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Sværtegade is a street in the Old Town of
Until 1665, the street was called Gjethusstræde after Gjæthuset, a canon foundry located in the former St. Getrud's Abbey. The name was then Regnegade until 1773 when the street received its current name. The origins of the name, which directly translates as "Soot Street", is unclear. It may have referred to the blackened workers from the canon foundry.
Image:Sværtegade 3 København.jpg, Sværtegade 3
Image:Sværtegade 5 København.jpg, No. 5 from 1732
Image:Sværtegade 9 København.jpg, No. 9
Image:Sværtegade 11 København.jpg, No. 11
Sværtegade
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Sværtegade 5
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Copenhagen
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. It connects Pilestræde
Pilestræde ( lit. English: Willow Alley) is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is a side street to the pedestrianized shopping street Strøget and commonly associated with the newspaper publishing house Berlingske Media, which has its hea ...
to Gammel Mønt
Gammel Mønt ( en, Old Mint) is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, located one block west of Gothersgade and Rosenborg Castle Garden.
History
In 1497, a community of Poor Clare nuns established the Monastery of St. Clare roughly at the jun ...
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History
Until 1665, the street was called Gjethusstræde after Gjæthuset, a canon foundry located in the former St. Getrud's Abbey. The name was then Regnegade until 1773 when the street received its current name. The origins of the name, which directly translates as "Soot Street", is unclear. It may have referred to the blackened workers from the canon foundry.
Notable buildings and residents
There are five listed buildings in the street. No. 5 (1732) and 7 (1729) were built for captain Ernst Brandt. No. 7 was later home to theNorwegian Society
The Norwegian Society (''Norske Selskab'') was a literary society for Norway, Norwegian students in Copenhagen active from 1772 to 1813. Its members included authors, poets and philosophers. The Norwegian Society was formed in 1772 by Ove Gjerlø ...
, a literary society for Norwegian students in Copenhagen which existed from 1772 until 1913. Among the members were Johan Herman Wessel
Johan Herman Wessel (6 October 1742 – 29 December 1785) was an 18th-century Danish-Norwegian poet, satirist and playwright. His written work was characterized by the use of parody and satiric wit.
Biography
Wessel was born and raised at Vest ...
. A plaque commemorating him was installed on the building by the Norwegian Society in Oslo in 1992.
No. 3 was built by Gotfrid Schuster in 1730 and extended with two floors in 1792. No. 9 is from 1736 and was extended with an extra floor in 1847. No. 11 is also from the 1730s and is supposedly the smallest house in Copenhagen's Old Town..
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Sværtegade
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Sværtegade 5
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