Dalgas Boulevard is a broad avenue in the

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district of

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. 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.

Notable buildings and structures

Dalgas Have is one of several campuses of

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in Frederiksberg. It is from 1889 and was designed by

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. Much of the southern part of the street is lined by single family detached homes. No. 45 was designed by

Kaj Gottlob Niels August Theodor Kaj Gottlob, usually known as Kaj Gottlob, (9 November 1887 – 12 May 1976) was a Danish architect who contributed much to Neoclassicism and Functionalism both as professor of the School of Architects at the Royal Danish Aca ...

Public art

In the central reservation, close to the southern end of the street, stands a bronze cast of

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'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 '' Manden med de gyldne ører'' and ''

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''. * The fictional journalist and senior correspondent Kirsten Birgit Schiøtz Kretz Hørsholm in the satirical

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programme '' Den Korte Radioavis'' (''The Short Radio News'') lives in 48 Dalgas Boulevard.

References

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