Copenhagen, Denmark
1637
Copenhagen, Denmark
1817-1829
Copenhagen, Denmark
1400-1450
Copenhagen, Denmark
1563
Copenhagen, Denmark
1695
Copenhagen, Denmark
1703-1706
Roskilde, Denmark
c. 1170
Copenhagen, Denmark
1749-1894
Aalborg, Denmark
c. 1380-1400
Roskilde, Denmark
c. 1125
Aalborg, Denmark
1431
Aarhus, Denmark
12th century
Odense, Denmark
c. 1300
Ribe, Denmark
1110
Odense, Denmark
1096
Odense, Denmark
1906-1908
Helsingør, Denmark
1559
Helsingør, Denmark
1430
Aarhus, Denmark
1060
Kolding, Denmark
c. 1250
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.