Smallegade (
lit. "Narrow Street") is a busy shopping street in the central part of
Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is formally an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the City of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of ...
in
Copenhagen
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Denmark
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. It runs from the Town Hall Square in the east to
Fasanvej in the west, along the north side of Frederiksberg Town Hall and
Frederiksberg Park
Frederiksberg Gardens ( Danish: Frederiksberg Have) is one of the largest and most attractive greenspaces in Copenhagen, Denmark. Together with the adjacent Søndermarken it forms a green area of 64 hectares at the western edge of Inner Copenhage ...
, linking
Gammel Kongevej
Gammel Kongevej (literally "Old King's Road) is the principal shopping street of Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, Denmark. Running roughly parallel to Frederiksberg Allé and Vesterbrogade, it extends from Vesterport station at the southern end of T ...
with
Peter Bangs Vej
Peter Bangs Vej is a 2.2 km long street in Frederiksberg, a city in the Copenhagen area on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand, Denmark. The direct continuation of Smallegade, it initially runs west, from Nordre Fasanvej, but then turn ...
. On the other side of the Town Hall is Bredegade (literally "Broad Street"), now smaller than Smallegade, which after a while joins Smallegade at
Møstings Hus, an 18th-century country house-turned-exhibitions space, which overlooks a small pond.
History
It is believed that Bredegade was the main street of Solbjerg, a village inhabited by Dutch farmers until the 1620s when it was shut down by
Christian IV
Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years, 330 days is the longest of Danish monarchs and Scandinavian monar ...
. Smallegade was also one of the original "Dutch" streets but more open than Bredegade, with fields on its north side in between the scattered buildings.
A brickyard was located at the far end of Smallegade until the 17th century. The Brickyard House (''Teglværksgården'') survived until 1890 when it was demolished. On a neighbouring site, Nobel opened a tobacco Factory in 1860. Eight years later that site was taken over by the faience manufactury
Aluminia
Aluminia was a Danish factory of faience or earthenware pottery, established in Copenhagen in 1863. (1838-1922) was the founding owner of the Aluminia factory in Christianshavn. In 1882, the owners of Aluminia purchased the Royal Copenhagen ...
. They build a large factory complex where they were joined by the
Royal Porcelain Manufactury in 184.
Before the Town Hall was built in the 1940s, its site was home to a neighbourhood with some 30 houses of which many dated from the 18th century.
Notable buildings and residents
The most distinctive building in Smallegade is
Møstings Hus which is located on the other side of a small pond (Andebakkedammen, "Duck Stream Pond"), which is believed to be the former village pond in Medieval Solbjerg. The house was built in 1800 and for 27 years served as summer residence for J.S. Møsting. It was originally located on another site in Smallegade but dismantled in 1959 and rebuilt in its current location in 1976. It is now used as an exhibition space.
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Bredegade boasts some other examples of 18th century country houses. No. 11 was built in the 1790s and was for a while owned by Prime Minister P.G. Bang. Ot is today used by the Municipality. No. 13 was built in 1805 by master carpenter Boye Junge. The widow after Carl
Hassager, a pastor converted into a hall of residence for ten students in 1897.][
Royal Copenhagen retired their production site in 2004. It has now been transformed into a ]mixed-use development
Mixed-use is a kind of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning type that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to some ...
, now known as Porcelænshaven
Porcelænshaven in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark, is the former premises of the Royal Porcelain Manufactury, an industrial complex dating from the 1880s which was converted into a mixed-use neighbourhood in the 2000s. Located o ...
(literally "Porcelain Garden"), which retains many of the original factory buildings, including a landmark chimney, which is visible from the street.
Copenhagen Ceramics at No. 46 is an exhibition space dedicated to temporary exhibitions of Danish ceramic art. It was opened by a group of artists in 2012 and is located in a courtyard away from the street.
Transport
The first part of the street is served by the Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is formally an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the City of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of ...
Copenhagen Metro
The Copenhagen Metro ( da, Københavns Metro, ) is a 24/7 rapid transit system in Copenhagen, Denmark, serving the municipalities of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, and Tårnby.
The original system opened in October 2002, serving nine stations on t ...
station. The far end of the street is served by Fasanvej metro station.
Notable people
* Kjeld Petersen
Kjeld Petersen (1 July 1920 – 24 May 1962) was a Danish film and stage actor. He appeared in 41 films between 1945 and 1962, and also enjoyed successes as dramatic stage actor and revue comedian, particularly in a crazy comedy duo with Dir ...
(1920-1962), actor, lived at No. 35 in 1958 –1962.
Cultural references
In the first seasons of the TV2 sitcom ''Klovn
''Klovn'' ("Clown") is a Danish sitcom, which first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu. It focuses on the life of the main character Frank (played by Frank Hvam) and Casper (played by Casper Christensen). The show builds its comedy around ...
'', Casper (Casper Christensen
Casper Lindholm Christensen (born 22 August 1968) is a Danish comedian. He has hosted many shows including '' Casper & Mandrilaftalen'', the Danish airing of '' Shooting Stars'' and ''Don't Forget Your Toothbrush'' ('' Husk lige tandbørsten' ...
) and Frank (Frank Hvam
Frank Hvam Nielsen, known professionally as Frank Hvam (born 12 September 1970) is a Danish stand-up-comedian. Hvam was born in Viborg and grew up on a farm in Ørum Sønderlyng. His legal name is Nielsen, but he uses only his middle name pro ...
) works out of an office in the Rialto Building.
See also
* Frederiksberg Allé
Frederiksberg Allé is a tree-lined avenue which runs through the southernmost part of the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It connects Vesterbrogade at Værnedamsvej to Frederiksberg Runddel in front of the main entrance to Frederik ...
References
External links
Copenhagen Ceramics
Møstings Hus
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Streets in Frederiksberg