Blågårdsgade is a mostly pedestrianized street in the

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district of

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. It runs from

Nørrebrogade Nørrebrogade is the principal shopping street of the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from The Lakes, Copenhagen, The Lakes in the southeast to Nørrebro station in the northwest, linking Frederiksborggade and Dronning Louises B ...

in the northeast to

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in the southwest and passes the square

Blågårds Plads Blågårds Plads () is a public square attached to Blågårdsgade, a side street to Nørrebrogade in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is a popular venue for events and various activities in the summer time. History The square ta ...

. The street is known for its many shops and cafés.

History

The street takes its name after a country house,

Blågård Blågård, also Blaagaard or Blågård Slot, was a royal country house near The Lakes, Copenhagen, Peblinge Sø in what is now the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Built in 1706 by Prince Charles of Denmark, in 1780 it was converted into ...

, built at the site by

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in the 1700s. A tree-lined road, Blågårdsvej (Blågård Road), was constructed between Nørrebrogade in the east and the Ladegård Canal (now Åboulevard) in the west, when the estate was divided into parcels in the 1820s. In 1827, Mathias Anker Heegaard, the owner of Blågård, obtained a licence from King Frederick VI to convert the property into an iron foundry. The so-called Demarcation Line which restricted the construction of buildings in the area was moved from

Jagtvej Jagtvej () is a major artery in the Nørrebro and Østerbro districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Åboulevard, Ågade on the border with Frederiksberg in the southwest to Østerbrogade in the northeast, linking Falkoner Allé with Strand ...

to Peblinge Lake in 1852 and the street received its current name in 1859. The teacher training college

Blaagaard Seminarium Blaagaard Seminarium (also spelled Blågård Seminarium) has been the name of two teacher training colleges both originating in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The first of them, which was the first teacher training college in Denm ...

was founded in rented rooms in Blågårdsgade in 1859 and a purpose-built building was inaugurated at No. 15 in 1863. The street was first built over with lower and more scattered buildings but with taller apartment blocks in the 1880s. The street was part of a working-class neighbourhood and also developed a city-wide reputation as a shopping street. The city acquired the iron foundry site in 1898 and established Blågårds Plds to improve the area. Tram line No. 3 operated through the street in both directions between 1906 and 1949.

Notable buildings and residents

Located at the corner with Nørrebrogade,

Alderstrøst Alderstrøst refers to two residential complexes built by Association of Craftsmen in Copenhagen to provide affordable housing for elderly, indigent members and their widows in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The oldest is located o ...

was built in 1870 by

Association of Craftsmen in Copenhagen The Association of Craftsmen in Copenhagen (Danish language, Danish: Haandværkerforeningen i Kjøbenhavn) is an interest organisation based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its 2,200 members are owners of small and medium large companies. It is affiliated w ...

to provide affordable housing for elderly, indigent members and their widows. The building at No. 8 (Blågårdsgade 8/Baggesensgade 16) is KTAS' former Central Nord (Central North. It was built in 1933 to design by Jens Inwersen. No. 29, the building with the canted bay windows located opposite Blågårds Plads, is from 1908 and was designed by Johannes Strøm Tejsen. In the courtyard at Blågårdsgade stands a building which was built as a temporary church in 1889 and later used by the Evangelical-Lutheran Mission. It was designed by Robert Møller.

Cultural references

* Blågårdsgade is used as a location in the Danish-Swedish television series ''

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''.

Gallery

File:Blågårdsgade 4 (Copenhagen) 02.jpg, Blågårdsgade 4 File:Blågårdsgade 17 (Copenhagen).jpg, Blågårdsgade 17 File:Blågårdsgade 121 (Copenhagen).jpg, Bkågårdsgade 21

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