Frederiksberg Courthouse

Frederiksberg Courthouse
Frederiksberg Domhus
Frederiksberg Courthouse viewed from the plaza
General information
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Location	Frederiksberg, Copenhagen
Country	Denmark
Coordinates	55°40′49″N 12°31′44″E / 55.6803°N 12.5288°E / 55.6803; 12.5288Coordinates: 55°40′49″N 12°31′44″E / 55.6803°N 12.5288°E / 55.6803; 12.5288
Construction started	1919
Completed	1921
Design and construction
Architect	Hack Kampmann

Frederiksberg Courthouse (Danish: Frederiksberg Domhus) is a courthouse in Frederiksberg, an independent municipality in Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was completed in 1921 to designs by Hack Kampmann as part of a larger complex at Howitzvej which also included a new fire station and a police station. The latter is connected both to the courthouse and Solbjerg Church by short colonnades.

Both the courthouse and the police station as well as a courtyard space situated to the rear of the complex were listed in 1997. An extension of the courtyard is currently (ultimo 2012) under construction to designs by 3XN.

The project originally comprised only a fire station and a police station. It was decided to build them next to Solbjerg Church which had been completed in 1908 in the grounds where Frederiksberg Hospital had previously been located. A design competition was won by professor Hack Kampmann in 1914 and the police station was completed in 1919. When a reform of the jurisdictional system prompted the need for a courthouse in Frederiksberg, it was decided to build it next to the two other buildings and Kampmann was charged with its design. Construction began in 1919 and the building was completed by Kaj Gottlob after Kampmann's death. It was inaugurated on 22 October 1921.

Kampmann's courthouse is designed in the Neoclassical under influence from Carl Petersen,who had generated renewed interest in Christian Frederiksen's architecture.

It is a two-storey, rectangular building surrounding a courtyard with a sculpture of Justitia designed by Einar Utzon-Frank. The building is constructed in red brick while the plinth, a dominant cornice just below the roof and the framing around the windows is of Faxe limestone. The drain pipes and detailing on the cornice and at the windows are in copper. The windows are painted white towards the street and black facing the courtyard. The roof is hipped towards the street with a low Mansard towards the courtyard.