- Type
- Palace / château
- Built
- 1759 · 18th century
- Location
- Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
- Style
- Neoclassicism
- Commissioned by
- Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
- Architect
- Nicolas-Henri Jardin
- Coordinates
- 55.7584°, 12.5524°
History
The palace was built in 1759–1765 by the French architect Nicolas-Henri Jardin for Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Denmark's foreign minister. It is one of the first examples of Neoclassicism in Denmark. On his estates Bernstorff carried out agrarian reforms that freed the peasants from labour service, and the grateful farmers raised an obelisk to him in Gentofte in 1783. In 1812 the palace was bought by King Frederick VI, and in the 19th century it became the summer residence of Christian IX and Queen Louise, who gathered their children and grandchildren here from all over Europe. After the king's death in 1906 the palace remained state property, and today it houses a hotel and conference centre.
What to see
The white two-storey palace with its pediment stands in the extensive Bernstorff park, open to the public, with avenues, old trees and meadows. The palace itself is a hotel with a restaurant, so its rooms are mainly seen as a guest. Gentofte also has the Bernstorff obelisk, raised by the peasants in memory of the reforms on his estates.
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