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Frederiksborg Castle is home to the National Portrait Gallery and serves as a museum of Danish history, offering deep insight into the nation’s identity: Who shaped the country, and how did the Danish nation come to be?

From groundbreaking scientists and authors to monarchs and prime ministers, every corridor, hall, and stateroom at Frederiksborg Castle is adorned with portraits and monumental history paintings that trace the evolving story of the Danish people.

We invite international media to explore the National Portrait Gallery featuring figures such as Tycho Brahe, the pioneering astronomer whose precise observations laid the foundations of modern astronomy; Hans Christian Ørsted, discoverer of electromagnetism; Inge Lehmann, who discovered the Earth’s inner core; Niels Bohr, founder of modern quantum physics and Nobel Laureate in Physics (1922); and Morten Meldal, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2022) for the discovery of click chemistry, a breakthrough with global impact on medicine and drug development.

Alongside these scientific pioneers, the gallery also features Hans Christian Andersen, whose fairy tales shaped world literature, as well as great thinkers, statesmen, and the kings and queens of Denmark — from the Viking Age to today’s constitutional monarchy.

The museum’s monumental history paintings depict defining moments in Danish history, including the transition from absolute monarchy to democracy in 1849, tracing the long lines of political, social, and cultural development that have shaped modern Denmark.

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