Edelgave

Edelgave is a manor house situated just southwest of Smørumnedre, Egedal Municipality, 20 km northwest of central Copenhagen, Denmark.

In 1663, Frederick III granted the property to Admiral of the Realm Henrik Bjelke and his wife Edel Ylfeldt for life.

Bjelke expanded the estate with several new tenants farms prior to its elevation to manor house in 1682.

Lange was already the owner of Nørre Alléenlyst in Frederiksberg outside Copenhagen as well as a number of estates in Jutland.

[5] The plastered, Neoclassical house consists of a two-storey Corps de logis with a black-glazed tile roof, flanked by a complex of one-storey secondary service wings with hipped, red tile roofs on each side, forming a small Cour d'honneur.

Two small woods, Edelgave Skov and Slotsskoven, have a combined area of 27 hectares with the remainder being farmland and orchards.

The ash tree avenue Edelgave Allé and the burial mound Gyngehøj next to it are protected.

[5] Edelgave has been used as a location for the films Tre finder en kro (1955), Et døgn uden løgn (1963), Pigen og greven (1966), Nyhavns glade gutter (1967), Der kom en soldat (1969) Tandlæge på sengekanten (1971) and Fætrene på Torndal (1973).