Kingosgade is a street straddling the border between Vesterbro and

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. It runs from

Vesterbrogade Vesterbrogade () is the main shopping street of the Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The 1.5 km long street runs from the City Hall Square, Copenhagen, City Hall Square in the east to Pile Allé in Frederiksbe ...

in the south to

Frederiksberg Allé Frederiksberg Allé is a tree-lined avenue which runs through the southernmost part of the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It connects Vesterbrogade at Værnedamsvej to Frederiksberg Runddel in front of the main entrance to Frede ...

in the north, linking

Enghavevej Enghavevej is a major street in the Vesterbro and Kongens Enghave districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Vesterbrogade in the north to Sydhavns Plads in the south, linking Kingosgade with Sydhavnsgade and Borgbjergsvej. History 18th and ...

with Alhambravej.

History

A roadside inn named Gule Hest (Yellow Horse) was in the 18th century located at the site. It was one of four inns known as "Horses" located along the western access road to Copenhagen. The Yellow Horse had four

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s and two bowling courses. Gule Hest was in 1778 purchased by

Peter Borre Peter Borre (2 September 1716 – 20 December 1789) was a Danish merchant and slave trader. He owned the Copenhagen-based trading house ''Borre & Fenger'' in a partnership with Peter Fenger from around 1755. The company traded in the Danish West I ...

, renamed Haabet (The Hope) and used as a tobacco factory. Part of the area between the Vestre Landevej and

was laid out as tobacco fields and a horse-driven mill was constructed for the processing of tobacco into

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. Other exotic produce cultivated on the estate included

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es,

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and

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s. The Royal Danish Horticultural Society's first garden was in 1837 laid out on a piece of land to the north of Haabet. Haabet (Vesterbrogade 108) was in the late 1840s purchased by textile manufacturer Ole Ferdinand Olsen. He sold off the land in lots. The three-winged main building was demolished in circa 1883. Three new streets in the area were given the names Kingosgade, Boyesgade and Brorsonsgade after the priest-and-hymn writers

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, Casper Johannes Boye (1791–1853) and

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. The names were proposed by city engineer

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. The Royal Horticultural Society's Garden had relocated to its current location at

Frederiksberg Runddel Frederiksberg Runddel (literal translation, lit. English language, English:Frederiksberg Circus) is a space in front of the main entrance to Frederiksberg Park, Frederiksberg Gardens, at the end of Frederiksberg Allé, in the Frederiksberg distric ...

in 1883 and another new a fourth new street at the site was renamed Haveselskabetsvej (The Horticultural Society Road ) to commemorate its old location. C. F. Riedel & Lindegaard, an iron foundry and machine factory, was from 1867 located at the future street (later No. 11). Its buildings were demolished in 1970. Tram line 3 drove through the street.

Buildings

The building at Kingosgade 2/Vesterbrogade 106B, is from 1884 to 1886 and was designed by

Ferdinand Vilhelm Jensen Ferdinand Vilhelm Jensen (27 March 1837 – 15 April 1890) was a Danish Historicist architect. Biography Jensen was born in Copenhagen on 27 March 1837. He enrolled at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1854, winning the Academy's small silv ...

. The building at the eastern corner with Frederiksberg Allé (Frederiksberg Allé 23) is colloquially known as ''Little Rosenborg'' due to its

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style with two small towers and rich decorations, although its resemblance to

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can hardly be described as striking. It was designed by

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´in collaboration with Christian V. Nielsen and completed in 1857. The yellow, three-storey complex at No. 11 is from 1929.

Transport

The northern end of the street is located approximately 250 metres to the east of

metro station. The southern end of the street is located approximately 500 metres to the north of

Enghave Plads Enghave Plads is a central public square of the Vesterbro district in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located where Istedgade reaches Enghavevej, which separates the square from Enghave Park. History Enghave Plads was established when the Vesterb ...

metro station. Both stations are served by the Copenhagen Metro's

City Circle Line The M3 line or City Circle Line is a loop line of the Copenhagen Metro. It has been claimed by COWI A/S that the line is the largest construction project to have taken place in Copenhagen during the last 400 years.DR television series , Ellen Olsen ( Helle Virkner) meets her childhood boyfriend, Oscar Anderse from Kingosgade, and develops a new interest in him.

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