page_title: Ny Kongensgade 6
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ny Kongensgade 6 / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Drawing of Ny Kongensgade 6 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The current building at No. 10 from 1902-03 has not yet been built.
context_page_description: Ny Kongensgade 6 is a rococo-style property located at Ny Kongensgade 6 in central Copenhagen, Denmark.
context_section_description: Ny Kongensgade 5 was built for etatsråd Friis in 1854,
  The politician Christian Colbjørnsen lived in the building from 1795 to 1809.  H. P. Frederiksen (1810-1891)  lived in the building in 1842. Johannes Ephraim Larsen (1799-1856), a professor of jurisprudence at the University of Copenhagen, resided in the building from 1742 to 1845, The merchant and politician Alfred Gafe lived in the building in 1859-60. The politician Orla Lehman, who was married to the daughter of Alfred Hage's sister, Bolette Puggaard, had his last home in the building and died there on 13 September 1870.
  The city's Jewish Religious Community (Det mosaiske Troessamfund) acquired the building in 1902 and converted it into the first Danish-Jewish museum. In 1962-68. it was restored and adapted for use as a cultural centre and youth center.
caption: Drawing of the building from before 1902
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