The Holstein Mansion is a Baroque style town mansion on Stormgade in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The history of the property dates back to the late 17th century but the name and current design of the building is from the 1750s when it was owned by the Holstein family and expanded by royal sculptor Jacob Fortling. Once home to the Natural History Museum, it housed government offices until 2015. Today it has been completely renovated and converted into private apartments.
Holstein Mansion
Illustration from Lauritz de Thurah's Hafnia Hodierna showing the Holstein Mansion as it appeared prior to the expansion in 1756.
After the expansion
Johannes Theodor Reinhardt
Stormgade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Frederiksholm Canal to H. C. Andersens Boulevard where it turns into Tietgensgade before continuing along the rear side of Tivoli Gardens and Copenhagen Central Station. In the opposite direction, Storm Bridge connects it to Slotsholmen where traffic may continue across Holmen's Bridge to Holmens Kanal, part of Ring 2, or across Knippel's Bridge to Christianshavn and Amager. The name of the street refers to the Swedish Storm of Copenhagen in 1659.
Stormgade at the intersection with Vester Voldgade
The house row that was demolished in 1931 to create room for the expansion of National Museum
The National Museum's colonnade
The Holstein Mansion
