Lucerne, Switzerland
1633-
Lugano, Switzerland
15th century
Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
1220-1229
Locarno, Switzerland
1498
Zürich, Switzerland
1910
Lugano, Switzerland
1499
Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
1606
Appenzell, Switzerland
1420
Romainmôtier-Envy, Switzerland
450 AD
Interlaken, Switzerland
12th century
Einsiedeln, Switzerland
10th century AD
Geneva, Switzerland
10th century
Payerne, Switzerland
950-960 AD
Zug, Switzerland
c. 1266
Stans, Switzerland
1641-1647
Geneva, Switzerland
1863-1866
Sion, Switzerland
12th century
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
1049
Chur, Switzerland
1154-1270
Zug, Switzerland
1595
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.