This is a consolidated list of castles and palaces in Denmark. The Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

 word slot , like the word schloss in the related Germanic language

Germanic languages

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— modern German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

— can mean either castle

Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

 or palace

Palace

A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word itself is derived from the Latin name Palātium, for Palatine Hill, one of the seven hills in Rome. In many parts of Europe, the...

, in accordance with common English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 usage.

Whenever possible traditional English translations provided by the Danish Palaces and Properties Agency, a national agency maintaining and utilising the states palaces, castles and gardens, have been used to determine whether a property should be called a castle or a palace. When not possible the following guidelines, which are in general keeping with the above translations, and with Wikipedia articles have been used:

• Castle: Generally older building, generally a fortified building
• Palace: Generally newer building, generally a non-fortified building used primarily as a residence

Other related words

The Danish word borg, which appears at the end of many castle and palace names literally means “fortified castle”, but it is no clear indication that the property is indeed fortified. For example, Amalienborg is translated as Amalienborg Palace.

The Danish word palæ translates to "mansion", and is most often used as an indication of a non-royal, urban mansion. Exceptions are the four palæer (plural) at Amalienborg Palace, the four individual buildings that make up the Amalienborg Palace complex. These were originally non-royal, urban mansions, which were taken over by royalty in the late 18th century.

A-D

• Absalon's Castle
  Absalon's Castle
  Absalon's Castle, was a fortification on the island of Slotsholmen in Copenhagen, located at the site of the later Copenhagen Castle and Christiansborg Palace. According to the chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, the castle was founded by Bishop Absalon in 1167 to protect the emerging city of Copenhagen...
  
  - ruins
• Aldershvile Palace- ruins
• Amalienborg Palace
  Amalienborg Palace
  Amalienborg Palace is the winter home of the Danish royal family, and is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It consists of four identical classicizing palace façades with rococo interiors around an octagonal courtyard ; in the centre of the square is a monumental equestrian statue of Amalienborg's...
  
  
• Antvorskov Castle- ruins
• Arresødal Castle
• Asserbo Castle- ruins
• Augustenborg Palace
• Berritzgaard
  Berritzgaard
  The Berritzgaard estate and manor house is one of the largest and best preserved manor houses on the island of Lolland in Denmark. The estate can be traced back to 1382, to its first owner, Markvard Pøiske. The estate developed from a village called "Berith", situated where the Berritzgaard manor...
  
   Palace
• Bernstorff Palace
  Bernstorff Palace
  Bernstorff Palace, Danish: Bernstorff Slot, in Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark, was built in the middle of the 18th century for Foreign Minister Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff. It remained in the possession of the Bernstorff family until 1812. In 1842 it was bought by Christian VIII...
  
   and Palace Gardens
• Boller Castle (Horsens)
• Brundlund Castle
• Borgeby Castle
• Charlottenborg Palace
  Charlottenborg Palace
  Charlottenborg Palace is a large town mansion located on the corner of Kongens Nytorv and Nyhavn in Copenhagen, Denmark. Originally built as a residence for Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, it has served as the base of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts since its foundation in 1754...
  
  
• Charlottenlund Palace and Palace Gardens
• Christiansborg Palace (1st)
  Christiansborg Palace (1st)
  The first Christiansborg Palace was built in Copenhagen by Christian VI of Denmark as a new main residence for the Danish monarch to replace the antiquated Copenhagen Castle which had assumed a monstrous appearance and started to crumble after several extensions...
  
  
• Christiansborg Palace (2nd)
  Christiansborg Palace (2nd)
  The second Christiansborg Palace was a new main residence for the Danish Monarch built from 1803 to 1828 in Copenhagen as a replacement for the first Christiansborg Palace which had been destroyed by fire in 1794. The new palace was constructed on Slotsholmen, on the ruins of its predecessor, and...
  
  
• Christiansborg Palace
  Christiansborg Palace
  Christiansborg Palace, , on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, is the seat of the Folketing , the Danish Prime Minister's Office and the Danish Supreme Court...
  
  
• Clausholm Castle
  Clausholm Castle
  Clausholm Castle is a large Danish country house located some 12 km southeast of Randers in eastern Jutland. It is one of Denmark's finest Baroque buildings.-History:...
  
  
• Copenhagen Castle
  Copenhagen Castle
  Copenhagen Castle was a castle on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen, Denmark, built in the late 14th century at the site of the current Christiansborg Palace....
  
  
• Dansborg Castle- fortification and castle in Tranquebar
  Tranquebar
  Tharangambadi is a panchayat town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, 15 km north of Karaikal, near the mouth of a distributary of the Kaveri River. Its name means "place of the singing waves"...
  
  
• Dannebrog
  HDMY Dannebrog (A540)
  -Features & History:Her Danish Majesty's Yacht Dannebrog was launched by Queen Alexandrine at Copenhagen in 1931, and commissioned on 26 May 1932. The yacht now serves as the official and private residence for HM The Queen of Denmark, HRH the Prince Consort, and members of the Royal Family when...
  
  , The Royal Yacht
• Dragsholm Castle
  Dragsholm Castle
  Dragsholm Castle is a historic building in Hørve, Denmark‎.For about 800 years there has been a building on the islet by the “drag”. From the original palace over the medieval castle to the current baroque style, Dragsholm Castle has had an influence on and been influenced by changing times and...
  
  
• Dronningholm Castle- ruins
• Dronninglund Castle
  Dronninglund Castle
  Dronninglund Castle is located in the northern part of the Jutland Peninsula, Denmark. Its history goes back to the 12th century, when it was a Benedictine monastery. After the last nuns left it in 1581, it was first owned by the Lindenow family. In 1690, Queen Charlotte Amalie acquired it. It is...
  
  
• Dronningmølle Castle
• Duborg Castle

E-G

• Egeløkke Palace
• Egelund Castle
  Egelund Castle
  Egelund Castle is a former royal residence built by Queen Dowager Louise Josephine from 1915 to 1917 on the road between Hillerød and Fredensborg, near the village of Nødebo and the southern tip of Lake Esrom, 35 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark...
  
  
• Egeskov Castle
  Egeskov Castle
  Egeskov Castle is located in the south of the island of Funen, Denmark. The castle is Europe's best preserved Renaissance water castle.-History:Egeskov's history dates to the 14th century...
  
  
• Egholm Palace
• Engelsholm Castle
• Eremitage Palace
  Eremitage Palace
  The Eremitage Palace or Eremitage Hunting Lodge is located in Dyrehaven north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The palace was built by architect Lauritz de Thurah in Baroque style from 1734 to 1736 for Christian VI of Denmark in order to host royal banquets during royal hunts in Dyrehaven.- Name :Never...
  
   Hunting Lodge
• Eriksholm Castle
  Eriksholm Castle
  Eriksholm Castle is a manor house located at the foot of the Isefjord inlet, 6 km south-east of Holbæk, in east Denmark. The history of the estate dates back to 1400 but today's house was built in 1788...
  
  
• Fredensborg Palace
  Fredensborg Palace
  Fredensborg Palace, , is a palace located on the eastern shore of Lake Esrum in Fredensborg on the island of Zealand 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...
  
   and Palace Gardens
• Frederiksberg Palace
  Frederiksberg Palace
  Frederiksberg Palace is a Baroque residence, located in Frederiksberg, Denmark, adjacent to the Copenhagen Zoo. It commands an impressive view over Frederiksberg Park, originally designed as a palace garden in the Baroque style...
  
  , Frederiksberg Palace Gardens and Søndermarken
• Frederiksborg Palace
  Frederiksborg Palace
  Frederiksborg castle is a castle in Hillerød, Denmark. It was built as a royal residence for King Christian IV, and is now known as The Museum of National History. The current building replaced a previous castle erected by Frederick II, and is the largest Renaissance palace in Scandinavia...
  
   and Castle Gardens
• Frijsenborg Castle
• Fuglsang Manor
• Gamleborg Castle (Bornholm
  Bornholm
  Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming. Tourism is...
  
  )- ruins
• Gammel Avernæs slot
• Gammel Vraa Castle
• Gavnø Castle
• Gisselfeld Castle
• Gjorslev Castle
• Glorup Manor
  Glorup Manor
  Glorup is a manor house located between Nyborg and Svendborg in the south-east of the Danish island Funen. Rebuilt to the design of Nicolas-Henri Jardin and his pupil Christian Josef Zuber in 1763-65, it is considered one of the finest Baroque complexes in Denmark.-Early history:Glorup is first...
  
  
• Gram Castle
• Gråsten Palace
  Gråsten Palace
  Gråsten Castle is best known for being the summer residence of the Danish Royal Family. It is located in Gråsten in the Jutland region of southern Denmark. The main house has a modern, all-white facade, with Venetian doors opening onto sweeping, manicured lawns and gravel walkways...
  
   and Palace Gardens
• Gurre Castle
  Gurre Castle
  Gurre Castle was a royal castle in North Zealand in Denmark which lies on the outskirts of Helsingør towards the town of Tikøb on the lake at Gurre . The castle, now a ruin, was built in the 12th century and added 4 towers and a perimeter wall in the 1350s; it was excavated in the 19th century and...
  
   - ruins

H-K

• Haderslevhus Castle
• Hagenskov Castle
• Hammershus Castle- ruin
• Harridslevgaard Castle
• Havreholm Castle
• Hesselagergård Manor
  Hesselagergård Manor
  Hesselagergård Manor, located near Gudme in the southeast of the Danish island Funen, is the oldest Renaissance building in Denmark. It was built by Johan Friis, one of the most powerful man in Denmark during the reigns of Christian III and Frederick II....
  
  
• Hindsgavl Castle
• Hirschholm Palace
  Hirschholm Palace
  Hirschholm Palace, also known as Hørsholm Palace, was a royal palace located in present-day Hørsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen, Denmark...
  
   - historic
• Holbæk Castle
• Holckenhavn Castle
  Holckenhavn Castle
  Holckenhavn Castle is a manor house located next to Holckenhavn Fjord, an arm of the Great Belt, just south of Nyborg on the east coast of Funen, Denmark. The current Renaissance castle was built in the late 16th and early 17th century by three consecutive owners...
  
  
• Holsteinborg Castle
• Hvedholm Castle
  Hvedholm Castle
  Hvedholm Castle near Faaborg on the island of Funen in Denmark was built in the 15th century. It was owned in turn by the Banke, Hardenberg and Brahe families until 1919, when the Danish government presented the then owners with an enormous tax demand, forcing them to sell it to the state for...
  
  
• Hvidkilde Castle
  Hvidkilde Castle
  Hvidkilde is located in the south of the island of Funen, Denmark. The earliest reference is from 1480 when it was owned by Claus Rønnow. The present building consists of three wings around a courtyard. It was erected in 1742 by Johan Lehn, and restored in 1919....
  
  
• Hvidøre
• Højriis slot
• Hønborg slot
• Iller slot
• Jægerspris Castle
  Jægerspris Castle
  Jægerspris Castle, in Jægerspris on the Hornsherred peninsula west of Copenhagen, is a Danish manor house. It has belonged to the Danish monarchs for most of its history which dates back to the 13th century...
  
  
• Kalø slot
  Kalø slot
  Kalø Slot is a ruined castle located in eastern Jutland, in Denmark. The castle was founded in 1313 by the Danish king Erik Menved in order to establish a stronghold in northern Jutland to counter the ongoing rebellions by the local nobility and peasants against the crown...
  
   - ruin
• Kalundborg Castle
• Klintholm slot
• Knabstrup Manor
  Knabstrup Manor
  Knabstrup Manor is a manor house located near Holbæk on the Danish island of Zealand. It traces its history back to before 1288.-History:Knabstrup is one of the oldest manor houses in Denmark...
  
  
• Kokkedal Castle (Zealand)
• Kokkedal Castle (Jutland)
• Koldinghus Castle
  Koldinghus
  Koldinghus is a Danish royal castle on the south central part of the Jutland peninsula in the town of Kolding. The castle was founded in the 11th century and was expanded since with many functions ranging from fortress, royal residency, ruin, museum, and the location of numerous wartime...
  
  
• Krengerup Castle
• Kronborg Castle
  Kronborg Castle
  Kronborg is a star fortress situated near the town of Helsingør on the extreme northeastern tip of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Øresund, the sound between Denmark and Sweden...
  
  

L-S

• Langesø Castle
• Ledreborg Palace
• Lerchenborg Palace
• Lilleborg Castle (Bornholm
  Bornholm
  Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming. Tourism is...
  
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• Liselund old Castle
  Liselund
  Liselund is an 18th-century aesthetically landscaped park, complete with several exotic buildings and monuments. Located close to Møns Klint on the north-eastern corner of the Danish island of Møn, it is deemed to be one of the finest examples in Scandinavia of Romantic English gardening...
  
  
• Liselund Palace
  Liselund
  Liselund is an 18th-century aesthetically landscaped park, complete with several exotic buildings and monuments. Located close to Møns Klint on the north-eastern corner of the Danish island of Møn, it is deemed to be one of the finest examples in Scandinavia of Romantic English gardening...
  
  
• Lykkesholm Castle
• Lykå slot
• Marienlyst Palace
• Marselisborg Palace
  Marselisborg Palace
  Marselisborg Palace, in Danish Marselisborg Slot, is a royal residence of the Danish Royal Family in Aarhus. It has been the summer residence of Queen Margrethe II since 1967....
  
  
• Meilgaard Castle
  Meilgaard Castle
  Meilgaard Castle situated between Fjellerup Strand and Bønnerup Strand, Denmark. Building on this site started around 1350, and it was last extended in the 19th century.The castle is owned by the Iuel family...
  
  
• Nordborg Castle
  Nordborg Castle
  Nordborg Castle is a small castle which lies on the southern side of Nordborg Lake in Nordborg on the island of Als in Denmark. The castle premises are currently used as a boarding school.-Founding and Early History:...
  
  
• Nyborg Castle
• Nykøbing Falster Castle
• Nysø Manor
  Nysø Manor
  Nysø Manor, located near Præstø in the southeast of the Danish island of Sealand, was built in 1673 for Jens Lauridsen, a local functionary.-Architecture:...
  
  
• Næsseslottet
• Nørlund slot
• Nørre Vosborg Castle (Nr. Wosborg)
• Odense Castle
• Rosenborg Castle
  Rosenborg Castle
  Rosenborg Castle is a renaissance castle located in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of Christian IV's many architectural projects...
  
   and Castle Gardens
• Rosenholm Castle
  Rosenholm Castle
  Rosenholm Castle is Denmark's oldest family-owned castle, and is one of the best-preserved complexes from the golden age of the manor house – from 1550 to 1630. Rosenholm Castle is founded in 1559 by the Danish nobleman Jørgen "George" Rosenkrantz. His family are among the oldest and most famous...
  
  
• Roskilde Palace
• Sandbjerg Estate
• Schackenborg Castle
  Schackenborg Castle
  Schackenborg Castle is a royal residence of the Danish monarch located in Møgeltønder, South Jutland.Originally called Møgeltønderhus the former stronghold on the site was the property of the Roman Catholic bishops of Ribe. It served as protection against the Frisians in the south, and guarded...
  
  
• Selsø Castle
• Silkeborg slot
• Skanderborg Palace
• Skrøbelev Gods
  Skrøbelev Gods
  Skrøbelev Gods is a traditional Danish estate dating back to 1669. The name has been changed from "Skrøbelevgaard" to the current name in 2007. It is located on the island of Langeland in the south of Denmark...
  
  
• Sophienberg Palace and Palace Gardens
• Sorgenfri Palace
  Sorgenfri Palace
  Sorgenfri Palace is a royal residence of the Danish monarch, located in the Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality in Greater Copenhagen....
  
  
• Sorø slot
• Sostrup Castle
• Spøttrup Castle
• Søborg Castle
  Søborg Castle
  Søborg Castle , in its heyday, was the strongest castle in Denmark ,and was also used as a prison . It was inhabited until the Count's Feud in 1535, when it is speculated that it was destroyed...
  
  - ruin
• Søllerød Slot
• Sønderborg Castle
  Sønderborg Castle
  Sønderborg Castle is located in the town of Sønderborg, Denmark on the island of Als in South Jutland. It houses a museum focusing on the history and culture of the area. The castle is located in the middle of the town, in a park setting overlooking Als Fjord...
  
  

T-Aa

• Tirsbæk Palace
• Tranekær Castle
• Tårnborg Castle- ruins near Korsør
  Korsør
  Korsør is a Danish town and port. It is out on the Great Belt, on the Zealand side, just south of where the Great Belt Bridge lands. It was the site of the municipal council of Korsør municipality - today it is part of Slagelse municipality...
  
  
• Valdemars Castle
  Valdemars Castle
  Valdemars Castle is a small palace situated on the island of Tåsinge near Svendborg in southern Denmark.- History :...
  
  
• Vallø Castle
  Vallø Castle
  Vallø Castle is a manor house located 7 km south of Køge, in Stevns Municipality, on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It now serves as a residence for unmarried, widowed and divorced women of noble decent.-History:...
  
  
• Veksø slot
• Voergård Castle
• Voldborg slot
• Vordingborg Castle
  Vordingborg Castle
  The Vordingborg Castle ruins are located in the town of Vordingborg, Denmark and are the town's most famous attraction.-History:...
  
  
• Ulstrup Slot
• Yellow Palace
• Aalborghus Castle
  Aalborghus Castle
  Aalborghus Castle or Aalborghus Slot is a castle in Aalborg, Denmark. It is a half-timbered castle built by King Christian III from 1539 to around 1555 initially as a fortification...
  
  
• Aalholm Castle

External links

• Palaces and Properties Agency
• Castles and manor houses by Danish region