page_title: Nansensgade
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Nansensgade / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Ørsted Park under establishment with Nansensgade well under way in the background in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Nansensgade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is known for its abundance of cafés and trendy shops and plays host to an annual street festival. Located in front of the local community centre, Charlotte Ammundsens Plads is an urban space which connects Nansensgade to Nørre Søgade
context_section_description: Nansensgade is one of several new streets that were created on the former glacis outside the North Rampart after Copenhagen's 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 Swedish siege of Copenhagen in the 1650s. The street is named after Hans Nansen, mayor of Copenhagen and a close of king Frederick III.
  Nansensgade was completed along with Nørre Søgade, Nørre Farimagsgade in August 1873.
  A couple of industrial buildings were older than the street. The Elisabethsminde chocolate factory was situated in the area between Nansensgade and the Peblinge Lake. It later relocated to Heimdalsgade in Nørrebro in 1914.
caption: Ørsted Park under establishment with Nansensgade well under way in the background, 1876
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