The Royal Danish CollectionAmalienborgThe PalaceInterior and objectsThe Fabergé ChamberWomen's Order

Women’s Order

The Order of St Catharine was a Russian ladies’ order, which was instituted in 1714 in honour of Catherine I of Russia. Both Queen Louise and Queen Alexandrine received this order.

Up until the revolution in 1917, the Russian Empress was the Grand Master of the order. The badge is a brilliant-studded cross with a medallion in which the Christian martyr St Catherine of Alexandria is seen in front of a wheel with a cross and a palm branch. On the riband, or sash, which is red with silver trim, the order’s motto “For love and fatherland” is embroidered in the Cyrillic alphabet.

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Dolphin door handles

Handles found on the inner side of the doors in The Pompeian Chamber.

Overdoors

Overdoors made during Nicolai Abildgaard’s furnishing of the place around 1800. They underline the room’s classical symmetry and feature motifs from antiquity.

Sculptures

A young Bertel Thorvaldsen created the Gala Hall's two sculptures, which represent Euterpe and Terpsichore, respectively the Muses of music and dance in Greek mythology.

Poems by Hans Christian Andersen

Blandt materialet i Enkedronning Caroline Amalies bibliotek findes nogle kapsler indeholdende småtryk og originale digte m.m. af flere af tidens digtere, H.C. Andersen, Carsten Hauch, Adam Oehlenschläger, H.P. Holst og B.S. Ingemann.

Ogier the Dane, 1896

The original bronze statue of Ogier the Dane, produced by Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan in 1896.

Bust of Queen Lovisa, 1894

Marble bust of Queen Lovisa, made by Vilhelm Bissen in 1894 as a wedding present to Frederik VIII.

The Fabergé Chamber

On display in the Fabergé Chamber is Russian jewellery from the period 1860-1917, with a focus on the close ties between the Danish and Russian monarchies. A selection of the Danish Crown Jewels will also be exhibited.

Queen Louise

Queen Louise became queen in 1863. In 1842 she married Prince Christian (IX), and eventually became the first Royal Couple from the Glücksburg line after the childless Frederik VI.