Danish Royal Palaces

Alexandria · #1 06-23-2003, 09:12 PM

www.ibl.se - Marselisborg Castle, interieur - 20040316 EXCLUSIVE Aarhus, Denmark - Marselisborg Castle, the private castle of Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik Photo: Klaus Möller / Colourpress

www.ibl.se - Marselisborg Castle, interieur - 20040316 EXCLUSIVE Aarhus, Denmark - Marselisborg Castle, the private castle of Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik Photo: Klaus Möller / Colourpress

www.ibl.se - Marselisborg Castle, interieur - 20040316 EXCLUSIVE Aarhus, Denmark - Marselisborg Castle, the private castle of Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik Photo: Klaus Möller / Colourpress

www.ibl.se - Marselisborg Castle, interieur - 20040316 EXCLUSIVE Aarhus, Denmark - Marselisborg Castle, the private castle of Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik Photo: Klaus Möller / Colourpress

www.ibl.se - Marselisborg Castle, Frederik's apartment - 20040316 EXCLUSIVE Aarhus, Denmark - Marselisborg Castle, the private castle of Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik Photo: Klaus Möller / Colourpress

www.ibl.se - Marselisborg Castle, Frederik's apartment - 20040316 EXCLUSIVE Aarhus, Denmark - Marselisborg Castle, the private castle of Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik Photo: Klaus Möller / Colourpress

www.ibl.se - Marselisborg Castle - 20040316 EXCLUSIVE Aarhus, Denmark - Marselisborg Castle, the private castle of Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik Photo: Klaus Möller / Colourpress

www.ibl.se - Marselisborg Castle - 20040316 EXCLUSIVE Aarhus, Denmark - Marselisborg Castle, the private castle of Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik Photo: Klaus Möller / Colourpress

www.ibl.se - Amalienborg, Christian 8. Palais - 20030521 Copenhagen, Denmark - Christian 8. Palais at Amalienborg Castle, Denmarks crownprince Frederik private home. Photo: Steen Brogaard / Colourpress

www.ibl.se - Amalienborg, Christian 8. Palais - 20030521 Copenhagen, Denmark - Christian 8. Palais at Amalienborg Castle, Denmarks crownprince Frederik private home. Photo: Steen Brogaard / Colourpress

thissal · #2 06-23-2003, 09:20 PM

Thanks for the great pictures Alexandria. I must say I'm surprised to see deer antlers. Somewhere I had the idea that was a specialty of the Wild West, but I must be wrong.

Alexandria · #3 06-26-2003, 11:38 PM

www.ibl.se - Amalienborg, Christian 8. Palais - 20030521 Copenhagen, Denmark - Christian 8. Palais at Amalienborg Castle, Denmarks Crownprince Frederik private home. Photo: Steen Brogaard / Colourpress

Check out the painting in the background. Isn't that Frederik?

www.ibl.se - Amalienborg, Christian 8. Palais - 20030521 Copenhagen, Denmark - Christian 8. Palais at Amalienborg Castle, Denmarks Crown Prince Frederik private home. Photo: Steen Brogaard / Colourpress

www.ibl.se - Amalienborg, Christian 8. Palais - 20030521 Copenhagen, Denmark - Christian 8. Palais at Amalienborg Castle, Denmarks Crownprince Frederik private home. Photo: Steen Brogaard / Colourpress

The famous staircase - the site of many royal photos!

www.ibl.se - Amalienborg, Christian 8. Palais - 20030521 Copenhagen, Denmark - Christian 8. Palais at Amalienborg Castle, Denmarks Crownprince Frederik private home. Photo: Steen Brogaard / Colourpress

www.ibl.se - Amalienborg, Christian 8. Palais - 20030521 Copenhagen, Denmark - Christian 8. Palais at Amalienborg Castle, Denmarks Crownprince Frederik private home. Photo: Steen Brogaard / Colourpress

Alexandra · #4 06-27-2003, 01:07 PM

:flower: Thank you, Alexandria, for those beautiful pictures. I have been a few times in front of the palace and always wondered how it would be inside. :flower:
I have visited Christiansborg Palace tree or four times and it is a very beautiful place, too.

thissal · #5 06-27-2003, 03:42 PM

Thank you too Alexandria. I love to see pictures like this. They say so much more about royal than anything else ever can. Look at the majestic staircase, the wonderful parquet floors, the life size portrait of CP Frederick (is that narcissistic or does that term not apply to royals?), and the sheer size of the rooms. Wonderful.

paulette · #6 06-29-2003, 03:37 PM

He has a perfect private home. It's really nice, I mean it doesn't need to be that full of things "gold" just to look elegant though.

paulette · #7 08-23-2003, 04:15 PM

1. Amalienborg Palace - official residence of Queen Margrethe II

2. another pic

3. Knights Hall in Amalienborg Palace

4. another picture

5. Chinese Lounge at Amalienborg Palace
A newly restored Boucher Gobelin tapestries hangs on the wall of the Chinese Lounge in the Amalienborg Palace. Woven from wool and silk in 1754, the tapestry was owned by King Louis XV of France. Copenhagen, Denmark.

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7. Fredensborg Palace

8. Christiansborg Palace - Parliementary building

9. Christiansborg Palace

10. Sorgenfri Slot

11. Sorgenfri Slot

paulette · #8 09-23-2003, 11:31 AM

Amalienborg Palace is the home of Queen Margrethe II and the Prince Henrik.
Amalienborg Palace is a major piece of Danish architecture and commonly regarded as the finest Danish example of rococo architecture. It comprises four palaces, all of which are identical from the outside, but different inside.

It was built in commemoration of the Oldenburg royal family's 300-year reign in 1749. From the outset, it was conceived as town mansions for four noblemen and their families. The Palace consists of Christian VII's Mansion, Christian VIII's Mansion, Frederik VIII's Mansion and Christian IX's Mansion. The mansions surround an octagonal area, with Saly's equestrian statue of Frederik V in the middle. The royal family resides at Christian IX's Mansion

paulette · #9 09-23-2003, 11:41 AM

Fredensborg Palace in North Sealand is the royal family's residence in the spring and autumn. The magnificent sprawling palace was built bit by bit during the 18th century by the best Danish architects of the era.

At the end of the Northern War (1709-20), King Frederik IV asked his head gardener Johan Cornelius Krieger to build a small summer palace on an piece of land he owned on the eastern side of Esrum Lake. There was already a farmyard on the site, Østrup, which was demolished to make way for the new building project. As per the Italian and French model, the palace was to be built in the close proximity of its gardens.

In the years 1720-26, the highly skilled J.C. Krieger built a palace complex consisting of a small main palace - almost square, one-and-a-half storeys high with dome and lanterns - in front of which he placed an octagonal palace yard encircled by single-storey servants' wings. East of the main palace was an Orangery and the one-storey building called Margrave House. The palace chapel stood in the middle of the two. East of the octagon were the stables and to the west a servant's wing called Red Wing.

The focal point of the main palace was the dome hall, which measured 15 x 15 m and had a height of 27 m. The sumptuous stucco on the walls and ceiling was by C.E. Brenno. The large room opening onto the garden also featured beautiful stucco work on the ceiling, as well as a magnificent ceiling painting by Hendrik Krock.

The palace was inaugurated on 11 October 1722, Frederik IV's 51st birthday, and was named Fredensborg after the recently concluded peace treaty. It continued to expand over the next few years, with a number of official residences added along the southern approach alley and a chancellery to the south of the church.

From 1741-44, the royal builder Lauritz de Thurah raised the main palace to two full storeys in height. Royal builder Niels Eigtved added the four corner pavilions in 1753-54. Thurah transformed the Orangery into a residential building for the ladies-in-waiting in 1751 and the architects Fortling and Anthon raised the Ladies' Building and the Margrave House by one storey. Lord High Steward A.G. Moltke moved into the latter building, which was renamed the Marshal's House. Royal builder C.F. Harsdorff raised the buildings around the octagon by one storey in the 1770s and built a broad access passage towards the south. Frederik V and Juliane Marie had a predilection for the palace. After 1766, Juliane Marie was given Fredensborg as her dower house.
During Christian IX's long reign, the palace enjoyed a new golden age with the so-called Fredensborg days, when Europe's monarchs would gather to spend their holidays. The palace has been the favourite spring and autumn residence of various monarchs ever since.

The latest addition was in 1995, when the Palaces and Properties Agency commissioned the architect Søren D. Schmidt to design an Orangery west of the palace.

paulette · #10 09-23-2003, 11:44 AM

1. In the autumn of 2003 the Crown Prince will take up residence in the Chancellery House in the grounds of Fredensborg Palace, which will become his summer home. History of the Palace begins in the 1720’s and the Chancellery House was built in 1731.

2. Fredensborg Palace

3. Fredensborg Palace

paulette · #11 09-23-2003, 12:28 PM

Christiansborg Palace

Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen was built for the country's three supreme powers: the royal power, the legislative power, and the judicial power. The premises of the Royal Family, mainly The Royal Reception Rooms, make up only a small part of the palace complex. The Danish Parliament has the majority of the palace's rooms at its disposal, while the Prime Minister's Office and the Supreme Court are also found within the palace. Besides the Reception Rooms in the palace's north wing, the Chapel and the bulk of the Riding Ground Complex are available to the Royal Family.

As a result of two serious fires in 1794 and 1884, the palace complex bears testimony to three eras of Danish architecture. The main palace from 1928 in the historicist Neo-baroque style is the third Christiansborg on the site, the Chapel is from the second, neoclassical Christiansborg from the 1800s, and the Showgrounds survive from the first, luxurious baroque palace of the 1700s. In the Riding Ground Complex, you can visit the Theatre Museum and The Royal Stables.

Beneath Christiansborg visitors can see the ruins of two even older buildings on the site, namely Absalon's Castle and Copenhagen Castle.

Immediately adjacent to Christiansborg Castle are The Royal Library Gardens.

paulette · #12 09-23-2003, 12:34 PM

Sorgenfri Palace and Palace Gardens

Since it was first built in 1706, Sorgenfri Palace in Lyngby has been rebuilt several times and the present Neoclassical palace with its characteristic steeple dates from the end of the 1700s. For most of its history the palace has been a Royal residence and is now at the disposal of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II. During the 20th century Sorgenfri was home to Christian X and Queen Alexandrine, then to their Heir Presumptive Knud and Caroline-Mathilde, and today to Earl Christian of Rosenborg. The palace is closed to the public but can be seen from a distance, e.g. from Lyngbyvej.

Sorgenfri Palace Gardens, which surround the castle, are peaceful, wooded landscape gardens situated close to Lyngby's shopping centre. Like many other palace gardens, these gardens were converted at the end of the 1700s and beginning of the 1800s from the baroque to the Anglo-romantic style with winding paths and numerous small surprises hidden among the trees.

If you follow the Mill Stream through the gardens, you will pass the small timber-frame cottage known as the Swiss House, a memorial bench to the poet Viggo Stuckenberg, the Grotto and The Queen's Well.

The Reserved Garden, which is the area of the gardens situated closest to Sorgenfri Palace, is reserved for the Royal Family and hence closed to the public. However, most of the gardens are permanently open to the public.

paulette · #13 09-24-2003, 11:02 AM

Frederiksborg Castle and Castle Gardens

Frederiksborg Castle is situated in the centre of Hillerød on three islets in the Castle Lake surrounded by Frederiksborg Castle Gardens. The castle was built in the Dutch Renaissance style at the beginning of the 17th century by Christian IV, then rebuilt about 250 years later by another great Dane, the brewer J.C. Jacobsen, following its destruction by fire. The Castle Chapel survived when the rest of the castle burnt down in 1859 and today it stands as in Christian IV's time.

Frederiksborg Castle Gardens consist of a romantic landscaped garden where one can enjoy the view of Frederik II's small Bath House (Badstueslottet), which is occasionally used by the Royal Family for hunt lunches, and a baroque garden, recreated in 1996 according to studies of J.C. Krieger's gardens from 1725. The garden is especially noteworthy for its four royal monograms executed in boxwood, the historical flowers and the festive cascades.

paulette · #14 09-24-2003, 11:05 AM

The Eremitage Hunting Lodge

The Eremitage Hunting Lodge was built in 1734-36 in Jægersborg Deer Park as a hunting lodge for Christian VI by his young court builder Lauritz de Thurah. The palace is a fine example of the late Baroque period in Danish architecture.

Now, as it was then, the Eremitage is used for royal hunting parties, mainly in Jægersborg Deer Park. The small, compact palace on the top of the Eremitage plain is also known to many from the annual Hubertus hunts.

The Eremitage Hunting Lodge is a 'civil-list palace', meaning that it is owned by the state and made available to the Royal Family. The palace is not therefore accessible to the general public, although in recent years it has been opened on certain occasions in connection with national collections on behalf of the Danish Refugee Council.

paulette · #15 09-24-2003, 11:18 AM

Gråsten Palace and Palace Gardens are beautifully located surrounded by the Southern Jutland countryside's forests and lakes. The palace dates from 1759 and is the successor to several palaces situated on the site since the 16th century.

For many years it was at the disposal of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid. Queen Ingrid used the palace as a summer residence every year up to her death in November 2000, and the palace is still used as a summer residence by the Royal Family today.

The lavishly decorated chapel is the only part of the palace, which is open to the public, although the palace can be enjoyed from outside on a walk through the palace gardens – provided the Royal Family is not in residence.

Gråsten Palace Gardens are Anglo-inspired Romantic landscape gardens, which display a lavish profusion of flowers in the summer season. Unlike the numerous Royal gardens, which are still tended as they were in days gone by, Gråsten is a living example of modern Royal landscape gardening. Queen Ingrid, who had a great interest in gardening, created the gardens as we know them today. For most of the year, when the Royal Family is not using the palace, a large part of the gardens is open to the public.