Clara Rosenkrantz is the custodian of a grand Baroque manor house – a window into the past and a jewel in Denmark’s architectural crown. Here, we step into her universe, one filled with reverence for tradition and fuelled by a desire to keep sharing Danish values for years to come
“It suits our dining room perfectly,” says Clara Rosenkrantz of the William Morris wallpaper against which she sits. “We have deer in the woods outside, so in a way, it brings the forest into the home,” she continues, enveloped in a floral, blue Zimmermann dress. The home of which Rosenkrantz speaks is no ordinary abode. It is Glorup Gods, a grand manor house at the south-eastern end of the island of Funen, in Denmark. Included in the country’s Culture Canon in 2006, it is a jewel of Danish Baroque architecture, having been rebuilt in the 1760s by French neo-classical architect and landscape designer Nicolas-Henri Jardin, who also redesigned Fredensborg Palace Gardens after the grand gardens of Versailles.
Glorup Gods is more than a grand estate: it is the backdrop for Rosenkrantz’s creative life, the inspiration behind her two books, and the hub from which she shares her lifestyle with the world. It is a place where preserving the past goes hand in hand with storytelling, where every detail is shaped by Rosenkrantz’s curatorial eye.
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Gastronome Clara Rosenkrantz’s decorative creations are impressive, often bringing nature indoors. Photo: Ditte Isager
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Clara Rosenkrantz in one of the restored bedrooms of Glorup Gods, which, until she moved in, had not been renovated since the 1920s. Reversible floral jacket, €335. Floral jacquard trousers, €240. Both APOF. Floral silk scarf, €80. Tapis Noir. Photo: Ditte Isager