The main house has a modern, all-white facade, with Venetian doors opening onto sweeping, manicured lawns and gravel walkways.

The Duke then commissioned Johann Gottfried Rosenberg to rebuild the fourth and current palace in Rococo-style in 1759 – though considerably smaller than its former edition.

[3] After about three and a half succeeding centuries of ownership by Danish nobles, Gråsten Slot was taken over by the State and extensively restored.

In wake of their wedding in 1935, it was given as a summer residence to Crown Prince Frederik (later King Frederik IX) and his Swedish-born Crown Princess Ingrid (later Queen Ingrid) who especially adored the palace until her death in November 2000.

The chapel has bilingual congregations, with German and Danish services to accommodate the mix of local culture.