{{Short description|Building in Copenhagen, Denmark}} {{Infobox building | name = Bernstorff Mansion | native_name = | image = Bernstorffs Palæ.jpg | image_alt = | caption = | former_names = | alternate_names = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | building_type = | architectural_style = [[Rococo]] | cost = | location = [[Copenhagen]] | client = | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location_country = Denmark | coordinates = {{coord|55|41|2.94|N|12|35|25.12|E|type:landmark_region:DK|display=inline,title}} | altitude = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = 1752{{ndash}}56 | renovation_date = | inauguration_date = | demolished_date = | height = | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = [[Johann Gottfried Rosenberg]] | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = | url = | references = }} The '''Bernstorff Mansion''' ({{Langx|da|Bernstorffske Palæ}}) is a [[Rococo]]-style town mansion situated at the corner of [[Bredgade]] and [[Frederiksgade]] in the [[Frederiksstaden]] district of central [[Copenhagen]], Denmark. It complements the [[Dehn Mansion]] on the other corner, contributing to the symmetry of Frederiksstaden's Frederiksgade axis. The town mansion remained in the hands of the Bernstorff family until 1799. It has also been referred to as '''Prince Ferdinand's Mansion''' ({{Langx|da|Prins Ferdinands Palæ|links=no}}) and '''King George's Mansion''' ({{Langx|da|Kong Georges Palæ|links=no}}) after two later owners. The [[Supreme Court (Denmark)|Supreme Court]] was based on the [[beletage]] from the fire of the [[Christiansborg Palace (2nd)|second Christiansborg Palace]] in 1884 until the completion of its current building in 1919. Four large gobelins by [[François Boucher]] were sold in around 1900 and are now in the collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum]]. The building was listed on the [[Listed buildings in Copenhagen Municipality|Danish registry of protected buildings and places]] in 1918. It is now owned by [[Jeudan]].

==History== ===Bernstorff family=== [[File:Bar. Dehnsche Palais ... Bar. Bernsdorfsche Palais.jpg|thumb|left|The Bernstorff Mansion (right) and the Dehn Mansion (left).]] [[Nicolai Eigtved]]'s masterplan for Copenhagen's new [[Frederiksstaden]] district was presented in 1749. The four most prestigious lots were those of the four [[Amalienborg]] mansions that would surround the central, octagonal plaza of the new district. Then followed the two lots at the corners of the [[Axial symmetry|axially symmetric]] street [[Frederiksgade]] that marked the entrance to Amalienborg from [[Bredgade|Norgesgade]] (now Bredgade). In return for 30 years of freedom from property taxes, the two privy councilors Frederik Ludvig von Dehn and [[Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff]] committed themselves to building the two identical town mansions that were called for in Eigtved's masterplan.

Bernstorff and Dehn commissioned the architect [[Johann Gottfried Rosenberg]] to design and construct the two buildings. Dehn had possibly already used Rosenberg for the design of Gut Ludwigsburg in Schleswig. The plans were approved by Eigtved in 1753 and the Bernstorff Mansion was completed in 1756.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://assistens.dk/dehns-palae-planteren-macevoys-koebenhavner-hjem/|title=Planteren MacRnvoys københavnerhjembag sukkerraffinaderiet ”Union House” 1771-1811 på Christianshavn|language=Danish|website=Kulturcentret Assistens|accessdate=3 May 2018|archive-date=3 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503112003/http://assistens.dk/dehns-palae-planteren-macevoys-koebenhavner-hjem/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The property was marked No. 298 on [[Gedde's maps of Copenhagen|Christian Gedde's map of St. Ann's Quarter]]. It was later referred to as No. 71 OO.<ref name="KJ">{{cite web|url=https://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/index.php/e-boger/22-bog/matrikel/171-skta-oester|title=Københavnske Jævnførelsesregistre 1689-2008: Sankt Annæ Øster Kvarter|language=Danish|website=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=29 October 2021}}</ref>

The mansion was after Bernstorff's death in 1772 passed to his nephew [[Andreas Peter Bernstorff]]. His property was home to five households at the 1787 census. Andreas Petrus Bernstorff resided in the building with his wife Augusta Lowisa (née Stolberg), their six children (aged six to 20) and the {{Lang|da|hovmester}} Ferdinant Kock.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid643508|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Andreas Petrus Bernstorff|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> Their staff comprised 38 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid643517|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Johan Biørn|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid643531|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Otto Niederschill|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> Jens Jørgensen, a courier at the Royal Danish Library, resided in the building with his wife Sara Hillebrand and their five-year-old son Johan Daniel Jørgensen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid643558|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Jens Jørgensen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> Johan Friderick Baumgarten, an inspector at the [[Det Danske Klasselotteri|Class Lottery]], resided in the building with his wife Dorothea Friderica, their daughter Ide Hedevig, one maid and one female cook.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid643561|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Johan Friderick Baumgarten|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> After his death in 1797, the building was passed to his son [[Joachim Bernstorff]].

===Changing owners, 1796–1813=== The property was acquired by [[Jørgen Henrich Rawert]] and [[Andreas Hallander]] in 1799. It was subsequently divided into three residences.

The northern part of the mansion was sold to the landowner [[Frederik Hoppe (landowner)|Frederik Hoppe]]. The southern part of the mansion belonged to [[Steen Andersen Bille (1751–1833)|Steen Andersen Bille]] from 1803. The property was listed in the new [[cadastre]] of 1806 as No. 177 in St. Ann's East Quarter.

The central part of the mansion belonged to Prince Ferdinand from 1813.

===Ferdinand and Caroline, 1828–1881=== [[File:Bernstorffske Palæ, Bredgade 42 og Frederiksgade 18 - Ombygning og tilbygning 1829.jpg|thumb|left|Rendering by Jørgen Hansen Koch, 1829.]]

In 1829, [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]] purchased the entire building and presented it to [[Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark]], in conjunction with his wedding to Frederick VI's daughter Caroline. It replaced the [[Holstein Mansion]] which he had first bought for them. The mansion was subsequently renovated by [[Jørgen Hansen Koch]].

Prince Ferdinand died in 1863. Princess Caroline kept the building until her death in 1881.

===George I of Greece, 1881–1915=== [[File:Kong georgs palé.jpg|thumb|King George's Mansion.]]

In 1881, [[George I of Greece]] purchased the mansion for c. [[Danish krone|KK]] 357,000.

The [[Supreme Court (Denmark)|Supreme Court]] found a temporary home on the [[beletage]] following the fire of [[Christiansborg Palace (2nd)|Christiansborg Palace]]. The first meeting took place on 21 October 1884.

Prince Carl (later [[Haakon VII of Norway]]) resided on the ground floor following his wedding marriage to Princess Maud in 1897.

===Company headquarters=== The property was acquired by Transatlantisk Kompagni in 1916. In 1921, it was acquired by the Baltica insurance company. In 1995, it was acquired by the [[Tryg|Tryg-Vesta]] insurance company.

==Architecture== The building was designed in the [[Rococo]] style by J. G. Rosenberg but approved by the Court master builder Nicolai Eigtved, who was responsible for the overall supervision of the new town district of Frederikstad. The principal facade towards Bredgade consists of three three-storey pavilions connected to each other by lower two-storey sections. The three pavilions are constructed with three storeys over a [[basement#Walk-out basement|walk-out basement]] and are topped by [[Mansard roof|Mansard roofs]]. The ''[[piano nobile]]'', the main floor, has tall round-arched windows with rich decorations above, vases and cartouches on the ceilings. The central pavilion is decorated with [[pilaster]]s with richly decorated capitals and grooves at the ground floor level. All facades have "ear" [[lesene]]s (i.e. small square "ears" at the top).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/fbb/sagvis.pub?sag=3100216|title=Sag: Bernstorffs Palæ|language=Danish|website=Kulturstyrelsen|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>

==Today== The building is owned by [[Jeudan]] and let out as office space.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jeudan.dk/ejendomme/ejendomshistorier/bredgade-42|title=Bernstorffs Palæ på Bredgade 42|language=Danish|website=Jeudan|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Bernstorffs Palæ}} * [https://www.jeudan.dk/ejendomme/ejendomshistorier/bredgade-42/ Source] * [http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/bredgade-42-frederiksgade-18 Source] * [https://www.chakoten.dk/1807%20K%C3%B8benhavns%20Bombardement.pdf Source] * [https://dengang.dk/guldalder-guide-til-koebenhavn-1/ Source] * [https://www.berlingske.dk/kultur/fint-skulle-det-vaere-da-udenrigsministeren-vendte-hjem Source] * [https://www.berlingske.dk/kultur/palaeerne-i-norgesgade Source]

{{Copenhagen historic houses}} {{Bredgade, Copenhagen}}

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