Kronprinsessegade 6


Kronprinsessegade 6 is a Neoclassical property overlooking Rosenborg Castle Garden in central Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

Kronprinsessegade 6 was built in 1803-1804 by master builder Johan martin Quist.
C. Olufsen, professor of agriculture, lived in the building in 1811–12. N. Clausen lived in the building from its completion in 1840–41. The physician Knud Faber lived in the ground floor from 1846 until his death ten years later.
In the 1920s, Kronprinsessegade 6 housed the embassy of the Soviet Union. Knud Erichsen, a wholesale company in the sugar industry, was in 1950 based in the building.

Architecture

Quist's original building consisted of three storeys over a high cellar. The fourth storey was not added until 1896. The gate opens to a small courtyard. A three-storey side wing extends from the rear side of the building along the northside of the courtyard to a three-storey cross wing with gateway that opens to another courtyard. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945.

Today

Today a part of the building is used as offices for the film company Citizen Dane, that have .
Citizen Dane is a market leader in Denmark within corporate movies.