Schleswig, Germany
c. 770 AD
Oslo, Norway
1926
Roskilde, Denmark
Peel, United Kingdom
11th century
Jelling, Denmark
10th century
Tønsberg, Norway
871 AD
Vestvågøy, Norway
500 - 950 AD
Trondheim, Norway
1658
Newfoundland, Canada
950-1050 AD
Staraja Ladoga, Russia
ca. 1114
Trelleborg, Sweden
10th century
Nørresundby, Denmark
400 - 1050 AD
Orkney, United Kingdom
7th century AD
Narsaq, Greenland
1000 AD
Hobro, Denmark
10th century
Odense, Denmark
975 AD
Izborsk, Russia
9th century AD
Stykkið, Faroe Islands
900-1000 AD
Castletown, United Kingdom
850-950 AD
Slagelse, Denmark
10th century
Rosenborg Palace was built in the period 1606-34 as Christian IV’s summerhouse just outside the ramparts of Copenhagen. Christian IV was very fond of the palace and often stayed at the castle when he resided in Copenhagen, and it was here that he died in 1648. After his death, the palace passed to his son King Frederik III, who together with his queen, Sophie Amalie, carried out several types of modernisation.
The last king who used the place as a residence was Frederik IV, and around 1720, Rosenborg was abandoned in favor of Frederiksborg Palace.Through the 1700s, considerable art treasures were collected at Rosenborg Castle, among other things items from the estates of deceased royalty and from Christiansborg after the fire there in 1794.
Soon the idea of a museum arose, and that was realised in 1833, which is The Royal Danish Collection’s official year of establishment.