Organisation

Purpose:
On the basis of the paintings, furniture, and other objects which are related to the Danish Royal Family, the purpose of the Collection is to present the history of Denmark in the period from the reign of Christian IV to the present.

Director: Private Secretary, Chamberlain Henning Fode
Museum Director: Thomas C. Thulstrup, mag.art.
Board of directors: HRH The Crown Princess Mary and the current Minister for Culture, at this time Jakob Engel-Schmidt, Moderaterne.

HRH Princess Benedikte is the honorary patron of the Royal Danish Collection at Koldinghus.

The Royal Danish Collection (known in Danish as ‘The Chronological Collection of the Danish Kings’) was established by royal decree of Frederik VII on 14 June 1854, as follows:
We most graciously request that the following Collections and Objects, being at Our Castle Rosenborg, namely the Coronation Regalia including the Crown Jewels and the Diamonds as well as the other Objects, which are kept in the so-called Regalia Cabinets, the Chronological Collection proper, various Apparatuses for Use on festive Occasions, as well as various other Things, such as the Flora Danica Service, the Glass Collection etc. and the like, as well as the Inventory of the Castle Building proper, hereafter shall form a Collection under the name of the chronological, that this Collection be considered the Royal House’s inalienable Property, handed down from King to King, and that it be allocated under the Supervision of the Minister charged with the Exposition of those Matters regarding Our Royal House, which is to say for the Time being the Foreign Minister, as well as the Lord Chamberlain together with that person whom We may otherwise find it suitable to ordain to this role.

Contact
Museumdirector
Thomas Thulstrup
33186040
tct@kosa.dk
Head of Exhibitions, Research and Public Engagement
Laura Liv Weikop
33186090
llw@kosa.dk
Head of Collection
Andreas Grinde
30306119
ag@kosa.dk
Head of Communications
Nanna Ebert
51336644
ne@kosa.dk
Head of Economic and Administration
Bjarne Nissen
33186065
bn@kosa.dk
Head of the Teaching Unit
Sissel Dreiøe Langkilde
33186045
sl@kosa.dk
HM The Queen’s Reference Librarian
Mikael Bøgh Rasmussen
33186067
mbr@kosa.dk
Manager at Koldinghus and Commercial Manager
Edel Clausen
60200506
ec@kosa.dk
Store & visitor manager
Carina Meelby
33186042
cme@kosa.dk
Head of Service
Karsten Eghøj Hansen
30548220
kaeg@kosa.dk

Company and institution numbers

CVR number: 17754114

EAN number: 5790002477577