The booklet "From Village to Big City" describes the history of Frederiksberg in the long perspective.
The history is divided into the following chapters, which you can see below:
The Old Villages - the time before 1700
The Castle and the Village - 1700-1850
The City within the Capital - the time after 1850
THE OLD VILLAGES - THE TIME BEFORE 1700
SOLBJERG
We do not know much about the first people living in the area which is today the Municipality of Frederiksberg, but sure enough people have lived here back in the Bronze Age, i.e. about 3,000 years ago. From this period we know of five barrows, and in the name "Solbjerg" (Hill of theSun), the former name of Frederiksberg Bakke (Hill), we may have a trace of the worship of the sun which they practiced in the Bronze Age. Maybe the all-powerful Sun god was worshipped from the top of the hill.
The village Solbjerg came into being in the late Viking period or in the early Middle Ages and it got its name from the Hill of the Sun, and its fields covered roughly the area of the present Frederiksberg. Probably the village was situated in the northern part of Frederiksberg Have (Gardens) and maybe the meandering Frederiksberg Bredegade was the village street and Andebakkedammen (pond) the village pond.
During the Middle Ages the area around the present Copenhagen and Frederiksberg was farm land with some scattered villages. Solbjerg was, together with the other villages in this area, placed under Utterslev Manor as crown lands. About 1160 the king, Valdemar the Great, gave the commercial place of Havn and the village of Utterslev with its adjoining land to Bishop Absalon. During the next years the bishop built a castle in Havn and put the aforementioned gifts under its jurisdiction. When in 1417 King Erik of Pommern had transferred the land back under the Crown at the death of the then bishop in Roskilde, Peder Lodehat Jensen, Havn was later transformed into Copenhagen ("the tradesmen's harbor") and was chosen to be the Danish capital.
LADEGÅRDEN (THE WORKHOUSE)
In 1620 King Christian IV decided to dismantle the village of Solbjerg. The lands together with other areas were placed under the new, big workhouse which was built in the years 1620-1623. The Workhouse was to supply Copenhagen and Rosenborg castles with agricultural products, and the products which the castles could not use themselves were sold to the inhabitants of Copenhagen. The Workhouse grew to a considerable size and was build upon a bastion which was part of the new fortification of Copenhagen. The fields of the Workhouse covered most of the present area of Frederiksberg and were cultivated by copyholders from the villages in the vicinity. The more skilled work in the Workhouse was carried out by a big group of permanently employed workers, whereas prisoners were doing the threshing instead of being in irons in His Majesty's prison on the holm "Bremerholm".
The Workhouse was thus run as a big manor house, but it was difficult to get the farmers to do the necessary villeinage. In 1645 King Christian IV gave up the running of the Workhouse and let the buildings on lease until 1651.
NY AMAGER
Twenty descendants of the Dutch farmers living on Amager, whom King Christian II had sent for, were given the copyhold of the Workhouse fields for the amount of 700 rix-dollars or for agricultural products to the castles in Copenhagen for the equivalent amount. These 20 farmers could themselves decide were to build their farm houses and they were allowed to fetch building materials from the Workhouse. The village, "Ny Amager" (New Amager) or "Ny Hollænderby" (NewDutchVillage), was situated along the present Allégade with 10 farm houses on each side. The farmers' financial situation was bad because the lands did not yield the necessary profit. It was difficult for them to deliver the products due to the Crown, and some of the farmers sold farm land to well-to-do people from Copenhagen to raise some money - but this deal was not legal because they themselves did not own the lands. In 1697 most of the village was destroyed by fire. As the farmers were already in arrears with their due deliveries the lands were given back to the Crown and were laid out as a hay field for the horses from the Royal Life Guard.
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1186 |
The village SOLBJERG is mentioned in a letter from Pope Urban III to Bishop Absalon. In this the Pope confirms that Absalon is consigning all his property to the bishopric in Roskilde. |
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1377 |
Records in the court roll of the bishopric in Roskilde mention 17 farms in Solbjerg.
At approx. the same time the bishop consigns part of the lands in Solbjerg to a new village. NYBY ("new village"),as it is called, is placed between the present Jakob Dannefærds Vej and H.C. Ørsteds Vej. |
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1417 |
The villages Solbjerg and Nyby become once again crown lands. After having been 250 years und the Church's supremacy the farmers are again copyholders under the Crown. As in other parts the lands, which are divided into fields and strips, are run by the communal system of agriculture. |
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1548 |
King Frederik II builds a workhouse on the lands of Nyby for the profit from the Castle of Copenhagen. |
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1620 |
The construction of the Workhouse is begun near the place where Radiohuset (the Broadcasting House) is situated today. |
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1645 |
The Workhouse is leased out to Peder Kristensen Svenske for a period of 6 years. |
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1651 |
On the 2nd June King Frederik III signs the license letter to the twenty Dutch farmers from Amager who shortly after are founding the Ny Amager village - and thereby Frederiksberg. These farmers are put in a better position than the other copyholders. They are released from paying other royal duties, they are free of tithes rent charges to the bishop, the rural dean and the parish clerk and of villeinage, and they get their own village court. |
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1654 |
The first church is build where Frederiksberg Runddel (Circus) is situated today. |
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1658 |
During the Swedish siege of Copenhagen Ny Amager and the Workhouse are destroyed. Afterwards the village must be rebuilt from scratch. |
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1662 |
Queen Sophie Amalie, who is married to King Frederik III, buys a farm house in Ny Amager and changes it into a country house for the four princesses. |
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1670 |
King Christian V builds Falkonergården ("the Falconer's House"). The falconry is not abolished until 1810. |
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1680 |
Crown Prince Frederik (IV) takes over the "Country House of the Princesses" and it is now called the "Country House of the Prince". To the west of this country house a baroque garden is later on laid out and to the east a riding ground, which is in 1734 rebuilt as the Frederiksberg Runddel (Circus). In 1753 most part of the country house burns down and it is shortly after replaced by the two pavilions we know today which, together with the grate and the pillars of sandstone and the gate in the middle, form part of the entrance to Frederiksberg Have (Gardens). |
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1697 |
Ny Amager is burnt down. The village is rebuilt during the next years and spreads gradually towards north to Frederiksberg Bredegade ("the broad street"). The new farms get a smaller garden plot but it is not possible to earn a living by farming anymore. Some of the former inhabitants stay in the village but others are going away. |
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THE CASTLE AND THE VILLAGE - 1700 to 1850
FREDERIKSBERG CASTLE
As early as in the last part of the 1600s the royal family had begun building in Ny Amager, and in 1699 King Frederik IV decided to build his own "Danish Versailles" on top of the hill. The castle - which was named after the builder - was finished four years later but was afterwards rebuilt several times. Around the castle two gardens were laid out, Søndermarken and Frederiksberg Have, in the French Baroque.
FREDERIKSBERG VILLAGE
During the 1700s the rebuilt village was named after the castle - Frederiksberg ("Frederik'sHill"). Some of the farms had been taken over by well-to-do Copenhageners who used them as country houses. The residents were no longer solely farmers as the size of their lands no longer sufficed for real farming. They were allowed to let their cows graze on the hay field belonging to the Crown but otherwise had to manage with their garden plots. The villagers had to supplement their income by working for the castle, by doing a little trade and handicraft together with billeting of soldiers. Because many Copenhageners came to Frederiksberg during the summertime to enjoy the green surroundings and to catch, with luck, a glimpse of the royal family, it was also possible to earn a little extra by having guests in pension or by catering for the visitors.
At about 1740 the Crown began leasing out parts of the hay field so that the farms got lands that allowed them to start farming again on a small scale. In 1757 a further part of the area around Falkoner Allé and Gammel Kongevej (the King's old road) was put up for auction and, finally, in 1765 the last part of the former Workhouse field was sold by auction. Now Frederiksberg had become a private village.
COUNTRY HOUSES AND MANUFACTURING
Part of the lands which had been sold by auction had been bought by well-to-do Copenhageners who build a number of country houses and hobby farms, for instance, from about 1750, "Rolighed", "Store Godthåb" and "Ludvigs Minde", and 30 years after "Møstings Hus". Even if Frederiksberg was still a farming area and the buildings were concentrated around Allégade, Smallegade and Bredegade, some small-scale manufacturing sprouted up especially around Sankt Jørgens Sø ("St. George's Lake") influenced by the industrial policy of the Mercantile System, and the population began slowly to increase - from approx. 1,000 around 1770 to 3,000 in 1850.
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1703 |
The first Frederiksberg Castle is completed and consists of a main building with a slightly flat roof and two short wings. |
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1704 |
Frederiksberg Allé is made, and Gammel Kongevej (the King's Old Road) gets its present name (before: Kongevejen / the King's Road). For more than 150 years this alley is the King's private road and is closed by a gate to the east. |
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1708 |
The extension of the castle is put in hand. The short wings are removed and are rebuilt in the same height as the main building. At both ends of the main building are built two transverse wings so that the plan makes out an "H". |
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1710 |
The Workhouse is converted into a camp hospital during the Northern War. |
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1717 |
Administratively Frederiksberg belongs to Copenhagen Castle and is placed under the prefect, but is now referred to the cavalry district of Copenhagen's Regiment whose regimental clerk is functioning as a district revenue officer. |
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1721 |
Frederiksberg was placed under Tårnby judicial district but is now referred to the judicial district of the cavalry district of the Copenhagen County. |
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1733 |
More extensions are made to the Castle. Between the main building and the gate house two lower side wings are now build so that the complex is encircling an inner yard. |
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1734 |
The present Frederiksberg Church is inaugurated and three years later a school and a vicarage is built next to the church. Frederiksberg Runddel (Circus) is laid out. |
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1736 |
Frederiksberg becomes an independent benefice. |
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1747 |
Hvidovre parish is placed under Frederiksberg benefice. |
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1765 |
What is left of the former Workhouse lands is divided into plots and is put up for auction - thus Frederiksberg becomes a private village. |
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1768 |
The Workhouse is taken over by the poor-law authorities of Copenhagen. |
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1769 |
Population: 1,030. Of the persons engaged in active employment 88 per cent are working with farming and 12 per cent with trade and manufacturing industry. |
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1782 |
The Castle Inn (Slotskroen) on Roskildevej is built - it is demolished in 1906. |
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1802 |
The Public Assistance Committee is established to manage the administration of the poor-law authorities in the parish of Frederiksberg and Hvidovre. Knud Lyne Rahbek buys "Bakkehuset" ("the house on the hill") which is a rendezvous for the men and women of letters of the Golden Age. |
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1807 |
Frederiksberg is occupied by the English during the siege of Copenhagen. |
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1808 |
The Education Committee of Frederiksberg and Hvidovre is established. |
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1812 |
Frederiksberg is placed under the southern judicial district of the Copenhagen county. |
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1818 |
A workhouse is built in Frederiksberg Bredegade. |
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1832 |
A larger workhouse is built in Allégade. |
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1838 |
Tvedes Bryggeri (Tvede's Brewery) is established. |
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1840 |
A horse-drawn bus between Copenhagen and Frederiksberg is introduced. |
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1842 |
Municipal autonomy - until 1858 together with Hvidovre. A parish council is elected to manage the administration of the municipal business of the village, including the educational matters and the poor relief. |
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THE CITY WITHIN THE CAPITAL - THE TIME AFTER 1850
FROM RESIDENCE TOWN TO BIG CITY
From the middle of the 1800s and during the following 100 years Frederiksberg grew to be the second largest town in Denmark. The starting signal for this development was given in 1852 when the government decided to abolish the so called line of demarcation which had prevented the construction of permanent houses in the area between Falkoner Allé-Jagtvej and the Lakes.
The alderman F.C. Bülow bought a big plot between Gammel Kongevej and Åboulevard, and very soon big quarters with villas, and gradually quarters with blocks of flats, shot up on Frederiksberg. Around the year 1900 the population was 80,000 and the houses had spread from the Lakes towards the old village on Allégade. After this the urbanization of the western part of the municipality followed and before 1950 the area was nearly fully built-up, and the population came close to 120,000.
THE INDUSTRIAL CITY
Thus Frederiksberg was transformed into a residence and industrial town with villas, blocks of flats, factories, municipal works, railways, tramways and several shopping streets. Important driving forces behind this development were the industrialization, the strengthening of the infrastructure and the immigration to the Capital. But both the growth within the wholesale and retail business and the great deal of master artisans and small tradespeople made important contributions to this transformation of the town of Frederiksberg. Moreover Frederiksberg became the home of a number of important national and private institutions for further and higher education, social services and within the hospital department.
THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY
The urban growth made great demands on the municipal authorities. Before the year 1900 they had established gas, water and electricity works, tramway traffic and a modern water supply and sewerage, had laid out a widespread net of roads and built seven schools, a workhouse and a hospital. After the turn of the century the efforts within these fields were intensified, and in connection with the development of the welfare state the Municipality took up new tasks. They built a new hospital, a new old peoples' home, homes for old age pensioners, child care centres etc. A fixed framework for the urban planning was provided, and especially with regard to the schools and the public libraries the Municipality received considerable recognition from their contemporaries. From 1858 to 1919 Frederiksberg grew from a regular rural municipality to a real city municipality. After the reform of local government in 1970 the municipality maintained its special status and was, as Copenhagen, both a local authority and a county.
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THE MODERN CITY
In the years after 1950 the few unoccupied plots in the municipality were developed. Due to the change in family and population structure, urban renewal and the normal trend of moving from the Capital to the suburbs, the population decreased and in 1988 it was diminished to 85,000. In the manufacturing field the development was marked by the moving-out of a number of productive operations. On the other hand the "city functions" of the Municipality were augmented. The big educational establishments were much enlarged, and business, the service trades and the liberal profession experienced great progress.
In continuation of this development the Frederiksberg Centre was inaugurated in 1996 and four years later a new edifice of the Handelshøjskolen (the CopenhagenSchool of Economics & Business Administration / CBS) was built on the yard of the former railway station. These two projects are examples of the last years' urbanisation process in which older manufacturing and industrial quarters were replaced by institutions, shopping facilities and new residence areas. These residence areas have contributed to the fact that the population of Frederiksberg is increasing again and has now topped the 90,000. Due to the opening of the Metro, which is running trough the central parts of the city, and to the new ring line, Frederiksberg has got further potentialities in the future.
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1851 |
One of the first new streets, Nyvej, was laid out. At the same time also Bianco Lunos Allé, Grundtvigsvej, Lykkesholms Allé and Forhåbningsholms Allé were laid out. |
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1852 |
The line of demarcation is moved and the urbanization of the suburbs in Copenhagen begins. Frederiksberg is developing into a villa town, but all the same a little enclave of high and compact houses is built on Schønbergsgade, Danmarksgade and Vodroffs Tværgade. Isak Wulf Heyman establishes the brewery "Svanholm" near Gammel Kongevej. |
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1853 |
P. Andersen's engineering works and iron foundry on Gammel Kongevej is established. |
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1856 |
The construction of the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural High School (KVL/now: Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultet, Københavns Universitet) is put in hand in the form of a manor house with a main building with three wings and a stable yard. The area to the north of the buildings is laid out as experimental fields. |
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1857 |
Københavns Sygehjem (nursing home) on Rolighedsvej and the resort "Alhambra" near Gammel Kongevej are established. |
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1858 |
Because of the very rapid urbanization the municipal community with rural Hvidovre is terminated. Frederiksberg is now an independent municipality with its own constitution. The Municipal Council is composed of an elected municipal representation and the district judge acts as its chairman. The status of the municipality reminds of that of the market towns but in relation to the county Frederiksberg has a status as that of the other rural municipalities. This year Frederiksberg becomes its own building regulations which made more severe claims as regards the height of buildings and free space as the regulations in Copenhagen did. This means that there are more spacious quarters with villas and more open blocks of flats on Frederiksberg than is the case in the suburbs in Copenhagen. |
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1859 |
Rubens Bomuldsvæveri (textilemills) is established on Rolighedsvej and it is soon to become one of the biggest manufactures in the Capital. The Zoo is opened in a part of Frederiksberg Have (Gardens). |
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1860 |
Frederiksberg Gas Works is established on H.C. Ørsteds Vej by the Danish Gas Company. |
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1863 |
The population has grown to such an extent that the Municipality has to build new schools, first the School on Falkoner Allé. A new workhouse is opened on Lampevej (now: Howitzvej) with a sick ward and the running of the tramway line - by horsepower! - is opened between Frederiksberg Runddel and Sankt Annæ Plads (square); now Frederiksberg is certainly becoming part of the Capital. |
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1864 |
Frederiksberg Railway Station opens on the main line Copenhagen-Korsør. In 1879 also the railway line to Frederikssund is opened. |
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1865 |
Frederiksberg gets its own police force. |
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1866 |
The construction of the workers' housing "De Classenske Boliger" begins and is finished in 1881. The place develops into a slum and is demolished towards the end of the 1950s. Frederiksberg gets the same freedom of trade as the market towns. |
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1867 |
A municipal fire-fighting service is established. |
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1868 |
A new workhouse on Lampevej is opened. The old one is used as a hospital. During the following years this area is developing into a place with rather many institutions within the poor and hospital department. A new hospital building (1885) and an old peoples' home (1892). The faience factory "Aluminia" moves to Frederiksberg and the Castle is passed to the Army's Military Academy. |
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1869 |
P. Andersen establishes a private water works. |
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1871 |
Frederiksberg's Technical School is established. The children's home "Godthåb" is established as one of the first of its kind in Denmark. |
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1872 |
Frederiksberg Tramway Company is established with a line in Smallegade and Gammel Kongevej to Kgs. Nytorv. |
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1874 |
Fearing that the Municipality will not be able to sustain itself two members of the Municipal Council move that Frederiksberg be incorporated in Copenhagen. The move is voted down but turns up again several times without ever being accepted. This year the School on Lampevej is opened. |
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1876 |
The municipal provision of school meals begins. Diakonissestiftelsen (nursing sisters' institution) is inaugurated. |
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1877 |
The School on Niels Ebbesens Vej is inaugurated. |
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1879 |
A municipal water works is established. To start with it supplies the western part of the Municipality. |
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1881 |
The School on Godthåbsvej is inaugurated and J.C. Ferslews Paper Works starts production in the new industrial quarter on Fabrikvej, now: Stæhr Johansens Vej. |
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1883 |
The faience factory "Aluminia" buys the Royal Porcelain Manufacture (now: Royal Copenhagen) which is moved to Smallegade. |
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1884 |
Falkoneralléens Sporvejsselskab (tramway company) opens the line Frederiksberg Runddel / Falkoner Allé / Nørrebros Runddel with a side line on Rolighedsvej, Åboulevard to the present Town Hall Square in Copenhagen. The dairy "Solbjerg" is established. |
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1885 |
The School on Fuglevangsvej is inaugurated. |
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1886 |
The first town hall on the corner of Howitzvej/Falkoner Allé is inaugurated. |
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1887 |
Weilbach & Cohn's hollowware factory on Nyelandsvej is established. The town becomes an independent jurisdiction: Frederiksberg Birk. |
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1889 |
Agreement between Frederiksberg Municipality and The Danish Gas Company about the municipal gas supply. |
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1890 |
New building regulations for Frederiksberg - the demands are still more drastic than in Copenhagen. |
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1891 |
The School on Nyelandsvej is inaugurated. |
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1893 |
Københavns Sygehjem (nursing home) on Nyelandsvej is established. |
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1895 |
A new gas works on Finsensvej is established. Københavns Omnibusselskab (bus company) opens a new line on Frederiksberg. |
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1896 |
The School on Solbjergvej is inaugurated. |
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1898 |
The cork ware factory "Danmark" is established in the new industrial quarter near Nitivej. Hortensiaværket, the first power station, is established by Frederiksberg Sporvejs- og Elektricitets Aktieselskab (tramway company), which has taken over the former tramway companies on Frederiksberg. The following year the service based on electricity starts. |
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1899 |
Frederiksberg Arbejderes Byggeforening (workers' building society) builds 45 double houses and 7 single houses south of Peter Bangs Vej. The Municipality supports the society by giving it a public plot and Government loans. Several correspondent co-operative societies are established during these years in Copenhagen and in the bigger provincial towns. The School on Lollandsvej is inaugurated. On the 23rd August Frederiksberg gets its official town arms by royal sanction. |
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1900 |
Frederiksberg Municipality is separated from Copenhagen County, is placed on the same terms as a market town compared to the County Councils and assumes full responsibility for the hospital department, the police force etc. During the years the administration of the municipality has grown to such an extent that it is now divided into special administrative spheres. Together with these new tasks which the Municipality has resumed or has been ordered to perform, the administration is extended and changed considerably during the 20th century. This year Frederiksberg Kommunale Fortsættelseskursus (municipal continuation course) is inaugurated. |
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1901 |
Part of the rural municipalities around Frederiksberg are incorporated Copenhagen Municipality and together with the urbanization of Copenhagen's suburbs the two cities are gradually united and functionally and on other fields they show many common traits. Because of many things: the self-government and its regulations for this area, the composition of the population, the big parks, the extensive villa quarters and the more open feature of the blocks of flats, Frederiksberg has its own character and gives the impression of being an independent city within the Capital. |
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1902 |
The brewery "Stjernen" (thestar), owned by the labour movement, is established. |
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1903 |
The institutions of the Public Assistance authorities and the hospital department move from Lampevej to Nordre Fasanvej. The old institutions on Lampevej are demolished and are replaced by the police and fire stations, the court house and the public library. A refuse disposal plant and a heating and hot water supply plant are established. |
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1904 |
Frederiksberg Metalvarefabrik (hollowware factory) is established on Nitivej. |
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1905 |
The School on Duevej is inaugurated. The laying out of Femte Juni Plads (Square of the Fifth of June) is put in hand. |
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1906 |
The electric motor factory Fisker & Nielsen A/S is established and after some years they build the big group of buildings in the industrial quarter between Peter Bangs Vej and Finsensvej. Nordiske Kabel- og Traadfabriker begins building a big industrial plant between La Cours Vej and Frederikssundsbanen (the railway to Frederikssund). |
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1907 |
A municipal relief fund is established. On some of the public schools middle-school classes, and the following year a course for the preparing for the "Præliminæreksamen" (exam) are introduced. |
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1908 |
The power works "Finsensværket" and "Sankt Knuds Værket" are built. "Trifolium Mælkeforsyning" (milk supply) is established on Stæhr Johansens Vej. |
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1910 |
The School on La Cours Vej is inaugurated. The municipal dental service is established. |
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1911 |
The Municipality takes over the power works from Frederiksberg Sporvejs- og Elektricitets Aktieselskab (tramway company). |
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1913 |
The children's hospital "Fuglebakken" is built; it is owned by the Municipality of Copenhagen. |
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1916 |
A rent control board is established because of the rising rents during World War I. During the next years the Municipality builds a big number of residence houses and grants subsidies, loans and securities to public housing societies, private apartment houses and construction of villas, hereby sowing the seeds of the council housing of our days. An example of this is the low blocks with a garden in the court and front gardens, called "Den Sønderjyske By" (the SchleswigianCity), (1925). |
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1917 |
The Poor Relief is placed directly under the municipal Public Assistance authorities. A civic restaurant is established. |
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1919 |
According to the new municipal law concerning market towns Frederiksberg is now regarded as a market town and the municipal council now elects the mayor. The tramways on Frederiksberg are merged with the Copenhagen tramways. The State and the municipalities take over some private schools and in this connection Frederiksberg Municipality takes over Frederiksberg Gymnasium (upper secondary school) and four middle and lower secondary schools. The new police station on Howitzvej is put into service and the first school library in Denmark at the School on la Cours Vej is inaugurated. |
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1921 |
The Municipality takes over Frederiksberg Gasværk (gas works) from the Danish Gas Company. Frederiksberg Court House is built. |
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1923 |
The old peoples' home "Østervang" and a municipal day nursery on Yrsavej are inaugurated. The power station "Nyelandsværket" is built. |
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1925 |
Novo's Therapeutic Laboratory is established and nine years after they build the factory in functionalist style on Nordre Fasanvej. The museum "Bakkehuset" is inaugurated. |
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1926 |
Forum (exhibition hall) is built. |
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1928 |
A building consortium with Thorkild Henningsen as its architect builds the terraced houses and the blocks of flats between Godthåbsvej and Egernvej. Thorkild Henningsen has made a big contribution to the development of terraced houses in Denmark. |
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1929 |
The Lindevang School is inaugurated. |
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1930 |
Frederiksberg Boligselskab (housing society) is established and takes over all the municipal's residential property. |
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1932 |
The Municipality celebrates its 75th anniversary. The water fountains at Sankt Thomas Plads (square) are set up in connection with this jubilee. The Fire Station on Howitzvej is put into service. |
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1933 |
A municipal day nursery for 30 children under 3 years of age is inaugurated. The big social reform causes a considerable increase in the municipal social services. It is for instance necessary to open a Social Security office and special departments for the public relief, a national insurance and a child welfare committee. The Søndermark School is inaugurated. |
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1934 |
Frederiksberg Bade- og Svømmeanstalt (public swimming baths) is inaugurated. Frederiksberg gets an S-train service to Vanløse and Hellerup. |
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1935 |
The new public library on Solbjergvej is inaugurated. |
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1936 |
The residence "Hostrups Have" is built on the former plot of Rubens Fabrikker (textilemills), and the construction of KB Hallen (sports court) is put in hand. |
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1937 |
The municipal convalescents' home in Hvalsø (a municipality of Central Sealand) is inaugurated and also a youth centre on the School on Godthåbsvej. |
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1938 |
Municipal visiting nurses start working. The construction of Radiohuset (broadcasting house) is put in hand. |
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1939 |
Some years earlier Københavns Amts Hospital on Nyelandsvej has been moved permanently to Gentofte and the Municipality now takes over the buildings. The construction of municipal homes for old age pensioners is begun in various places within the municipality. The Handelshøjskolen (CopenhagenSchool of Economics & Business Administration, now: CBS) is built on Julius Thomsens Plads. |
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1940 |
Isefjordsværket (power station) which had been established together with NESA and Nordvestsjællands Elektricitetsværk (power stations) three years earlier, start working, and subsequently Frederiksberg receives most of its electricity from this station. A new wing of Frederiksberg Hospital is inaugurated. |
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1941 |
Sønderjyllandsskolen (school) and its youth centre are under construction. |
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1943 |
Damsøbadet (public baths) is under construction. |
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1944 |
A municipal day nursery on Rolfs Plads is inaugurated. |
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1945 |
During the British attack on Shell-Huset (the then Gestapo Head Quarter near the Copenhagen Town Hall Square) on the 21st March Den Franske Skole (boarding school belonging to catholic sisters) on Frederiksberg Allé together with the surrounding residence blocks are inadvertently bombed too due to a tragic mischance. |
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1946 |
Due to the housing shortage after the war the Municipality opens a public allocation of housing. |
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1947 |
The youth centre on the School on Duevej is inaugurated. |
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1948 |
A day nursery and a youth centre are inaugurated on Fuglevangsvej. |
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1949 |
District Nurse Care and Home Care are established and the Frederiksberg Municipal Youth Club is opened. |
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1951 |
Construction of the tower blocks near Roskildevej is put in hand. The Municipality celebrates its 300th anniversary. |
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1952 |
The Rent Control Board which had been shut down in 1931 is again established as a result of the housing shortage after World War II, and the Municipality gives considerable financial support to new works of construction. |
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1953 |
The present Town Hall is inaugurated. The construction had begun in 1941 but had to be stopped for a rather long period during and after the war due to lack of building materials. |
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1955 |
The tower blocks "Søndermarken" near Roskildevej are finished. |
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1956 |
Joakim Larsen Skolen (school) and a new public library on Roskildevej are inaugurated. |
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1957 |
Sofus Franck Skolen (school) is inaugurated. The construction of Falkoner Centret (hotel and congress centre) on the plot where the former town hall was situated is put in hand. |
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1959 |
The old peoples' home "Vestervang" is inaugurated. |
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1961 |
Codanhus (Codan = an insurance company) is built. |
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1963 |
A branch library is opened on Finsensvej. |
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1968 |
A considerable enlargement of the Landbohøjskolen (KVL/Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultet) is finished. Domus Vista (high-rise residence) is built. |
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1970 |
The reform of local government: the status of Frederiksberg becomes that of both a primary and a county municipality. |
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1971 |
Frederiksberg Hospital is further enlarged. |
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1972 |
The motor road "Bispeengbuen" is opened. |
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1977 |
Frederiksberg VUC (adults' education centre) is established. |
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1980 |
The blocks of flats "Solbjerg Have" is finished on the plot of the former gas works. These buildings are an example of the confrontations in the 1970s with the prevailing somewhat monotonous architectural style. These houses have a heterogeneous look and are extremely diversified: there are many different types of flats, homes for old age pensioners, youth centre and day nurseries. |
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1981 |
A new public record library is inaugurated. |
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1985 |
The Municipality establishes a civic centre and a public library on Danasvej. |
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1990 |
The buildings at "Dalgas Have": a new building of the Copenhagen Business School/CBS and residences are now finished on the plot of the former Nordiske Kabel- og Traadfabrikker (cable factory). |
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1996 |
Frederiksberg Centret (shopping centre) is inaugurated. A reform of the Capital is abandoned for the time being - the status of Frederiksberg is still that of both a primary and a county municipality. This year is chosen to be a "Year of the Cultural City", and Byggeriets Hus ("house of construction") is built. |
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1999 |
The old ABC-Teater (theatre) is demolished and replaced by the blocks of flats "ABC-Huset". |
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2000 |
CBS's new building on the former railway area is put into use and the ecological "House of Inspiration" near Lorry is inaugurated. |
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2001 |
The Municipality of Frederiksberg celebrates its 350th anniversary. |
Text: Henning Bro, Frederiksberg City Archives
Translation: Lone-Marie Oppenheim, Frederiksberg City Archives
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Whitsunday morning 1868 on "Smørrebrødsplænen" ("the sandwich lawn") in Frederiksberg Gardens. The lawn was situated at the foot of Frederiksberg Castle. In the background you see Kavalergården (the gentlemen's court) and behind this the water tower in Søndermarken. These green surroundings on Frederiksberg were for centuries a favourite recreational area for the Copenhageners. (Print by P.C. Klæstrup, Illustreret Tidende, 9. bd., nr. 453, 1868)
