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: ''Kurhotel Skodsborg'', formerly ''Skodsborg Kurbad'') is a hotel and health resort in
Skodsborg, on the Strandvejen coastal road, 15 km north of
Copenhagen
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. It was named the Best Luxury Wellness Spa in Europe by the international World Luxury Hotel Awards in 2016.
History
Skodsborg Sanatorium was founded by the physician Carl Ottosen (July 26, 1864 in Elling Parish near Frederikshavn – May 12, 1942 in Skodsborg) and the
Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1898. Ottesen's inspiration came from
John Harvey Kellogg
John Harvey Kellogg (February 26, 1852 – December 14, 1943) was an American medical doctor, nutritionist, inventor, health activist, eugenicist, and businessman. He was the director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. The ...
for whom he had worked at the
Health Reform Institute.
Back in Denmark, he first opened Frydenstrand Sanatorium in association with the Adventist Church's
folk high school
Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;' ...
in
Frederikshavn
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. In 1897, he purchased two buildings in Skodsborg which had previously served as a summer retreat for King
Frederick VII and
Countess Danner. Skodsborg sanatorium opened in 1889 where Ottosen also founded ''Den Sanitære Førevarefabrik'' (The Sanitary Food Factory). The new sanatorium had originally room for 20 patients but was expanded with a new main building in 1907 when the remaining part of the royal summer residence, Villa Rex, was also acquired. The institution became colloquially known as ''Den Hvide By'' (The White Town) or ''Persilleslottet ''(Parsley Palace) due to the vegetarian diet that was served to the patients. The sanatorium also served as a training facility for chefs and physiotherapists. Kellogg visited the sanatorium in 1926.
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The Adventist Church sold Skodsborg Sanatorium to the Augustinus Foundation in 1992. The complex has been restored and expanded by ]Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects is an international architectural firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1959 by Henning Larsen, it has around 750 employees.
In 2008, it opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in 2011, an office in Munich, ...
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Architecture
Countess Danner's Mansion is a 13 bay long detached, two-storey wing located to the south of the main building. The building has a half hipped roof with blue tiles. The building, as it appears today, is from 1952, when the original building from 1800 was expanded by Peter Kornerup. It was listed in 1950.Johan Henrik Nebelong
Johan Henrik Nebelong (20 July 1817 – 2 March 1871) was a Danish architect. He worked in Norway from 1840 to 1853 and was best known for interior design work on ''Oscarshall'' (1847–1852). Nebelong also taught at the Royal Academy of Arts in ...
. The tower is from 1880. The building was listed in 1994.
Facilities
The Lobby is a combined lounge, restaurant and cocktail bar. The restaurant serves New Nordic cuisine. The head chef is Philip Scheel Grønkjær.
The modern extension contains a large pool area, gym, yoga hall and test rooms.
Garden
In the park to the south of Countess Danner's Mansion is a grotto which was built by Frederick VII in 1853. It is made of reavertine, flint and iron slags. Its interior features imitated stalactites and the floor is decorated with pale and dark beach stones set in a star-shaped pattern. A winding, partly internal staircase on the rear side of the mound leads to the top for good views of Skodsborg and the Øresund
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Bibliography
* Søgaard, Torsten : ''Et halvt år i Skodsborg. Jeppe Aakjærs rekreationsophold på Skodsborg Sanatorium 1927-28'' In ''Søllerødbogen 2013''. Historisk Topografisk Selskab.2013
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Danish companies established in 1898
Former Seventh-day Adventist institutions
Hotels in Copenhagen
Listed buildings and structures in Rudersdal Municipality