Hellebækgård was originally a tenant farm first mentioned in 1576 when it was called Teglstrup but it was later used by Christian IV and by the managing board of Hellebæk Ironworks.

After his first visit to the place, Ernst Schimmelmann described the surroundings to his friend, the jurist August Henning, in a letter: I return today from Elsinore, where I have spent two days inspecting the rifle factory, which is half a mile away on the far side of this town.

It is on the shore of the sea, which is incessantly covered in ships; on the opposite side you see the cliffs of Sweden.

If you seek a solitary or quiet spot, you just have to walk into the woods, which hides a wealth of lakes; are you tired of these, various streams will encourage you with their trickling.

Hills with soft slopes, dark and quiet valleys – no, my dear friend, I do not know how I do this, but I am miserable at describing the most beautiful place on earth.

All this is only preparation, but my head, which is brimming with projects, has conceived an idea, simply that we – if you will come, my dear, very well could bid the world adieu for a month or more and throw ourselves in the arms of this solitude.

[2]Schimmelmann and his wife Charlotte often gathered a circle of some of the leading writers and intellectuals of the time around them at Hellebækgård in the summertime.

The buildings were renovated and expanded at a price of approximately DKK 1.5 million under directions of the architect Aage Rafn and were inaugurated on 27 August 1953.