frederiksberg Garden Town) or Ved Grænsen (literally "On the Border"), is an area of

building society A building society is a financial institution owned by its members as a mutual organization. Building societies offer banking and related financial services, especially savings and mortgage lending. Building societies exist in the United Kingdo ...

houses located off

Finsensvej Finsensvej is a major street in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The direct continuation of Howitzvej, it runs from Nordre Fasanvej in the east to the northern end of Sønderjyllands Allé in the west where it turns into Jernbane ...

Frederiksberg Municipality Frederiksberg Kommune is a Municipalities of Denmark, municipality (Danish language, Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in Denmark. Part of the Capital Region of Denmark ...

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

, Denmark, on the border with

Vanløse Vanløse is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It lies on the western border of the municipality. Vanløse covers an area of 6.69 km², and has a population of 36,115, making Vanløse the smallest district of Copenhagen ...

(hence the nickname).

History

Frederiksberg Kommunale Funktionærers Boligforening was founded on 28 May 1913 by employees of

. Construction began in 1915 and was completed in 1919. On its completion the development contained a total of 220 residences: 36 double houses with four apartments in each, one triple house with six apartments and 35 single family detached homes.

Today

The area now contains 110 homes. The architecture is strongly influenced by the Bedre Byggeskik, a Danish version of the Arts and Crafts movement.

References

External links

Frederiksberg Kommunale Funktionærers Boligforening
{{coord, 55.6835, 12.4979, format=dms, type:landmark_region:DK, display=title Buildings and structures in Frederiksberg Municipality