Rosenborg Palace is located in the center of Copenhagen. In the middle of Kongens Have Park, the Life Guards guard Denmark's treasury, which has housed the most valuable treasures of the Danish kings and queens for 400 years. The palace was originally built in 1606-1607 by order of Christian IV as a pleasure house. Rosenborg Palace is part of the Royal Danish Collection, a fusion museum that also includes Koldinghus Palace and Amalienborg Palace.
The 400-year-old Renaissance palace was built by Christian IV, whose colorful personality had a major impact on Danish history. Christian IV loved to spend time at Rosenborg, which quickly became his favorite residence and the setting for many important events. Today, visitors can take a trip back in time and experience everyday and festive royal life through the personal belongings of the king and his descendants. The rooms and halls bear witness to pomp and splendor, but also to idiosyncrasies, secrets and a world view that in many ways is reminiscent of today's - and in other ways is miles away from it.
Rosenborg Castle interior view, sculpture © Kongernes Samling Rosenborg
The Royal Collection presents Danish history from a royal perspective
The Royal Danish Collection is the organization responsible for the museums at Amalienborg Palace and Rosenborg Castle, which collects, researches, preserves and communicates. In our encounters with the exhibitions, we want to offer our visitors the opportunity to explore living history. We believe that museums should engage visitors through learning, wonder, fascination and empathy. With its high towers and red walls adorned with sandstone ornamentation, Rosenborg Castle today presents itself as a significant representative of Christian IV's building activity and, despite numerous changes, as if it had been cast in one piece. It was built in the characteristic Dutch Renaissance style that became so typical of Danish buildings of the time. Rosenborg served as the royal residence until around 1710, when Christian IV's great-grandson, Frederik IV, gave preference to other and more contemporary summer residences. Instead, he made the palace the setting for the Royal Danish Collections. And that is the reason for the many well-preserved interiors, which are a special feature of Rosenborg.
