Frederiksborg Castle
Frederiksborg Castle is a palatial complex in Hillerød, Denmark. It was built as a royal residence for King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway in the early 17th century, replacing an older castle acquired by Frederick II and becoming the largest Renaissance residence in Scandinavia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Hillerød, Denmark
- Also known as: “Frederiksborg Palace”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Museum of National History and Frederiksborg Castle Church.
The Museum of National History
Museum
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The Museum of National History is situated 100 metres northeast of Frederiksborg Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hillerød and Kongernes Nordsjælland National Park.
Hillerød
Nestled between majestic beech forests, at the northern end of the s-train line from Copenhagen, Hillerød is the main regional centre and transport hub of North Zealand.
Kongernes Nordsjælland National Park
Photo: Kresten Hartvig Klit, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kongernes Nordsjælland, or in English - the North Zealand of Kings, is a national park in the making in Nordsjælland, Denmark. The national park status has yet to take full effect, due to disagreements on the parks boundaries, but the necessary law passed in parliament in 2008.
Ny Harløse
Hamlet
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Ny Harløse is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km west of Frederiksborg Castle.
Frederiksborg Castle
- Categories: château, museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hillerød Municipality, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Frederiksborg Castle” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Frederiksborg-paleis”
- Arabic: “قلعة فريدريكسبورغ”
- Basque: “Frederiksborg gaztelua”
- Belarusian: “Замак Фрэдэрыксборг”
- Breton: “Kastell Frederiksborg”
- Catalan: “castell de Frederiksborg”
- Catalan: “Castell de Frederiksborg”
- Cebuano: “Frederiksborg Slot”
- Chinese: “腓特烈堡城堡”
- Czech: “Frederiksborg”
- Danish: “Frederiksborg Slot”
- Dutch: “Frederiksborg”
- Dutch: “Slot Frederiksborg”
- Esperanto: “Palaco Frederikburgo”
- Estonian: “Frederiksborgi loss”
- Finnish: “Frederiksborgin linna”
- French: “château de Frederiksborg”
- French: “Château de Frederiksborg”
- Galician: “Castelo de Frederiksborg”
- German: “Schloss Frederiksborg”
- Greek: “Κάστρο του Φρέντερικσμποργκ”
- Hebrew: “טירת פרדריקסבורג”
- Hungarian: “Frederiksborg kastély”
- Italian: “castello di Frederiksborg”
- Italian: “Castello di Frederiksborg”
- Japanese: “フレデリクスボー城”
- Japanese: “フレンスブルク城”
- Korean: “프레데릭스보르성”
- Lithuanian: “Frederiksborgo rūmai”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Frederiksborg slott”
- Norwegian: “Frederiksborg slott”
- Polish: “Frederiksborg”
- Polish: “Zamek Frederiksborg”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Frederiksborg”
- Romanian: “Palatul Frederiksborg”
- Russian: “Фредериксборг”
- Slovenian: “palača Frideriksborg”
- Slovenian: “Palača Frideriksborg”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Frederiksborg”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Frederiksborg”
- Swedish: “Frederiksborgs slott”
- Turkish: “Frederiksborg Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Фредеріксборг”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Frederiksborg”
- Welsh: “Frederiksborg”
- Western Frisian: “Slot Frederiksborg”
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