Mikkelborg is a seaside locality in Hørsholm Municipality, located between Rungsted to the south and Kokkedal to the north, some 20 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Mikkelborg Strandpark (Mikkelborg Beach Park) is a public park and beach. Mikkelgård, a listed house from 1916 located inside the park, is now operated as a restaurant.
The area was built over with large houses in the beginning of the 20th century. Villa Mikkeborg was built in 1900 by a son of Frederik Horsens Block from Kokkedal House. Another house was built by Carlsberg-heir Vagn Jacobsen in 1926.
Later the Danish state began to acquire some of the large houses in the Mikkelborg area with the intention of creating a beach park similar to the one at Bellevue Beach further to the south. The 8-hectares park was protected in 1999. Other houses were purchased by Hørsholm Municipality. They were demolished in the early 1980s to make way for the housing estate Mikkelborg Park.[1] The 8-hectares beach park was protected in 1999.[2]
Mikkelgård is the former summer retreat of the composer Hakon Schmedes who named his house after the locality. It was built in 1915 - 16 to design by Povl Baumann who was influenced by the Arts & Crafts movement. It is a four-winged house built with exposed timber framing facing the central courtyard. The house is surrounded by moats and is connected to the mainland by a bridge. In 1990, it was converted into a restaurant. The former stables were renovated in 1997 and have room for 120 dining guests.[3]