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Christian X’s study

Christian X’s Study has been preserved as though he had just left it. It is the only study in the museum which isn’t a recreation, and the room appears exactly as it did during the King’s own time in the palace, which stretched from 1899 to his death in 1947.

With the dark, heavy items of furniture and the dark walls the room illustrates how a man’s study looked around 1900. You are not left in doubt that it belonged to an officer, as the furnishings include an impressively hung arrangement of sabres and guns around a helmet and breastplate. There are also several figurines of soldiers, which bear witness to the King’s own statement that he was a soldier in life and soul.

Next to the writing desk is the original bronze statuette of Denmark’s mythical heroic defender, Ogier the Dane, which was later set up in larger format in the casemates below Kronborg Castle in Elsinore – as well as a less well-known version at Marienlyst Hotel, which was bought by a private individual in 2013 and moved to Skjern in Jutland. The many books testify, furthermore, to the intellectual side of Christian X, which is unknown to most people.

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Relations

Balcony

The two Royal Couples who resided in the palace (Christian VIII and Queen Caroline Amalie, and Christian X Queen Alexandrine respectively) greeted the populace from this balcony in Christian VIII's Palace many times.

Horse’s hoof with silver shoe

This horse's hoof, set in silver, stems from the horse Malgré Tout, which carried Christian X across the border into Southern Jutland at the Reunification on 10 July 1920.

Four Kings, 1899

On the way to the antechamber one passes the so-called "Four Kings Picture", where the first four kings from the House of Glücksburg are gathered for the christening of Prince Frederik (IX).

Christian X

King of Denmark from 1912. Christian X's long reign spanned both world wars, and during the German occupation in World War II he became a national icon.

1925-1950

The economic downturn at the end of the 1920s and in the 30s created great social instability. While the Social Democrats gained power in Denmark, in Germany Nazism gained a foothold. The result was the Second World War 1939-45 that ended with a Europe in ruins.

1900-1925

With the change of system in 1901 parliamentarism became the current practice in Denmark, and the first liberal government came to power. The most important event was the First World War, 1914-18 theat ended with a dramatically altered Europe.