Struer, Denmark
c. 1536
Skive, Denmark
1200
Sønderborg, Denmark
c. 1100
Hasle, Denmark
ca. 1460
Stubbekøbing, Denmark
c. 1200
Højby, Denmark
12th century
Kolding, Denmark
12th century
Augustenborg, Denmark
12th century
Hedensted, Denmark
11th century
Vejle, Denmark
c. 1100
Aabenraa, Denmark
c. 1250
Fredericia, Denmark
12th century
Aakirkeby, Denmark
ca. 1100
Jyllinge, Denmark
c. 1100
Torrig, Denmark
1350
Hedensted, Denmark
13th century
Læsø, Denmark
1269
Nakskov, Denmark
ca. 1100
Nakskov, Denmark
c. 1464
Maribo, Denmark
c. 1100
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.