Halls and rooms at the Amalienborg Museum

The royal studies are not chronologically presented but appear in arbitrary order on your tour

You will see the private offices of four Danish kings and visit Queen Louise's cluttered sitting room, which was originally described as her study or office. This naming practice illustrates that the Danish queens during this period were not just figureheads but had their own royal duties to attend to. 

The museum's beautiful and varied rooms were originally located in three of the four palaces that make up the Amalienborg complex. Later, they were recreated at the Amalienborg Museum in rooms that are fairly similar to their original settings. Thus, Frederik VIII's imposing study originally occupied the same place in the Royal Family's present residential palace, in the room where HM King Frederik X now gives his annual TV-transmitted New Year's address to the nation.

Frederik IX also resided in the palace where the Royal Couple now have their residence. His bright and elegant study, decorated with both historical objects and modern furniture design, is the first room you see on your tour. Next, you go back three generations in time, to the first of the Glücksborg kings, Christian IX, whose dark study, full of family photos, has been recreated in the corner room.  

Christian X is the only one of the Glücksborg kings who had his residence in the palace that now houses the museum. Thus, his study is the only one that is still in its original location. 

The first floor here at the Amalienborg Museum is called the Piano Nobile. Here you can visit the beautiful halls, which are still used by the Royal Family today for official visits and events. On this floor you also find the beautiful Gala Hall.

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