KNUD RASMUSSEN’S HUS

In the middle of the beautiful area by Skansen in Hundested, a little north of Hundested Harbor is the iconic house, where Knud Rasmussen worked between his many expeditions in Greenland.

The house is the city's biggest attraction and today it serves as a museum and memorial room for the famous polar explorer. The polar researcher's workhouse in cottage style was built in 1917 according to drawings by architect Helge Bojsen-Møller.

The house is located on a large natural plot with a view of the Kattegat, in the northern outskirts of Hundested, close to Spodsbjerg Lighthouse. In good weather you can see all the way to Hesselø, which is approx. 26 km away.

In other words, there is good reason to take a walk in the magnificent landscape and look inside the unusual and atmospheric workhouse.

On the plot is also an impressive cairn in memory of Knud Rasmussen, built of stone from various localities in Greenland. The house has functioned as a memorial room and museum since 1939, when it with various contents was handed over to the public by widow, Dagmar. The house was ravaged by fire in 2011. Fortunately, both the house and contents could still be saved, but that meant that all the glory had to undergo an extensive restoration.

The incident gave rise to everything being thoroughly examined - from the nature of the floors and the colors of the walls to the affiliation of the exhibited objects to the house. The results were astonishing, and brought about major changes in the house - all to bring it closer to the expression that prevailed while Knud Rasmussen himself lived and worked on the site until he died in 1933. The secretary's room on the first floor is furnished as a study. , where you as a guest can immerse yourself in both Knud Rasmussen's own texts and a selection of the literature that exists about him.