A Trick of the Eye

This piece of furniture from Frederiksborg Castle contains quite a surprise; a room that is painted to seem like a large hall.

The Age of Enlightenment

The renaissance was an age of enlightenment and the renaissance castle of Frederiksborg Castle reflects this in some of the exhibited objects. Here an astrolabe is on display.

A Knight in Armor

A true castle needs knights, and as I've told you in a previous post, Frederiksborg Castle got their shields in great numbers, but got a few of these; a knights armor.

A Royal Bed

Some of the rooms at Frederiksborg Castle still has the old furniture from the time when the castle was used by the King of Denmark. This bed has the right royal feeling to it.

Glass

As Frederiksborg Castle is a museum it's also teeming with objects of all kinds, so that the Castle in places seems to be frozen in the renaissance.

A Passage

At Frederiksborg Castle this passage stands out in its colours and details. It's the passage to the audience room, and it was built in 1665 in the baroque style. Don't come here at winter though as it's not heated!

Agnus Dei

Frederiksborg Castle is a true renaissance castle; there's details everywhere. Just look up and you can see, that every ceiling is covered with stucco, wood carvings or paintings. Here it's the Agnus Dei, the Lamb of God, the heraldic symbol for Gotland, which between 1361 and 1645 was Danish.

Dusty

A museum is supposed to be a bit dusty, and Frederiksborg Castle is no exception. This angel in the castle church certainly haven't seen a dust cloth for a long time.

A Knight's Shield

The walls and stairwells of the church at Frederiksborg Castle are covered with shields with colourful and fanciful emblems. These are the shields of all the recipients of the two Danish orders; the Order of the Elephant and the Order of Dannebrog (the name for the Danish flag), and the church is actually a Knight's Chapel for these two orders. When looking at the names you get a very good picture of who's who in 400 years of Danish history, and even tourists will recognize names like Eisenhower, Churchill, Montgomery, De Gaulle, Mandela and numerous other heads of state and international figures, who have been given the Order of the Elephant. Nicolae Ceauşescu's is not there any more though.

Stained Windows

The stained windows in the church at Frederiksborg Castle shows the emblems of the areas of the Kingdom of Denmark, when it was at the peak of its power. Many of the areas are now under other rule.

Banquet Hall

Frederiksborg Castle is a renaissance castle, and that shows in the details and decorations of the rooms. Here it's the banquet hall in all its glory.

A Steady Hand

Many of the old paintings at Frederiksborg Castle need the occasional brush-up, and even though the restorers try to stay behind covers, it's possibly to watch them in action. This is a job that needs a steady hand and lot of patience.

Historic Paintings

When I'm reading books on Danish history, they are often illustrated with a lot of paintings with historic motifs, like this one "The conspirators riding from Finderup barn following the murder of Eric V Klipping in 1286" by Otto Bache. Many of them were painted for the museum at Frederiksborg Castle in the late 19th hundreds, so when visiting here, the paintings are like old friends.

A Nice Castle

In a previous post I told you a little about Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød north of Copenhagen. This has got to be the place where all the stuff that is missing at Kronborg has been stored, as this one is full of items. I'll show you some of the things that can be found inside in the next few days.

Chairs and Windows

With empty rooms at Kronborg, the hopeful photographer's got to find other motives, like this simple one of a couple of chairs and some windows.