Søholm (country house)

Søholm is a Neoclassical country house overlooking Lake Emdrup in Hellerup, Gentofte Municipality, in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.

The current main building and a three-winged , thatched stable on a nearby site were both constructed in 1806–08 for the Jewish merchant Joseph Nathan David to designs by Christian Frederik Hansen.

[1] The first country house on the site was established by treasurer in the Danish Asiatic Company Jacob Holm in 1773.

The house was located in a small woodland on the shore of Lundehussøen as Emdrup Lake was known in that day.

[2] David spent the summers at Søholm and the winters at Kronprinsessegade 30, which would later be converted into The Favid Collection by his great-grandson C.L.

The municipality was only interested in the land east of Lyngbyvej and the main building was therefore immediately sold again.

Søholm in 1810.
Søholm seen on a watercolour by Ole Jørgen Rewert, 1824
Søholm photographed by Peter Elfelt in 1922