Dalgas Boulevard

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Allégade
Dalgas Boulevard - Frederiksberg - Danmark.JPG
Length 393 m (1,289 ft)
Location Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Postal code 2000
Coordinates 55°40′59.93″N 12°30′43.26″E / 55.6833139°N 12.5120167°E / 55.6833139; 12.5120167
South end Roskildevej
Major
junctions		 Peter Bangs Vej
North end

Dalgas Boulevard is a broad avenue in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Roskildevej in the south to Femte Juni Plads in the north, intersecting Peter Bangs Vej and Finsensvej on the way.

History[]

The road was planned and it was already at this point decided to name it after the officer and road engineer Enrico Dalgas. Construction did not start until 1911.[1]

Notable buildings and structures[]

Dalgas Have is one of several campuses of Copenhagen Business School in Frederiksberg. It is from 1889 and was designed by Henning Larsen Architects.[2]

Much of the southern part of the street is lined by single family detached homes. No. 45 was designed by Kaj Gottlob.[3]

Public art[]

The statue Ancient Hunter by Johannes Bjerg

In the central reservation, close to the southern end of the street, stands a bronze cast of Aksel Hansen's sculpture Ancient Hunter. In Borgmester Godskesens Plads, a small greenspace off the west side of the street, stands Johannes Bjerg's statue Dance from 1916.

In popular culture[]

  • The house at no. 48 has been used as a location in several films and television series, including and Klovn.[4]
  • The fictional journalist and senior correspondent in the satirical Radio24syv programme (The Short Radio News) lives in 48 Dalgas Boulevard.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Flere gader og veje på Frederiksberg (K – Å)". dengang.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Dalgas Have, Frederiksberg". arkark.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Frederiksberg, Falgas Have 45". arkark.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Partypalæ for konger og kendisser" (in Danish). Børsen. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  5. ^ "»Madsituationen på Frederiksberg er jo i en rædsom tilstand«" (in Danish). Frederiksberg Bladet. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

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