Nansensgade

{{Short description|Street in Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark}} {{Infobox street | name = Nansensgade | native_name = | image = Ibsens Hotel.jpg | image_size = 320px | caption = Ibsens Hotel on the corner of Nansensgade and Vendersgade | former_names = | length_m = 800 | width = | location = [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] | quarter = [[Indre By|City centre]] | postal_code = | metro = [[Nørreport station|Nørreport]] | coordinates = {{coord|55|41|3.12|N|12|33|57.96|E}} | direction_a = Southwest | terminus_a = [[Gyldenløvesgade]] | direction_b = Northeast | terminus_b = [[Gothersgade]] | junction = }} '''Nansensgade''' is a street in central [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]], linking [[Gyldenløvesgade]] in the southwest with [[Gothersgade]] in the northeast. The street is known for its abundance of cafés and trendy shops, and plays host to an annual street festival. '''Charlotte Ammundsens Plads''', located in front of the local community centre, is an urban space which connects Nansensgade to [[Søgade, Copenhagen|Nørre Søgade]]

==History== [[Image:Chokoladefabrikken Elisabeths Minde (H.F.G.Holm) 1845.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Elisabethsminde]] chocolate factory depicted by [[Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm]] in 1845]] [[Image:Ørstedsparken (1876).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Ørstedsparken|Ørsted Park]] under establishment with Nansensgade well under way in the background, 1876]] Nansensgade is one of several new streets that were created on the former [[glacis]] outside the North Rampart after Copenhagen's [[Fortifications of Copenhagen (17th century)|Bastioned Fortifications]] were decommissioned. The area was released by the military and purchased by the government in 1864. The new streets in the area was named after people who played a role during the [[Assault on Copenhagen (1659)|Swedish siege of Copenhagen]] in the 1650s. The street is named after [[Hans Nansen]], mayor of Copenhagen and a close of king [[Frederick III of Denmark|Frederick III]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nansensgaden.dk/kort/Nansensgade.htm|title=Nansensgade|language=Danish|publisher=Nansensgade|accessdate=10 October 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033740/http://www.nansensgaden.dk/kort/Nansensgade.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Nansensgade was completed along with [[Søgade, Copenhagen|Nørre Søgade]], Nørre Farimagsgade in August 1873.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1800/1873.html|title=1873|language=Danish|publisher=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|accessdate=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601010820/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1800/1873.html|archive-date=1 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A couple of industrial buildings were older than the street. The [[Hintz & Co.|Elisabethsminde]] chocolate factory was situated in the area between Nansensgade and the Peblinge Lake. It later relocated to Heimdalsgade in Nørrebro in 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hovedstadshistorie.dk/nansensgade/|title=Nansensgade|language=Danish|publisher=hovedstadshistorie.dk|accessdate=12 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coneliand.dk/Danmarks%20aeldste%20forretninger/DAEF%20200-299/Side_246_Hint_-_Hjor.html|title=HINTZ & Co. (ELISABERHSMINDE), A/S|language=Danish|publisher=coneliand.dk|accessdate=12 October 2017}}</ref>

==Notable buildings and residents== [[Image:Dannerhuset Copenhagen.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Danner House]] Nansensgade School (No. 44–46) was designed by [[Niels Sigfred Nebelong]] and opened in 1870. The Danner House was founded by [[Louise Rasmussen|Countess Danner]] and is now a support centre for women. The building was designed by Theodor Zeltner and completed in 1875.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danner.dk/omdanner/vores-nye-gamle-hus/husets-arkitektur-og-historie/|title=Husets arkitektur og historie|language=Danish|publisher=Dannerhuset|accessdate=2013-09-27|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130927045901/http://www.danner.dk/omdanner/vores-nye-gamle-hus/husets-arkitektur-og-historie/|archivedate=2013-09-27}}</ref>

[[Image:Luthersk Missionsforening (København).JPG|thumb|150px| No. 23: Danish Lutheran Mission]] Ibsens Hotel is located at No. 23.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aok.dk/overnatning/ibsens-hotel|title=Ibsens Hotel|language=Danish|publisher=AOK|accessdate=2013-09-27}}</ref> The Lutheran Mission House (No. 94) was built for Danish Lutheran Mission in 1895 to a design by [[Valdemar Ingemann]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=valdemaringemann|title=Valdemar Ingemann |language=Danish|publisher=kendtegravsteder.dk|accessdate=2010-01-04}}</ref>

==Public art== Mogens Heide's sculpture Chicken Feet and [[Bjørn Nørgaard]]'s sculpture Borne were installed in the street in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nansensgaden.dk/kultur/Honsefodder.htm|title=Hønsefødder|language=Danish|publisher=Honsefodder|accessdate=2013-09-27|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222034/http://www.nansensgaden.dk/kultur/Honsefodder.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nansensgaden.dk/kultur/Borne.htm|title=Hønsefødder|language=Danish|publisher=Borne|accessdate=2013-09-27|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032504/http://www.nansensgaden.dk/kultur/Borne.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.jernbanen.dk/fabrik.php?id=20 |title=Lokomotivfabrikker Hüttemeier, A/S Smith, Mygind & Hüttemeier, København, Danmark |website=jernbanen.dk |access-date=2021-04-21}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Nansensgade}}

[[Category:Streets in Copenhagen]]