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Fælledvej ( lit. "Common Road") is a street in the
Fælledvej takes its name after the common Blegdam Fælled. Blegdam Fælled was in turn named after the bleaching ponds at 
The road was gradually built over with larger buildings when the so-called Demarcation Line was moved to The Lakes in 1752.
Fælledvej Police Station, or Station 6, opened on 21 October 1884. It maintained a staff of 64 policemen: One chief police officer, four superior police officers, 11 inspectors and 46 ordinary policemen. The top floor contained a residence for the head of the police station. First floor contained accommodation for 16 unmarried policemen. The police station closed on 25 May 1977.
A bakery was for many years located at Fælledvej 10 (then Nørrebro No. 40). It was for several generations owned by the from the 1840s owned by Jørgen Ferdinand Gætje and later by his son
No. 4 contains a series of murals by Storm P. in a building from 1921. They were created for the restaurant venue Patricia in June 1922 and consists of 20 episodes with the character Peter Vimmelskaft as the central figure. The complex was adapted for use by the industrial enterprise Det danske skriftstøberi in the 1930s and the murals were forgotten but rediscovered when the company moved out in 1950. The building with the murals was Listed in 1981.
The former police station (No. 20) now house the
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Fælledvej ( lit. "Common Road") is a street in the Nørrebro
Nørrebro (, ) is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is northwest of the city centre, beyond the location of the old Northern Gate (''Nørreport''), which, until dismantled in 1856, was near the current Nørreport station ...
district of 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
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. It links the major shopping street Nørrebrogade
Nørrebrogade is the principal shopping street of the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from The Lakes in the southeast to Nørrebro station in the northwest, linking Frederiksborggade and Queen Louise's Bridge with Frederikssun ...
in the west with the square Sankt Hans Torv
Sankt Hans Torv ( lit. "St. John's Marketplace") is a public square in the heart of the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is dominated by a large granite sculpture by Jørgen Haugen Sørensen and is known for its thriving café scene. S ...
in the east.
History
Fælledvej takes its name after the common Blegdam Fælled. Blegdam Fælled was in turn named after the bleaching ponds at Blegdamsvej
Blegdamsvej is a street in Copenhagen, Denmark, connecting Sankt Hans Torv in Nørrebro to Trianglen in Østerbro. The busy artery Fredensgade separates the Nørrebro and Østerbro sections of the street from each other. The north side of the stre ...
, Fælledvej's continuation. The street was originally a short track linking the main road in and out of Copenhagen's North Gate (Nørreport) with a milking station located where Sankt Hans Torv is today.
The road was gradually built over with larger buildings when the so-called Demarcation Line was moved to The Lakes in 1752.
Fælledvej Police Station, or Station 6, opened on 21 October 1884. It maintained a staff of 64 policemen: One chief police officer, four superior police officers, 11 inspectors and 46 ordinary policemen. The top floor contained a residence for the head of the police station. First floor contained accommodation for 16 unmarried policemen. The police station closed on 25 May 1977.
A bakery was for many years located at Fælledvej 10 (then Nørrebro No. 40). It was for several generations owned by the from the 1840s owned by Jørgen Ferdinand Gætje and later by his son Valdemar Gætje
Valdemar Gætje (10 July 1850 - 13 May 1905) was a Danish master baker and the first director of the Union of Danish Employers and Master Cradtsmen. He also played a central role in the foundation of Alderstrøst, a charity providing affordable ac ...
from 1875 until 1905.
Notable buildings and residents
No. 4 contains a series of murals by Storm P. in a building from 1921. They were created for the restaurant venue Patricia in June 1922 and consists of 20 episodes with the character Peter Vimmelskaft as the central figure. The complex was adapted for use by the industrial enterprise Det danske skriftstøberi in the 1930s and the murals were forgotten but rediscovered when the company moved out in 1950. The building with the murals was Listed in 1981.
The former police station (No. 20) now house the Danish Police Museum
The Danish Police Museum is dedicated to the history of law enforcement in Denmark. It is based in a former police station on Fælledvej, off Sankt Hans Torv, in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark.
History
The museum traces its history ...
. The Historicist building was designed by Hans Jørgen Holm
Hans Jørgen Holm (9 May 1835 – 22 July 1916) was a Danish architect. A pupil of Johan Daniel Herholdt, he became a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and a leading Danish proponent of the National Romantic style.
Biograph ...
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Commemorative plaque
The facade of No. 4 features a plaque commemorating the Swedish soldiers that were killed at Copenhagen's North Rampart (Nørrevold) on 11 February 1658 in the Assault on Copenhagen.References
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