Sorgenfri Palace

Sorgenfri Palace (Danish: Sorgenfri Slot; lit. 'Sorrow free', a calque of Sans Souci) is a royal residence of the Danish monarch, located in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, on the east side of Lyngby Kongevej, in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen. The surrounding neighbourhood is called Sorgenfri after it. Only the cellar and foundations survive of the first Sorgenfri House, which was built in 1705 to design by François Dieussart. The current house was built in 1756 by Lauritz de Thurah and later adapted and extended by Peter Meyn in the 1790s. Lauritz de Thurah has also designed buildings which flank the driveway closer to the road.

Sorgenfri Palace is surrounded by a large park which is bounded by Mølleåen to the east. It was adapted to the English Romantic style in the late 1790s and early 1899s and contains several small buildings.

Christian X used it as a summer residence and it has later been part of it let out to relatives of the royal family. The park is open to the public.

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Sorgenfri Palace ranks #1,434 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #20 of the 49 mapped in Denmark. Founded 1757, it is older than 17% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 525 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,235 times in the last 60 days, more than 77% of the atlas. 17 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Copenhagen, 12 km away. See how Denmark compares in the castle statistics.

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