Dehn's Mansion - 54 Bredgade, 1260, Denmark

About this space

Rococo palace is named after Friedrich Ludwig baron von Dehn and was built as part of the architect Eigtved's ambitious plans for Frederiksstaden. Bright facades, white-painted windows and a distinctive black mansard roof are reflected in the twin Bernstorffs Palæ on the opposite side of Frederiksgade. Gehejmeråd von Bernstorff and Baron Dehn are presented with the attractive plots and exempted from 30 years' property tax against building two identical mansions, which both compliment the new Amalienborg and flank the axis from the castle square towards the Frederikskirken. The church's foundation stone was laid in 1749 under Frederik V, but it was only when the financier CF Tietgen financed the completion in 1874 -1894 that the church and dome found the shape we know today - after almost a century in a state of almost ruin and several never realized proposals by architects of the time, among others also CF Harsdorff; the man behind our Harsdorff's House on Kongens Nytorv. In the mansion lives Princess Louisa Augusta, 'illegitimate' daughter of Queen Mathilde and the vitalist Johann Friedrich Struensee during a time with the family. Her three children were born on the register; the daughter Caroline Amalie then becomes Queen of Denmark. The rococo glory is followed by classicist elements and empire style, when the Scottish absentee planter and slave owner Christopher Mac Evoy in 1818 sets up the mansion for staggering sums and thus creates the house we know today.

Amenities

• Wi-Fi
• Breakout Areas
• Fully Furnished
• Meeting Rooms