Fredensborg Palace is a palace located on the eastern shore of Lake Esrum in Fredensborg on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. It is the Danish royal family’s spring and autumn residence, and is often the site of important state visits and events in the royal family. It is the most used of the royal family’s residences.
Fredensborg Palace and its courtyard
Fredensborg in 1728
A soldier marching in front of the palace
A view of the palace from the garden
Lake Esrum is the largest lake in Denmark by water volume and the second-largest lake by surface area, after lake Arresø. It is situated in the central part of North Zealand, straddling the boundaries of the municipalities Hillerød, Fredensborg, Helsingør and Gribskov, some 40 kilometres north of Copenhagen.
Lake Esrum
Væltningen as seen on a watercolour byO.J. Rawert from 1820
Transportation of firewood along the western shore of Lake Esrum in about 1830
Sørup in 1876, painting by Hans Ole Brasen