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The Copenhagen Police Headquarters building (Danish: Københavns Politigård) is located on Polititorvet southwest of the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by Hack Kampmann and Aage Rafn in 1924 in the Neoclassical style, often referred to as Nordic Classicism, it was completed in 1924.
Jun 5, 2012 · The Police Headquarters, Copenhagen O ne of the pleasures of the recent hit Danish television series Forbrydelsen (released in the UK as ‘The Killing’) is the occasional view it provides of Copenhagen’s police headquarters.
Copenhagen Police Headquarters (HQ) are located at the police station Politigården in central Copenhagen. However if you need to report a crime and/or require personal service, you will need to go to Copenhagen Police’s expedition at Copenhagen Central Station.
The Copenhagen Police Headquarters marks the culmination of neoclassicism in Denmark. At the same time, the building represents the end point of this architectural style. The construction of a new headquarters for the Copenhagen Police was handed over to the architect Hack Kampmann in 1918.
Copenhagen Police serves Frederiksberg, Tårnby, Dragør and Copenhagen municipalities.
Copenhagen Police Headquarters was designed by architects Aage Rafn and Hack Kampmann together with Kampmann's sons, Hans Jørgen and Christian. Built in 1918-1924, it is a masterpiece of mid-war neo-classicistic architecture, but the austere grey colossus has provoked many a comment.
Politigården (Police Headquarters) was built 1918-24 and is the headquarters of Copenhagen Police. The building houses among other things, administration, management, emergency department and radio service.
