Copenhagen, Denmark
1606-1624
Helsingør, Denmark
1574-1585
Copenhagen, Denmark
1626
Aalborg, Denmark
1539-1555
Kværndrup, Denmark
1554
Kolding, Denmark
15th century
Allinge, Denmark
13th century
Sønderborg, Denmark
1350
Christiansø, Denmark
1684
Odense, Denmark
1721
Gram, Denmark
16th century
Spøttrup, Denmark
15th century
Dronninglund, Denmark
1520-1588
Vemb, Denmark
1552
Nyborg, Denmark
12th century
Hørve, Denmark
17th century
Køge, Denmark
1580
Næstved, Denmark
1737
Fredericia, Denmark
1650
Middelfart, Denmark
18th 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.