page_title: Freemasons' Hall, Copenhagen
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Freemasons' Hall, Copenhagen / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Drawing showing the building owned by the Danish Order of Freemasons in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dansk: Tegning der viser Den Danske Frimurerordens bygning (kaldet Stamhuset) i København, Danmark.
context_page_description: Freemasons' Hall located on Blegdamsvej in Copenhagen's Østerbro district, Denmark, is the headquarters of the Danish Order of Freemasons and a meeting place for the Masonic Lodges in the Copenhagen area.
context_section_description: The Danish Order of Freemasons had moved between various addresses and at the beginning of the 20th century was based in Klerkegade in Copenhagen.
  When the municipal authorities in Copenhagen sold off a strip of land along Blegdamsvej, previously part of the park Fælledparken, the Danish Order of Freemasons acquired a piece of land. In 1920, a competition was held among its architect members for the design of a new headquarters. Martin Nyrop, architect of Copenhagen City Hall and himself a Freemason, sat on the panel of judges. The winning entry was submitted by Holger Rasmussen, a relatively unknown Danish architect who had mainly designed modest buildings for Danish State Railways. The Freemasons' Hall was of a different stature entirely. The Freemasons' Hall was built from 1923 to 1927. The cornerstone was laid on 3 June 1924 by Christian X of Denmark, who was himself a Freemason.
caption: Axel Holm: The Freemasons' Hall, 1928
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