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70-524: The joint fleet was dissolved when Christian Fredrick established separate fleets for Denmark and Norway on 12 April 1814. These are the modern ancestors of today's Royal Danish Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy . The primary task of the fleet in the first period of its existence was to counter the power of the Hanseatic League and secure control in the Baltic Sea . The fleet was expanded to be one of

140-431: A chapel and several minor buildings. At the death of Absalon in 1201, possession of the castle and city of Copenhagen passed to the bishops of Roskilde . A few decades later, however, a bitter feud erupted between crown and church, and for almost two centuries the ownership of the castle and city was contested between kings and bishops. Furthermore, the castle was frequently under attack, for example by Wend pirates and

210-507: A ceiling height of 10 metres, and a gallery runs all the way around the room. The Hall seats 400 guests and is used for banquets, state dinners and receptions. The Great Hall was renovated on the occasion of Queen Margrethe II's 60th birthday when artist Bjørn Nørgaard 's 17 tapestries recounting the history of Denmark were hung on the walls. The tapestries were a gift from the Danish business community on

280-405: A dome construction on top of a central church interior. The palace chapel was inaugurated on Whit Sunday , 14 May 1826, to mark the 1,000 anniversary of the introduction of Christianity to Denmark. The second palace fire in 1884 spared the church, as the fire was stopped in the buildings linking it to the palace. However, fate finally caught up with the church on 7 June 1992. The church burned to

350-559: A one-story narrow end building closes off the wings at the Frederiksholm Canal end. In 1742, the north wing became the first one to be finished. Building work on the south wing started in June 1740 but ground to a halt by the autumn due to difficulties in obtaining supplies. Work did not recommence until January 1744, now under the supervision of the young architect Nicolai Eigtved. In 1746, 87 hunting horses and 165 carriage horses moved into

420-487: A series of tapestries with motifs from Danish folk songs, woven after cartoons painted by Joakim Skovgaard . Facing the Palace Square is the oval Throne Room (Tronsalen) where foreign ambassadors present their credentials to King Frederik X . The Throne Room gives access to the balcony where the Danish monarchs are proclaimed. The Throne Room is decorated with a large ceiling painting by Kræsten Iversen, depicting how

490-634: A succession crisis. Christian commenced arrangements to secure the succession in Denmark . The result was the selection of the future Christian IX as hereditary prince, the choice made official by a new law enacted on 31 July 1853 after an international treaty made in London. King Christian died of sepsis in Amalienborg Palace in 1848 and was interred in Roskilde Cathedral on the island of Zealand ,

560-806: Is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen , Denmark . It is the seat of the Danish Parliament ( Folketinget ), the Danish Prime Minister's Office , and the Supreme Court of Denmark . Also, several parts of the palace are used by the Danish monarch , including the Royal Reception Rooms, the Palace Chapel and the Royal Stables . The palace

630-421: Is little evidence to support this. On 3 December 1839 he ascended the Danish throne as Christian VIII. The Liberal party had high hopes of "the giver of constitutions." However, by this time, Christian had become more conservative, and disappointed his admirers by steadily rejecting every Liberal project. Administrative reform was the only reform he would promise. In his attitude to the growing national unrest in

700-463: Is thus home to the three supreme powers: the executive power , the legislative power , and the judicial power . It is the only building in the world that houses all three of a country's branches of government. The name Christiansborg is thus also frequently used as a metonym for the Danish political system, and colloquially it is often referred to as Rigsborgen ('the castle of the realm') or simply Borgen ('the castle'). The present building,

770-513: The Duchy of Holstein . It was here, that Charlotte Frederica gave birth to their first-born son, Prince Christian Frederick, who was born and died on 8 April 1807. From 1808 the couple lived in Copenhagen, where they took residence partly at Levetzau's Palace at Amalienborg, and partly at Sorgenfri Palace. On 6 October 1808, their second son and only surviving child was born, Prince Frederick Carl Christian,

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840-863: The Faroe Islands , Iceland and Greenland , large parts of the Baltic, the waters east of the North Cape and off Spitsbergen . For the entire period of its existence its main base was Holmen in Copenhagen , but on different occasions smaller task forces was stationed in Fredriksvern in Norway and in Glückstadt . In 1709 there was about 19,000 personnel enrolled in the common fleet. Of these 10 000 were Norwegian. When Tordenskjold made his raid at Dynekil in 1716, over 80% of

910-639: The Hanseatic cities, and during the years 1249 to 1259 it was occupied and plundered. In 1370, King Valdemar IV of Denmark was defeated in a conflict with the Hanseatic League, who ordered the castle to be demolished. They sent 40 stonemasons to demolish the castle stone by stone. The castle had long been a terrible nuisance to the Hanseatic cities' trade in the Sound , and the time had now come to remove it. During

980-543: The Royal Swedish Navy at the time. The number of guns on the ships of the line was smaller, a feature only the Dano-Norwegian navy had- different from the average number of cannons mounted on warships of the great sea powers of the time but it was partly a deliberate decision of the admiralty, in order to make the ships able to navigate in the countless narrow waters around the Danish isles. The Napoleonic Wars also saw

1050-723: The State Council Room (Statsrådssalen). The King holds an audience every other Monday and attends Council with the government as required – usually on Wednesdays. The King in Council signs new Acts after their adoption in Parliament. The Audience Chamber and the State Council Room are the only Royal Reception Rooms that are closed to the public. The King's Stairway gives access to the Tower Hall (Tårnsalen). The Tower Hall displays

1120-480: The opening of parliament . The history of Christiansborg Palace Chapel goes back to the first Christiansborg Palace, which was built by the contractor general Elias David Häusser from 1733 to 1745. King Christian VI was keen on architecture, and he commissioned a talented young architect in the King's building service, Nicolai Eigtved , to design the palace chapel (1738–42). Eigtved seized the opportunity and designed one of

1190-566: The Danish flag, Dannebrog , fell from the sky in Estonia in 1219. The Royal Reception Rooms also include the Fredensborg Hall (Fredensborgsalen), with Laurits Tuxen 's painting of King Christian IX and his whole family together at Fredensborg Palace , and parts of the Queen's Library. The Great Hall is the largest and most spectacular of the Royal Reception Rooms. The Hall is 40 metres long with

1260-541: The Dowager Queen Juliane Marie , and their adviser Ove Høegh-Guldberg . In 1784, however, the king's only son, the young Crown Prince Frederick (later King Frederick VI ), had seized power in a palace revolution and was now the real ruler. In Prince Christian Frederick's childhood, his family had a strained relationship with the Crown Prince and his family as a result of these power struggles, but gradually

1330-525: The Hereditary Prince's goodwill towards his hofmarschall and continues: ... my uncle appreciates the creator of the four, very adorable princes and princesses too much to want to send him away. When Prince Christian Frederick was born, his father's half-brother, Christian VII , was the King of Denmark-Norway , but due to the king's mental illness, he was not able to rule himself. From 1772, Hereditary Prince Frederick had ruled together with his mother,

1400-733: The Parliament Wing is structured around the Lobby. At both ends of Lobby are the chambers of Rigsdagen , the former bicameral parliament; the Folketing chamber is located at the far end and the Landsting located at the other (the far chamber has been the only one in use since the Folketing became the sole legislative assembly in 1953). Along the hall are various rooms such as the Speaker's office and offices for

1470-512: The administration. Under the present palace lie the ruins of Bishop Absalon's Castle and Copenhagen Castle. When the foundations of the present Christiansborg Palace were being cast, workers came across ruins of several buildings and parts of a curtain wall. Experts were called in from the National Museum of Denmark and the ruins, which lay beneath the inner palace yard, were unearthed. Public interest in these ruins, which dated back to around

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1540-416: The age of 52, and the nineteen-year-old Prince Christian Frederik inherited his place as second-in-line in the succession as well as the two residences, Levetzau's Palace and Sorgenfri Palace. As King Christian VII died on 13 March 1808, Crown Prince Frederick became king of Denmark and Norway as Frederick VI. Since the new king still had no male descendants, Christian Frederick thus became heir presumptive to

1610-448: The age of just 36 years. Christian Frederick was raised conservatively according to the guidelines of minister Ove Høegh-Guldberg , who had been ousted from government in 1784 along with the hereditary prince. His upbringing was marked by a thorough and broad-spectrum education with exposure to artists and scientists who were linked to his father's court. He inherited the talents of his highly gifted mother, and his love of science and art

1680-670: The best Danish artists, such as Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard , Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg , Laurits Tuxen , Joakim Skovgaard and Bjørn Nørgaard . To reach the Royal Reception Rooms one goes through the Queen's Gate (Dronningeporten), and through the Hall of the Halberdiers (Drabantsalen) to the King's Stairway (Kongetrappen). At the foot of the stairs are the Audience Chamber (Audiensgemakket) and

1750-582: The construction of nearly 200 gunboats during the Gunboat War with the United Kingdom after the British decisively defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet and captured their entire navy. The Bille Family with Steen Andersen Bille had a large role in the reconstruction of the Dano-Norwegian fleet. The navy was considered to be the King's personal property, and "the King's waters" consisted of the sea off Denmark, Norway

1820-531: The court. For this reason, her husband divorced her in 1810, sent her into internal exile in the town of Horsens , and prohibited her from ever seeing her son again. In May 1813, as the heir presumptive of the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway, Christian was sent as stattholder ( Governor-general of Norway ) to Norway to promote the loyalty of the Norwegians to the House of Oldenburg , which had been very badly shaken by

1890-528: The disastrous results of Frederick VI 's adhesion to the falling fortunes of Napoleon I of France . Christian did all he could personally to strengthen the bonds between the Norwegians and the royal house. Though his endeavours were opposed by the so-called Swedish party, which desired a dynastic union with Sweden , he placed himself at the head of the Norwegian party of independence after the Treaty of Kiel had forced

1960-449: The dome and roof, but a systematic exercise in building archaeology registered the charred remains of the building, and made it possible to recreate the dome and roof. Historically accurate building methods were also used throughout the rebuilding process. Danish craftsmen were unable to undertake the difficult work of restoring and recreating the interior's scagliola . One of Germany's leading experts, Manfred Siller, took charge and taught

2030-478: The family lost their Copenhagen home, as Christiansborg Palace was devastated by a fire. Instead the Hereditary Prince bought the Levetzau's Palace , an 18th-century town house which forms part of the Amalienborg Palace complex in the district Frederiksstaden in central Copenhagen . In november of the same year, when he was eight years old, his mother, who had long suffered from a fragile health, died at Sorgenfri

2100-481: The family, however, it was widely acknowledged that the biological father most likely was the Hereditary Prince's aide-de-camp and hofmarschall Frederick von Blücher , who probably also fathered Christian Frederick's three younger siblings: Princess Juliane Sophie , Princess Louise Charlotte and Prince Frederick Ferdinand . In a letter written by Crown Prince Frederick to his brother-in-law Duke Frederick Christian II of Augustenburg in 1805, he thus mentions

2170-408: The first Christiansborg Palace ( Danish , Christiansborg Slot ), and in 1733 work started on a magnificent baroque palace. By 1738, work on the main palace had progressed so far that it was possible to start on the other buildings included in the total project. The palace included show grounds and chapel. Most of the palace complex was completed in 1745 and was the largest palace in northern Europe at

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2240-507: The first Danish Parliament (the Rigsdagen ). The second Christiansborg burned down in 1884. The showgrounds, including the Riding School, court theatre and Hansen's chapel were saved. The ruins remained in place for the following 23 years due to political fighting. Thorvald Jørgensen won an architecture competition to decide who would design the third (and current) Christiansborg, which

2310-423: The future King Frederick VII of Denmark . Nonetheless, their married life was unhappy. Charlotte Frederica was described as very beautiful in her youth, but her character was thought to be moody, capricious, frivolous and mythomaniac, qualities that were later said to recur in her son, Frederick VII. Her alleged affair with her singing teacher, Swiss-born singer and composer Édouard Du Puy , led to her removal from

2380-448: The great powers in Norway's cause, but without success. On being pressed by the commissioners of the allied powers to bring about a union between Norway and Sweden in accordance with the terms of the treaty of Kiel, and then return to Denmark, he replied that, as a constitutional king, he could do nothing without the consent of the parliament ( Storting ), which would not be convoked until there

2450-462: The ground floor and first floor in the northern half of the palace. The Rooms are used for official functions of the monarch such as banquets , state dinners , the New Year's levée , diplomatic accreditations , audiences and meetings of the council of state . The Reception Rooms are richly adorned with furniture and works of art rescued from the two earlier palaces, as well as decorations by some of

2520-558: The ground, probably set ablaze by fireworks set off during the Whitsun carnival. During the 1992 church fire, the roof, dome and dividing floor were burned down and the inventory severely damaged. Shortly afterwards, the Danish Ministry of Finance's Palaces and Properties Agency began rebuilding the chapel in collaboration with Erik Møller's Drawing Studio A/S and Royal Inspector of Listed State Buildings Jens Fredslund. No drawings existed of

2590-564: The income from Norway was to be used towards its construction and upkeep. The majority of the ships of the line in the 17th and 18th centuries were named after the royalty of Denmark-Norway, as well as the lands of the kingdoms. At the end of the 18th century, it became more common to name them in a national romantic vein, using names from the history of Denmark and from the Old Norse mythology. Ships include: Christian VIII of Denmark Christian VIII (18 September 1786 – 20 January 1848)

2660-564: The king to cede Norway to the king of Sweden. He was elected Regent of Norway by an assembly of notables on 16 February 1814. This election was confirmed by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly convoked at Eidsvoll on 10 April, and on 17 May the constitution was signed and Christian was unanimously elected king of Norway under the name Christian Frederick (Kristian Frederik in Norwegian ). Christian next attempted to interest

2730-587: The largest in Europe under the direction Christian IV with 50-105 larger warships and a large number of brigs and sloops, numbering in total around 75. In the 17th and 18th centuries during the period of absolutism its primary aim was to control the Strait of Øresund against the Swedish Empire . In this period it consisted of 45 ships of the line with an average of 60 guns, plus 20-40 frigates , large enough to counter

2800-539: The morning on 18 September 1786 at Christiansborg Palace , the principal residence of the Danish Monarchy on the island of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen . He was officially the eldest son of Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway and Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . His father was a younger son of the deceased King Frederick V of Denmark -Norway and his second wife, Duchess Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , and his mother

2870-491: The most distinguished Rococo interiors in Denmark. In 1794 fire ravaged the palace and it was decided to demolish the ruins completely. The demolition, however, never took place. Architect Christian Frederik Hansen, who resurrected the palace between 1803 and 1828, was also commissioned to rebuild the palace chapel in 1810. Work commenced in 1813, using the existing foundations and masonry as far as possible. The church and main palace were built in strict neo-classical style, with

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2940-540: The new stables, the largest number ever. In 1766–67, the architect Nicolas-Henri Jardin built a court theatre on the floor above the big stables. It now houses the Theatre Museum. The Royal Stables are home to the horses and carriages used to perform the ceremonial transport for the Danish royal family during state events and festive occasions. In 1789 the number of horses reached a peak with 270 horses stabled. Today, there are about 20 horses left, and some parts of

3010-507: The occasion of Queen Margrethe II's 50th birthday. The Alexander Hall (Alexandersalen) is named for Bertel Thorvaldsen 's marble frieze "Alexander the Great Enters Babylon". The frieze was made for the second Christiansborg Palace, and parts of it survived the fire. It was later restored and mounted in this room. The Hall is used for smaller receptions and official dinners, often in connection with state visits. The first floor of

3080-448: The only sister of Frederick VI) at Augustenborg Palace on 22 May 1815. The couple was childless and lived in comparative retirement as leaders of the literary and scientific society of Copenhagen until Christian ascended the throne of Denmark. Christian had ten extramarital children, for whom he carefully provided. It has been suggested that these extramarital children included the fairy tale author Hans Christian Andersen , though there

3150-594: The original stable buildings have been converted into offices and garages . From 2007 to 2009 the Royal Stables underwent a thorough renovation to meet the requirements of current animal welfare law. A Riding School is located in the northern wing of the Riding Ground Complex, opposite the Court Theatre. The Riding School is used for horse shows and to exercise the horses of the Royal Stables. On occasion it

3220-418: The palace are open to the public. The first castle on the site was Absalon's Castle , built in 1167 by the bishop Absalon . According to the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus , Bishop Absalon of Roskilde built a castle in 1167 on a small island outside Copenhagen Harbour. The castle was made up by a curtain wall, encircling an enclosed courtyard with several buildings, such as the bishop's palace,

3290-469: The palace was finished in 1828, King Frederick VI had decided he did not want to live there after all, and he only used the palace for entertainment. King Frederick VII was the only monarch to live in the palace. This was between 1852 and 1863. After the introduction of the constitutional monarchy with the Constitution of 1849, the south wing of the palace became the meeting place of the two houses of

3360-521: The relationship between the two branches of the royal family was normalized. Prince Christian Frederick spent the first years of his life with his siblings in the vast and magnificent Baroque Christiansborg Palace . As the family's summer residence, Hereditary Prince Friedrich in 1789 bought the smaller and elegant country house , Sorgenfri Palace , on the banks of the small river Mølleåen in Kongens Lyngby , north of Copenhagen. On 26 February 1794,

3430-549: The result of two serious fires. The first fire occurred in 1794 and the second in 1884. The main part of the current palace, finished in 1928, is in the historicist Neo-baroque style. The chapel dates back to 1826 and is in a neoclassical style. The showgrounds were built from 1738 to 1746, in a baroque style. Christiansborg Palace is owned by the Danish Government, and is run by the Palaces and Properties Agency. Several parts of

3500-499: The rights to the castle in 1417. From then on the castle in Copenhagen was occupied by the king. In the middle of the 15th century, the castle became the principal residence of the Danish kings and the centre of government. The castle was rebuilt several times. In the 1720s, Frederick IV entirely rebuilt the castle, but it became so heavy that the walls began to give way and to crack. It became therefore evident to Christian VI , Frederik IV's successor, immediately after his accession to

3570-406: The sailors and 90% of the soldiers were Norwegian. During peacetime most of the navy personnel served in the merchant fleet , which was of considerable size in the 18th century. The main problem for Denmark-Norway in case of war was thus often to round up the required number of skilled sailors for the navy. The navy was for a large part funded by Norwegian means as a royal resolution dictated that

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3640-460: The scientific journal Astronomische Nachrichten . It was during his reign that the last remnants of Danish India , namely Tranquebar in the south and Serampore in Bengal, were sold to the British in 1845. His only legitimate son, the future Frederick VII (1808–1863) was married three times, but produced no legitimate issue. Since he was apparently unlikely to beget heirs, Christian wished to avert

3710-455: The southern wing and the Royal Reception Rooms, the Supreme Court and the Prime Minister's Office in the northern wing. Several parts of the palace are open to the public after published schedule with guided tours available, for a substantial fee. It is centrally located in Copenhagen's Indre By ("City Center") district. The Royal Reception Rooms at Christiansborg Palace are located on

3780-450: The third with this name, is the last in a series of successive castles and palaces constructed on the same site since the erection of the first castle in 1167. Since the early fifteenth century, the various buildings have served as the base of the central administration; until 1794 as the principal residence of the Danish kings and after 1849 as the seat of parliament. The palace today bears witness to three eras of Danish architecture, as

3850-421: The throne and returned to Denmark. The Storting in its turn adopted the constitutional amendments necessary to allow for a personal union with Sweden and on 4 November elected Charles XIII of Sweden as the new king of Norway, Charles II. Upon his return to Denmark, Christian married his second wife, Princess Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (daughter of Louise Augusta of Denmark ,

3920-455: The throne in 1730, that an entirely new castle had to be built. The demolition of the overextended and antiquated Copenhagen Castle was commenced in 1731 to make room for the first Christiansborg. The ruins of Absalon's castle and Copenhagen Castle were excavated at the start of the 20th century and can be seen today in the subterranean excavations under the present palace. King Christian VI commissioned architect Elias David Häusser to build

3990-600: The throne. On a visit to his mother's relatives in Mecklenburg , Prince Christian Frederick stayed at his uncle's court in Schwerin, where he fell in love with his cousin, Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . Charlotte Frederica was a daughter of the reigning Duke Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg . They married two years later, on 21 June 1806, at Ludwigslust . The young couple first settled at Plön Castle in

4060-401: The time. The palace and church were ruined by a fire in 1794, but the showgrounds were saved. While the royal family lived in temporary accommodations at Amalienborg Palace , the master builder of Altona , architect Christian Frederik Hansen , was called to Copenhagen to resurrect the palace. Hansen started building the second Christiansborg in 1803 in a French Empire style. By the time

4130-490: The traditional burial site for Danish monarchs since the 15th century. Some historians and biographers believe that King Christian would have given Denmark a free constitution had he lived long enough; his last words are sometimes recorded as "I didn't make it" ( Jeg nåede det ikke ). He received the following orders and decorations: Christiansborg Palace Christiansborg Palace ( Danish : Christiansborg Slot ; pronounced [kʰʁestjænsˈpɒˀ ˈslʌt] )

4200-440: The twin duchies of Schleswig and Holstein he often seemed hesitant and half-hearted, which damaged his position there. It was not until 1846 that he clearly supported the idea of Schleswig being a Danish area. King Christian VIII continued his predecessor's patronage of astronomy , awarding gold medals for the discovery of comets by telescope and financially supporting Heinrich Christian Schumacher with his publication of

4270-460: The venerable technique to Danish stucco workers. The rebuilt church was inaugurated on 14 January 1997 to celebrate Queen Margrethe II's Silver Jubilee. The rebuilding was awarded the prestigious Europa Nostra prize. The Show Grounds are now all that remain of the first Christiansborg Palace. They consist of two symmetrical wings with a straight, low and narrow stable building followed by a high broad building and narrow, curved stables, after which

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4340-430: The year 1167, was tremendous. It was therefore decided that the ruins should not be covered over again but preserved for posterity. The reinforced concrete structure erected to cover the ruins was the biggest of its kind in Denmark when it was built in 1908. The ruins beneath the palace square were excavated in 1917 and a cover was also built over them. The ruins have been open to the public since 1924. The Ruins Exhibition

4410-553: The years after the demolition of Bishop Absalon's castle by the Hansa League in 1369, the ruins on the island were covered with earthworks, on which a new stronghold, Copenhagen Castle , was built. This was completed in the late 14th century. The castle had a curtain wall and was surrounded by a moat and with a large, solid tower as an entrance gate. The castle was still the property of the Bishop of Roskilde until King Eric VII usurped

4480-463: Was King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick , King of Norway in 1814. Christian Frederick was the eldest son of Hereditary Prince Frederick , a younger son of King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway. As his cousin Frederick VI had no sons, Christian Frederick was heir presumptive to the throne from 1808. Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark and Norway was born late in

4550-493: Was a daughter of Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . On 28 September 1786, the young prince was baptized with the names Christian Frederick in his mother's chamber at Christiansborg Palace by the royal confessor Christian Bastholm. His godparents were King Christian VII (his uncle), the dowager queen Juliana Maria (his grandmother), Crown Prince Frederick (his cousin), Princess Louise Augusta (his cousin), and Hereditary Prince Frederick Christian of Augustenburg . In

4620-574: Was a suspension of hostilities on the part of Sweden. Sweden refused Christian's conditions and a short military campaign ensued in which the Norwegian army was defeated by the forces of the Swedish crown prince Charles John . The brief war concluded with the Convention of Moss on 14 August 1814. By the terms of this treaty, King Christian Frederick transferred executive power to the Storting, then abdicated

4690-532: Was built from 1907 to 1928. The palace was to contain premises for the royal family, the legislature and the judiciary, and was built in Neo-baroque style in reinforced concrete with granite-covered facades. Fragments from C.F. Hansen's palace were preserved in the north facade facing Prince George 's Yard ( Prins Jørgens Gård ). The original roof was tiled, but after a national collection, the tiles were replaced with copper in 1937–1938. A weather vane with two crowns

4760-428: Was instilled at an early age and would follow him throughout his life. His amiability and handsome features are said to have made him very popular in Copenhagen . He was confirmed on 22 May 1803 in the chapel of Frederiksberg Palace together with his sisters Princess Juliane Sophie and Princess Louise Charlotte. A year and a half later, on 7 December 1805, the children's father, Hereditary Prince Frederick, died at

4830-411: Was later added to the tower, and at 106 meters became the tallest tower in the city. During the digging work, they came across the ruins of Absalon's Castle and Copenhagen Castle. It was decided to make them publicly accessible, and the ruins under the current palace, and the historical exhibition opened to the public in 1924. The palace is roughly divided in the middle, with the Parliament located in

4900-482: Was renovated during the period 1974-77 and has remained more or less untouched since then. Christiansborg Palace Chapel is a part of the palace which is at the disposal of the Danish monarch . It is used for religious ceremonies for members of the Danish royal family , most notably baptisms , confirmations and official lying in state . It is also used by the Danish Parliament for the Church service in connection with

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