Aggersborggade is a street in the

Østerbro Østerbro () (literally, "Eastern Bridge") is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located just north of the Indre By, city centre, outside the old city gate Fortifications of Copenhagen (17th century)#Østerport, Østerpo ...

district of

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. It runs from

Classensgade Classensgade is a street in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Østerbrogade in the southwest to Østbanegade in the northeast. History The street is named after major-general and industrialist Johan Frederik Classen. who ...

in the south to Holsteinsgade in the north and is intersected by Willemosegade. Aggersborggade_01

History

The street takes its name after broker Hans Christian Aggersborg (1812-1895), a founding partner of Bechgaard & Aggersborg, who purchased a piece of land at the site when Classen's Garden was sold off in lots in 1846. A number of former fishing ponds connected by canals were located on the land. He constructed a country house on a small isle in one of the lakes, naming it Aggersborg. He lived in an apartment at

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4 but spent the summers in Østerbro. Aggersborg was the maternal uncle of the painter

P. C. Skovgaard Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard (known as P. C. Skovgaard; 4 April 1817 – 13 April 1875) was a Danish national romantic landscape painter. He is one of the main figures associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He is especially known ...

. Skovgaard, who was from

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, had lived with Aggersborg when he just 14 years old moved to Copenhagen to study at the Royal Danish Art Academy. Skovgaard's children—

Joakim Joakim or Joacim is a male given name primarily used in Scandinavian languages and Finnish. It is derived from a transliteration of the Hebrew יהוֹיָקִים, and literally means "lifted by Jehovah". In the Old Testament, Jehoiakim was a ...

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, and

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—spent a lot of time at Villa Aggersborg. Hans Christian Aggersborg kept Villa Aggersborg until his death in 1895 but it had by then fallen into a state of disrepair. The house was then demolished, the lakes filled and the land had three years later been sold off in lots. The street was originally a private road linking Classensgade with Holsteinsgade.

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at Villa Aggerborg at kbhbilleder.dk Streets in Østerbro {{Denmark-road-stub