Welcome to the Baltic Exhibition

The Danish Exhibition Building

A competition was held preceding the Baltic Exhibition in Denmark, where prominent Danish architects competed for significant prizes to represent the nation. Henning Hansen won and designed the building in the Danish Zealand mansion style. It had red walls and a brick roof. The midship featured a large Renaissance gate, preceded by a bridge over a moat. The gate was carved from sandstone shipped from Bornholm.

The building had two floors, a brick façade, and square-paned windows. Its design was iconic of early 20th-century Jugend architecture and decorative arts.

During the exhibition, construction halted briefly when Danish master Nielsen underpaid his workers, paying nearly half the Swedish union rate. The conflict was resolved by applying Swedish labor law—despite Denmark's proximity, the exhibition was held on Swedish ground.