14/01/2024
Today, Denmark has a new king. H.M. Queen Margrethe II abdicates and leaves the throne to her son, HRH Crown Prince Frederik. It’s a big day for Denmark. 🇩🇰
The Royal family’s hunting lodge at Trend Skov is just across the road from the summerhouse. It’s hidden deep in the woods and provides an escape from a busy public life. The lodge has been the royal family’s private residence since the time of Christian X. It’s a simple, low, angular log house built by Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid with funds they received as a public gift on the occasion of their wedding on 24 May 1935.
They purchased the hunting lodge and part of the 431-hectare forest. It’s just a few kilometres from Bjørnsholm Bay, on the Limfjord, from where the Trend River winds into the North Jutland countryside. Frederik IX often used the house in connection with hunting and as a refuge for the family during the holidays.
If you visit us at the summerhouse, you might see a royal deer wandering through our woods or, if you are lucky, a royal family member on the way to the beach at Trend. 👑🌲🔥🌊
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