page_title: Fredensborg
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Fredensborg / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Drawing showing Fredensborg Slot as seen from Slotsgade with Rejsestalden to the right in Fredensborg, Denmark
context_page_description: Fredensborg is a railway town located in Fredensborg Municipality, North Zealand, some 30 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is most known for Fredensborg Palace, one of the official residences of the Danish Royal Family. As of 1 January 2020, the town had a population of 8,769.
context_section_description: The earliest settlement in the area was the village of Asminderød. The town of Fredensborg emerged outside Fredensborg Palace, which was completed in 1722. The name, which means the Palace of Peace," commemorates the termination of the Great Northern War.
  Fredensborg Station opened on the new North Line in 1868.
caption: Fredensborg in 1826,drawing by H. G. F. Holm
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