page_title: Lindencrone Mansion
section_title: 20th century to present
hierarchical_section_title: Lindencrone Mansion / History / 20th century to present
caption_attribution_description: English: Tysk militær afhenter ansatte ved den britiske legation i Bredgade ved Sankt Annæ Plads, 9. April 1940
context_page_description: The Lindencrone Mansion is a historic building located on the corner of Bredgade and Sankt Annæ Plads in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Completed in 1753, it is one of many town mansions which were built for wealthy citizens in the district Frederiksstaden in the years after its foundation in the middle of the 18th century.
context_section_description: The British embassy was based in the building from circa 1850 and the British State acquired the building in 1898. The embassy closed temporarily when Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. The embassy reopened after the end of the war in 1945. Winston Churchill stayed in the building during his visit to Copenhagen in 1950 to received the Order of the Elephant.
  The British embassy relocated to Kastelsvej in Østerbro in 1979 and the British state then sold the building to Niels Stellan Høm. It was then home to an insurance company for many years.
  Bestseller-founder Troels Holch Povlsen purchased the building in 2003. It was then subject to a major restoration with the assistance of the architects Bue Beck and arkitekt Leif Jørgen. It was completed in 2006.
caption: 9 April 1940: German soldiers arresting employees at the British embassy
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