Amaliegade 11 is a former 18th century town house in the Frederiksstaden neighborhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark.
The house was originally constructed in the mid-1750s with a facade design by Niels Eigtved in accordance with his overall guidelines for buildings in the new district.
When Frederiksstaden was founded in 1750, it was initially envisioned as a district for the nobility and the city's most wealthy merchants.
[2] Anne Sophie Klein, another widow, resided in another apartment with three unmarried daughters (aged 19 to 35).
[4] Peder Børre, a skipper, resided in the building with his Dorthe Sophie Qvist and a female cook.
[6] Dorthe Cathrine Kock, a 47-year-old widow, resided in the building with her three children (aged 7 to 17) and a female cook.
[8] Friderich Wium (1740-1799), a secretary (depechesekretær) in Generalitetet), resided in the building with his wife Johanne Elisabeth Reiersen, their two children (aged seven and nine), a maid and a female cook.
During the Battle of Copenhagen, in August 1807, he served as commander of the brig Mercurius which was stationed at Kalbebod Beach.
[14] Holger Christian Reedtz (1800-1857), who then served as secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs, resided in the building from 1832 to 1835.
The Actress at the Royal Danish Theatre Nathalia Ryge was in 1840 in the ground floor apartment.
[15] He had just returned to Copenhagen after serving as commander of the brig Najaden on a voyage to New York City and moved when he was appointed as head of the Naval Cadet Academy.
The basement of the building fronting the street was converted into a commercial space with a residential apartment for the tenant on its rear.
Christesen's firm was especially remowned for its 'Ancient Norse' style jewellery, copying archeological objects, from the Bronze Age to the medieval period.
[20] Albert Madsen's Eftf, a retailer of furnishings and fittings for ships, was in 1072 based in the basement.
[21] Amaliegade 11 was originally constructed with a facade designed by Nicolai Eigtved in accordance with his own guidelines for the Frederiksstaden district.
The cartouche above the gate dates from the construction of the building and features a barrel and a tub as a reference to the first owner's trade.
It has a red tile roof with a three-astorey, through-going gabled wall dormer over the four central bays.
The two condominiums in Amaliegade 11B were in 2019 owned by DR journalist Nina Munch-Perrin and media personality Bubber.