Copenhagen, Denmark
1893-1905
Copenhagen, Denmark
1672
Copenhagen, Denmark
1733
Copenhagen, Denmark
1750-1760
Copenhagen, Denmark
1758-1764
Hillerød, Denmark
1560-1620
Ålborg, Denmark
1757-1762
Roskilde, Denmark
1733-1736
Ribe, Denmark
1496
Copenhagen, Denmark
1703
Gråsten, Denmark
1759
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
1734-1736
Tønder, Denmark
1661
Fredensborg, Denmark
1719
Aarhus, Denmark
1899-1902
Klampenborg, Denmark
1871
Augustenborg, Denmark
1733
Haslev, Denmark
1891
Jystrup, Denmark
1766
Charlottenlund, Denmark
1731
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.