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House of Denmark (French: Maison du Danemark, Danish: Danmarkshuset), on 142 Champs-Élysées is Paris, France, is a building which houses exhibition space used for the presentation of Danish culture and commercial interests. The main venue of the house is the ''Salle du Danemark'' on the second floor. It also contains a Danish restaurant on the ground floor and office space rented out for international companies. ==History== The idea for a House of Denmark abroad was conceived after the Brussels International Exposition in 1935 where Thyse Hvass represented Denmark with his single-family houses. The plans were delayed by the coming of World War II but in 1948 the Danish state acquired the l'Hôtel Subiran on Champs-Élysées. In 1952 the hotel was demolished to make way for the new building which had been designed by Hvass. Ground was broken on 23 September 1952 in the presence of the Danish prime minister Erik Eriksen and the French minister of foreign affairs Robert Schuman. The house was inaugurated on 23 April 1966 with a ceremony attended by King Frederick IX of Denmark, Queen Ingrid, Danish prime minister H. C. Hansen, the French president René Coty, Edgar Faure, and Danish fashion designer Erik Mortensen and sculptor Robert Jacobsen who both lived and worked in France. The administration of the building was transferred from the prime minister's office to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs in 1961. In 1986 the facility came under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as represented by the Danish Embassy located only two blocks away. In 1997 it was proposed to sell the house due to problems with its financing but this was met with strong criticism with prominent users and collaborators and was ultimately rejected. Instead it was decided to relaunch the house as a self-owning institution managed according to commercial principles as well as to put it through a major refurbishment. The refurbished House of Denmark was re-inaugurated in February 2002 it the presence of Queen Magrethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark as well as the mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Danish House in Paris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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