Godthåbsvej is a street in the northwestern part of Copenhagen, Denmark. It begins at

Bülowsvej Bülowsvej is a street in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Gammel Kongevej in the south to Åboulevard in the north, linking Madvigs Allé with Brohusgade. The University of Copenhagen's Frederiksberg Campus (Univer ...

in Frederiksberg as the direct continuation of

Rosenørns Allé Rosenørns Allé is a street located on the border between Frederiksberg and Nørrebro, on the west side of The Lakes, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The street branches from the south side of the busy thoroughfare Kampmannsgade- Åboulevard at the wes ...

Rolighedsvej Rolighedsvej is a street in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Falkoner Allé in the northwest to Bülowsvej in the southeast, linking Godthåbsvej with Rosenørns Allé. The street is dominated by the University of Co ...

and passes through

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 ...

before reaching Bellahøj in Brønshøj. A metro station on the Copenhagen Metro City Circle Line is located at

Aksel Møllers Have Aksel Møllers Have is a public greenspace and early Modernist housing estate located at Godthåbsvej 35–41 in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. One of the stations on Copenhagen Metro's City Circle Line The City Circle Line ...

History

It is unclear when Godthåbsvej was built, but it is one of the oldest roads in the area. Associated with Ladegården, a farm established by Christian IV, although possibly much older, it was the first of several "royal roads" in the area. From 1664, it was referred to as "Den gamle Kongevej" ("The Old Royal Road") to distinguish it from New Royal Road (now Gammel Kongevej). It was for centuries also known as the Islevvejen (Islev Road) and later as Granddalsvej (Grøndal Road). From circa 1855, the outer part of the road became known as Godthåbsvej after the country house Store Godthab, which had stood on the side of the road since 1770. The inner part of the street was renamed

after Rolighed, another country house. More houses began to appear along the inner (eastern) part of the road from the middle of the 19th century. The Classen Terraces were built for indigent workers by the Classenske Fideicommis in 1866–1880. Towards the end of the century many of the low, scattered buildings were replaced by taller blocks. Further out, west of Nordre Fasanvej, the only buildings along the street were a couple of factories and some allotments, which continued well into the 20th century.

Notable buildings and residents

(Godthåbsvej 35–41) is a Modernist housing estate built in 1946 to design by Sigurd Tanggaard. Godthaab Church, located on Nylandsvej, just off Godthåbsvej, is from 1909 and was designed by Gotfred Tvede. The 3-story apartment buildings Godthåbshus, Grøndalshus and Fordreshus (Godthåbsvej 182–208, Rønnebærvej 2-12) were built in 1926–27 based on the design by Thorkild Henningsen and Karl Larsen. Thorkild Henningsen also designed the slightly younger terraced housing development Fuglebakken 1928–29. It consists of a total of 165 houses located on the streets Godthåbsvej, Duevej, Fuglebakkevej, Drosselvej, Solsortevej, Vagtelvej and Egernvej. Grøndalshuset, on the corner with Sallingevej (No. 2–4) in Vanløse, is a housing estate designed by

Frits Schlegel Frits Schlegel (4 May 1896 - 5 March 1965) was a Functionalist Danish architect active during the transition from traditional craftsmanship to industrialized construction methods in the building industry. He was among the first architects in Denm ...

in 1936.

Transport

Grøndal station (formerly Godthåbsvej station) is located on the border between Frederiksberg and

. The station is located on the Ring Line of the S-train system and is served by the F trains. One of the stations,

, on the City Circle Line of the Copenhagen Metro is located at Aksel Møllers Have.

Cultural references

Handelsbanken's branch at Godthåbsvej 229 in Vanløse is used as a location at 0:10:37 in the 1972 '' Olsen-banden'' film ''

The Olsen Gang's Big Score ''The Olsen Gang's Big Score'' ( da, Olsen-bandens store kup) is a 1972 Danish comedy film directed by Erik Balling and starring Ove Sprogøe. The film was the fourth in the ''Olsen-banden''-series. Cast *Ove Sprogøe as Egon Olsen *Morten Gru ...

''.

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