Karlebogaard

We have 11 classrooms with room for more than 80 participants in total. The classrooms are furnished with respect for the mansion’s history and original interiors, so in many ways Karlebogaard is a time capsule.

Many of the classrooms have names, such as ’Seventh Heaven’, ’Tivoli’, ’The Bedroom’, ’The Palm Garden’, ’The Cabin’ and ’The Music Room’. Below, Brian Eberhardt is holding his AI seminar in the Music Room.

In the reception area, you'll find a beautiful 18th-century Rococo staircase brought directly from Venice. The staircase's ornamentation is hand-carved in wood and then covered with gold leaf. The carvings above the doors and the decorations on the ceiling are made in the same materials. The paintings above the doors and on the ceiling also come from Venice.

Around 1900, it was customary for manor houses to have a winter garden. Karlebogaard's winter garden is a fine wooden structure filled with tropical plants. Today, the winter garden is used a lot by the house's guests. The date palms, yuccas, and oleanders from Mrs. Skou's time are still there.

In Karlebogaard's two dining rooms, we serve breakfast and a delicious 2-course lunch. In the Italian Dining Room, beautiful 1700s decorations are permanently mounted on most of 2 walls. Both the fireplace and the stucco ceiling are among the most beautiful features of the house, and both were made by Italian craftsmen. In the Garden Room, there is a unique Chinese relief dating from the Qing period (1611-1911).

During coffee breaks, we serve hot and cold drinks and snacks in the Gentlemen's Room. The interior is inspired by 1800s London, with walls clad in wood paneling and gilt leather. The old fireplace and the stucco ceilings give this room a warmth all its own, and it is a room where many a cigar has surely been smoked and many a glass of whisky drunk in the late hours of the night.

Karlebogaard's old horse stable was fully restored in 2006 and converted into classrooms and lovely manor house rooms for participants staying overnight. The horse stalls with their marbled columns can still be seen, and in the saddling room there is a large marbled staircase fit for a palace.