Stormgade
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 Stormgade at the intersection with Vester Voldgade | |
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| Length | 300 m (980 ft) |
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| Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Quarter | Frederiksholm Quarter |
| Postal code | 1470, 1663 |
| Nearest metro station | Gammel Strand |
| Coordinates | 55°40′28.78″N 12°34′24.67″E / 55.6746611°N 12.5735194°E |
| Northeast end | Frederiksholms Kanal |
| Southwest end | Vester Voldgade |
Stormgade (lit. "Storm Street") is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Frederiksholm Canal to H. C. Andersens Boulevard where it turns into Tietgensgade before continuing along the rear side of Tivoli Gardens and Copenhagen Central Station. In the opposite direction, Storm Bridge connects it to Slotsholmen where traffic may continue across Holmen's Bridge to Holmens Kanal, part of Ring 2, or across Knippel's Bridge to Christianshavn and Amager. The name of the street refers to the Swedish Storm of Copenhagen in 1659.
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The area south of Slotsholmen was originally part of the shallow-watered area known as Kalveboderne. The coast line ran approximately where Stormgade runs today. On the night of 10 February 1658, Swedish troops made an assault on Slotsholmen across the ice. After the attack, it was decided to improve the defense of Slotsholmen by extending Copenhagen's Western Rampart into the water. The area between the rampart and the new Frederiksholm Canal was reclaimed and developed into a small new neighbourhood with three short streets: Slotsholmen, Ny Vestergade and Ny Kongensgade.[1]
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When the Western Rampart was removed in the late 1870s, Stomgade was extended by one block to Vestre Boulevard (now H. C. Andersens Boulevard).
The entire southeast side of the street was demolished in 1931 to make way for an expansion of the National Museum. One of the buildings had stood from 1783 until 1923.[2]
