Helsinki, Finland
1748-1917
Turku, Finland
1280
Hämeenlinna, Finland
ca. 1250-1300
Savonlinna, Finland
1475-1483
Lappeenranta, Finland
1721-1792
Hamina, Finland
1720-1803
Raasepori, Finland
1360-1378
Kaarina, Finland
ca. 1300
Sund, Finland
1388
Loviisa, Finland
1748-1770
Kotka, Finland
1790-1796
Loviisa, Finland
1748-1757
Pori, Finland
1930s
Savitaipale, Finland
1790-1793
Kotka, Finland
1791-1808
Luumäki, Finland
1773-1796
Kouvola, Finland
1791-1792
Kouvola, Finland
1791-1792
Saltvik, Finland
Viking age
Kustavi, Finland
1915
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.