Copenhagen, Denmark
1733
Copenhagen, Denmark
1750-1760
Copenhagen, Denmark
1606-1624
Helsingør, Denmark
1574-1585
Hillerød, Denmark
1560-1620
Kværndrup, Denmark
1554
Gråsten, Denmark
1759
Kolding, Denmark
15th century
Fredensborg, Denmark
1719
Nyborg, Denmark
12th century
Hørve, Denmark
17th century
Aarhus, Denmark
1899-1902
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.