Den Kongelige Livgarde (Royal Life Guards) is an infantry regiment of the Royal Danish Army, formed in 1658. It serves a dual role as both a front line combat unit, and as a ceremonial unit at the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen. The regiment was founded by King Frederik III and was charged with both being an infantry regiment and as a guard for the Danish Monarch. The Life Guards provide a permanent guard at the Amalienborg Palace, and also guard palaces where the Royal Family is in residence.
The ordinary uniform of the Life Guards while they are on guard duty is dark blue. Their full dress uniform is similar to that of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army; a scarlet tunic, with white cross belt; blue (as opposed to black) trousers and a bearskin with the regiment's cap badge (the Sun and Royal Coat of Arms), together with the symbolic gardersabel (Guards sabre), which is part of the spoils from the First Schleswig War 1848-1850 and originally a French infantry sabre. During his time in the Danish forces, Crown Prince Frederik served a tour in the Life Guards.
The regiment itself has a total of seven battalions:
1st Battalion (1. Bataljon) - Founded 1658. Currently serves in the armoured infantry role
2nd Battalion (2. Bataljon) - Founded 1867. Currently serves in the armoured infantry role
3rd Battalion (3. Bataljon) - Founded 1923. Currently serves in the armoured infantry role
4th Battalion (4. Bataljon) - Founded 1961. Currently serves in the mechanised infantry role
5th Battalion (5. Bataljon) - Founded 2000. Currently serves in the mechanised infantry role
6th Battalion (6. Bataljon) - Founded 2000. Currently serves in the mechanised infantry role
7th Battalion (7. Bataljon) - Founded 2000. Currently serves in the mechanised infantry role
Guard Mounting, or the Changing of the Guard, refers to a formal ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relived by a new batch of sentries, usually from the military.
In the Republic of China (Taiwan), the change of guard ceremony is conducted at three locations in Taipei, namely the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, and the Martyrs' Shrine, where the ceremonial guards are rotated by the hour during the opening hours of the three memorials.
Guards are present 24 hours a day and work in shifts; the ceremony entails the new shift marching to take the place of the old shift, accompanied by a Guards band, which plays any music from traditional marching tunes to familiar pop songs.
Rosenborg castle is a small castle situated at the centre of the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
The castle is open to the public for tours and houses a museum exhibiting the Royal Collections, artifacts spanning a breadth of royalDanish culture, from the late 15th century of Frederik II to the 19th century.
The Rosenborg Castle Garden (commonly referred to as the King's Garden) is the country's oldest royal garden and was embellished in the Renaissance style by Christian IV shortly before the construction of the main castle.
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