This led to massive growth in urban development for the surrounding areas, resulting in Frederiksberg becoming an independent municipality in 1858.

Eventually, in 1863, the council staff relocated to a newly completed poorhouse and hospital on Lampevej (now Howitzvej) street.

[1] The municipal council remained on Lampevej until 1870 when they had to seek other accommodation due to the expanding needs of the poorhouse they had been occupying.

This arrangement, while a significant improvement over the previous accommodations, would still prove insufficient for the needs of the rapidly growing Frederiksberg.

It housed the fire department as well as a courthouse and office space for Birket and the local municipal government of Frederiksberg, which had a population of 75,000 by the year 1900.

This led to the municipal council needing to rent numerous premises around the city to cope with the increased workload.

However, when their work was deemed unsatisfactory, Henning Hansen was once again asked to design a building for a new town hall, but this time with a plot of land between Bredegade and Smallegade - which was used by the rejected architectural department project.

[1] However, due to a shortage of materials across Denmark during the later years of the German occupation of the country, the project stalled, with virtually no work being done on the building from 1944 up to 1949.