FEW CAN CLAIM TO HAVE A HISTORY LIKE LANGELINIE PAVILION. THAT’S WHY WE ARE SO HAPPY TO TELL IT

It’s about the sound of dance shoes on polished floors, the parties of the late 1800s at the first pavilion at Langelinie 10, to the explosion that occurred when the second pavilion was blown up during World War II’s sabotage operations, up to the third pavilion, which we hope to preserve for posterity.

The site itself was established in the 1660s as part of Frederik III’s fortification expansion of Kastellet towards Øresund. In the 19th century, the fortification of Copenhagen was abandoned, and Langelinie became a civilian promenade and a popular destination for outings.

THERE IS HISTORY IN EVERY CORNER OF THE LANGELINIE PAVILION.

In 1884, the “Danish Association for Yachting” built the first Langelinie Pavilion, designed by architect Vilhelm Dahlerup. It was a wooden pavilion with a restaurant and rooms, which remained until a new pavilion was constructed in 1902 by Fritz Koch for the “Royal Danish Yacht Club.” It was well-visited by the people of Copenhagen but was blown up in 1944 during World War II as part of the German sabotage operations, targeting the Danish resistance movement and the general public in retaliation for resistance actions.

The current pavilion was designed by the architect couple Eva and Nils Koppel, two of the prominent Danish architects of the post-war era. In the 1930s and 40s, they worked for a time in other Nordic countries and were influenced by the Nordic architectural expressions of the time, including Alvar Aalto. In 1954, the City of Copenhagen announced an architectural competition, which the couple won, and the modernist pavilion was built between 1956 and 1958.