Kongehusets digitale julekalender 2021.
Dansk
Der har været krisemøde i den lille nissefamilie siden i går, hvor Juleenglen blev forvekslet med noget julepynt af en sikkerhedsvagt, lagt i en kasse og båret væk. Hvorhen ved Nissefar ikke, men han frygter, at englen enten er smidt ud eller måske er brugt som brændsel. ”For det er jo så koldt i december,” siger Nissemor og sukker dybt.
Det værste en papnisse kan forestille sig, er ild og brand, og med gru husker den lille nissefamilie tilbage på den altødelæggende brand, der raserede Christiansborg Slot i 1794 og som gjorde Kong Christian 7. (og nisserne) hjemløse. Kort tid efter flyttede Kongen og Kronprinsen, den senere Frederik 6., ind på to af Amalienborg fire palæer, som Kongen havde opkøbt efter branden. Flytningen var i første omgang midlertidig, men det skulle siden vise sig, at Amalienborg herefter blev ramme om den kongelige families liv og virke helt frem til i dag. Under den frygtelige brand gemte nisserne sig i et vandfaldsur, som var blandt de få genstande, der blev reddet ud af flammerne. I dag står uret i det palæ, som Christian 7. flyttede ind i og som i dag bærer hans navn. ”Er det ikke netop Christian 7., som du er nået til i din julerejse gennem Kongerækken?” spørger Nissedrengen sin far. Pludselig går det op for Nissefar, at sønnen har ret, og den lille familie bliver enige om, at de sammen må hjælpes ad med at finde frem til de sidste regenter i Kongerækken inden juleaften.
Nissefar og Nissemor kravler ud på slotspladsen og betragter sammen palæerne, og deres hukommelse om Christian 7. og Frederik 6. bliver genopfrisket, da de får øje på en helt særlig detalje på Amalienborg– nemlig kolonnaden. ”Jeg kan huske, at de byggede kolonnaden kort tid efter, at vi flyttede ind, således at Kongen og Kronprinsen kunne bevæge sig frit mellem Christian VII’s Palæ og Christian IX’s Palæ uden at skulle udendørs til fod eller i karet,” siger Nissemor. ”På dette tidspunkt regerede Kronprinsen på vegne af sin far.” Og det har den lille nisse helt ret i. For kolonnaden var udtænkt som en midlertidig løsning, der skulle stå indtil Christiansborg var genopført, og den kongelige familie kunne flytte tilbage. Men af økonomiske årsager blev søjlerne bygget af træ, som blev malet med oliemaling med sand for at ligne sten.
Men da den kongelige familie blev boende fik kolonnaden derfor også lov til at blive stående, og den dag i dag bruger Dronningen (og nisserne) stadig den lille passage.
English
The little Elf Family has held a crisis meeting since yesterday, when the Christmas Angel was mistaken for a piece of Christmas decoration and put in a box and carried away. Where to, Elf Father doesn’t know, but he fears that the angel has been thrown out or maybe used as fire fuel. “Because it’s so cold in December, you know,” Elf Father says, and sighs deeply.
The worst thing a cardboard elf can imagine is flame and fire, and, with horror, the little Elf Family remembers back on the catastrophic fire that razed Christiansborg Palace in 1794 and made King Christian VII (and the elves) homeless. Shortly afterwards, The King and The Crown Prince – the future Frederik VI – moved into two of Amalienborg’s four palaces, which The King had purchased after the fire. At first, the move was temporary, but it turned out that Amalienborg afterwards became the setting for the royal family’s life and activities, all the way to the present day. During the dreadful fire, the elves hid in a waterfall clock, which was among the few objects rescued from the flames. Now, the clock stands in the palace that Christian VII moved into and that bears his name today. “Isn’t it Christian VII that you have just now reached on your Christmas journey through the Royal Lineage?” Elf Boy asks his father. Suddenly, it dawns upon Elf Father that his son is right, and the members of the little Elf Family agree that they must join hands and together find the way to the remaining sovereigns in the Royal Lineage before Christmas Eve.
Elf Father and Elf Mother crawl out on the palace square and together look at the palaces, and their memories of Christian VII and Frederik VI are revived when they catch sight of a very special detail at Amalienborg – that is, the colonnade. “I remember that they built the colonnade shortly after we moved in so The King and The Crown Prince could freely move back and forth between Christian VII’s Palace and Christian IX’s Palace without having to go outdoors on foot or in the coach,” says Elf Mother. And the little elf is completely right about that. The colonnade was devised as temporary solution that was supposed to have been in place until Christiansborg was rebuilt and the royal family could move back there. But, due to economic reasons, the columns were built of wood, which was painted with oil paint blended with sand to resemble stone.
However, when it turned out that the royal family stayed on at Amalienborg, the colonnade was allowed to remain - and The Queen (as well as the elves) still use the small passage to this very day.