# Amaliegade

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Street in central Copenhagen, Denmark

Amaliegade The southern part of the street] Interactive map of Amaliegade Length 780 m (2,560 ft) Location Indre by, Copenhagen, Denmark Postal code 1256 Coordinates 55°40′42.96″N 12°34′38.64″E / 55.6786000°N 12.5774000°E / 55.6786000; 12.5774000

**Amaliegade** (Danish pronunciation: [\[æˈmɛˀljəˌkɛːðə\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Danish)) is a street in central [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), [Denmark](/source/Denmark), which makes up the longer of the two axes on which the [Rococo](/source/Rococo_architecture) district [Frederiksstaden](/source/Frederiksstaden) is centred. Amaliegade extends from [Sankt Annæ Plads](/source/Sankt_Ann%C3%A6_Plads) to [Esplanaden](/source/Esplanaden%2C_Copenhagen), passing through the central plaza of [Amalienborg Palace](/source/Amalienborg_Palace) on the way where it intersects [Frederiksgade](/source/Frederiksgade), the other, shorter but more prominent, axis of the district.

The street is dominated by a number of elegant mansions, most of which are from the second half of the 18th century. At Amalienborg Palace, Amaliegade is spanned by a colonnade. Designed by royal architect [Caspar Frederik Harsdorff](/source/Caspar_Frederik_Harsdorff), it was built in 1794–95 to connect Moltke's Palace, the residence of the king, to Schack's Palace where the Crown prince resided.

## Notable buildings

### No. 9: Collin's House

Collin's Gouse (Danish. Den Collinske Gård) was built in 1751–1752 for bootmaker Peder Svendsen. The House breaks with schematic guidelines stipulated by Eigtved. It is receded from the street. [Jonas Collin](/source/Jonas_Collin), a prominent citizen of his day, lived in the house from 1839–1861 and during those years [Hans Christian Andersen](/source/Hans_Christian_Andersen) was a frequent visitor to the house.[1]

### No. 15–17

Built 1754–56. They were designed by Nicolai Eigtved as two symmetrical houses of which one has been given an extra floor.

### No. 18: The Yellow Mansion

Main article: [Yellow Palace, Copenhagen](/source/Yellow_Palace%2C_Copenhagen)

The Yellow Palace

The Yellow Palace, or Bergum's Palace, was built 1759–1764 by the architect [Nicolas-Henri Jardin](/source/Nicolas-Henri_Jardin) for the timber merchant and slave trader H. F. Bargum. It is considered the first example of [Neoclassical architecture](/source/Neoclassical_architecture) in Copenhagen.[2] Today it houses the [Lord Chamberlain’s Office](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danish_Lord_Chamberlain%E2%80%99s_Office&action=edit&redlink=1).

King [Frederick VI](/source/Frederick_VI_of_Denmark) purchased the palace in 1810 to use it as a guest residence for visiting relatives of the royal family. In 1837 King [Frederik VII](/source/Frederick_VII_of_Denmark) handed the property over to his nephew [Prince Christian of Glücksborg](/source/Christian_IX_of_Denmark), who was later to become [Christian IX](/source/Christian_IX_of_Denmark) as the first [Glücksburg](/source/House_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl%C3%BCcksburg) king of Denmark, who took up residence in the building and lived there until moving into Amalienborg Palace in 1865. [Prince Valdemar](/source/Prince_Valdemar_of_Denmark) lived in the Yellow Palace until his death in 1939 as its last royal resident.[3]

### Np. 21

No. 21 is the [Italian ambassador's residence in Copenhagen](/source/Italian_ambassador's_residence_in_Copenhagen).

### No. 23 and 23b

Amaliegade and 23B are two houses but the latter is entered through the gateway of the former. Both 23, 23b and the adjoining house at No. 25 are today used by the [Danish Social Appeals Board](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danish_Social_Appeals_Board&action=edit&redlink=1)

No. 23 was designed by Nicolai Eigtved and built 1752–53 in Rococo style for mayor Johan Johansen. The house at No. 23b was built as an infill on the empty lot between Eigtved's Rococo house at No. 23 and de Thurah's Baroque house at No. 25 between 1785 and 1787. It was designed by Joseph Guione in Neoclassical style.[4]

### No. 25: Lauritz de Thurah's House

Lauritz de Thurah's house at No. 25

Built 1755–1757, [Lauritz de Thurah](/source/Lauritz_de_Thurah) built this house for his own use after returning to Copenhagen to direct the redevelopment of the Frederiksstaden district. During the same years de Thurah built Gammel Holtegård north of Copenhagen as a country house with a fine Baroque garden and he may have over-spent on his building projects. Thus he never moved into No. 25 Amaliegade, instead, it was rented out upon completion.[4]

### No. 26–30

Built 1896 to the design of architect Ole Boye. Notable for its painted [animal frieze](/source/Frieze) depicting [dragonflies](/source/Dragonfly), fish and frogs. In its centre stand two tigers head-to-head next to rows of penguins.[5]

### No. 33

No. 33 is the [Danish Shipowners' Association](/source/Danish_Shipowners'_Association).

### No. 49

Built by carpenter and builder [Andreas Hallander](/source/Andreas_Hallander) in 1788. It has seven bays separated by [Ionic](/source/Ionic_order) [pilasters](/source/Pilaster) and another typical Neoclassical decoration is a "running dog". The relief in the triangular [pediment](/source/Pediment) is an early work by [Bertel Thorvaldsen](/source/Bertel_Thorvaldsen) depicting a female figure with a monocular next to a [putto](/source/Putto) decorated with a [garland](/source/Garland).[6]

## Cultural references

Egon ([Ove Sprogøe](/source/Ove_Sprog%C3%B8e)) chairs a board meeting at Amaliegade 39 at 1:38:36 in the 1975 *[Olsen-banden](/source/Olsen-banden)* film *[The Olsen Gang on the Track](/source/The_Olsen_Gang_on_the_Track)*.[7]

## See also

- [Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)](/source/Casino_Theatre_(Copenhagen))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [""Collinske Gård, Den", Amaliegade 9"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110719125916/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/kko/c/kko_c-22.html). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from [the original](http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/kko/c/kko_c-22.html) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-01-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Amaliegade 18, Det Gule Palæ"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110514175502/http://www.ses.dk/da/Kontorlokaler/HistoriskeKontorejendomme/DetGulePalaeAmaliegade18.aspx). Slots og Ejendomsstyrlsen. Archived from [the original](http://www.ses.dk/da/Kontorlokaler/HistoriskeKontorejendomme/DetGulePalaeAmaliegade18.aspx) on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2010-01-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The Yellow Palace - And the Glückborg Dynasty"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090627135550/http://www.copenhagenet.dk/CPH-Map/CPH-Yellow.asp). Copenhagen Portal. Archived from [the original](http://www.copenhagenet.dk/CPH-Map/CPH-Yellow.asp) on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2010-01-24.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SLE_23-25_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SLE_23-25_4-1) ["Amaliegade 23-25"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110609124102/http://www.ses.dk/da/kontorlokaler/historiskekontorejendomme/amaliegade2325.aspx?highlight=amaliegade). Slots- og Ejendomsstyrelsen. Archived from [the original](http://www.ses.dk/da/kontorlokaler/historiskekontorejendomme/amaliegade2325.aspx?highlight=amaliegade) on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-01-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Amaliegade 26-30"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110719125921/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/kko/a/kko_a-27.html). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from [the original](http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/kko/a/kko_a-27.html) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-01-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Amaliegade 49"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110719125932/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/kko/a/kko_a-28.html). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from [the original](http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/kko/a/kko_a-28.html) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-01-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Film 7 Olsen banden på sporet / Die Olsenbande stellt die Weichen"](http://www.olsenbande-homepage.de/index3.html). *olsenbande-homepage.de* (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2017.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Amaliegade (Copenhagen)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Amaliegade_(Copenhagen)).

- [Source](http://www.eremit.dk/ebog/bkh/3/bkh3_3.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090724043206/http://www.eremit.dk/ebog/bkh/3/bkh3_3.html) 2009-07-24 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [Source](https://www.b.dk/kultur/amalienborgs-hemmelige-gange)

- [Amaliegade 13](http://amaliegade13b.dk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Et-hus-i-Amaliegade-af-Allan-Tønnesen.pdf)

- [1834 census](https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/census1834/herred54)

- [1840 census](https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/census1840/sogn2887/placenamelist)

- [1845 census](https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/census1845/sogn2887/placenamelist)

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