Bergen, Norway
c. 1181
Trondheim, Norway
1070-1300
Stavanger, Norway
c. 1100-1150
Bergen, Norway
1130s
Trondheim, Norway
c. 1200
Bergen, Norway
1066-1093
Bergen, Norway
1181
Oslo, Norway
1050
Lom, Norway
1158
Notodden, Norway
c. 1210
Oslo, Norway
12th century
Borgund, Norway
1180-1250
Vik, Norway
c. 1130
Oslo, Norway
13th century
Voss, Norway
1271-1277
Aurland, Norway
13th century
Ornes, Norway
c. 1130
Oslo, Norway
c. 1150
Hamar, Norway
1150
Lillehammer, Norway
1190-1225
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.