Menu and music at the State Banquet at Christiansborg Palace on 8 October 2025

Menu and music at the State Banquet at Christiansborg Palace on 8 October 2024 on the occasion of the State Visit from Iceland.

Photo: Bo Amstrup, Ritzau Scanpix ©

MENU

North Sea cod with Isefjord seaweed
Pickled beets and kohlrabi
Cabbage mayonnaise and citrus gel
Smoked cheese blanquette with dill oil
*
Ballotine of Gråsten chicken
with chanterelles from Trend Forest
Maize and croquettes of celery root and potato
Variety of root crops from Fredensborg Palace Garden
Chicken stock sauce
*
Bavarois of yoghurt
with frangipane and pickled apricots 
from Gråsten Palace Garden
Almond cream
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La Cigarelle 2022
Cahors

Château de Cayx 2018
Cahors

Piper-Heidsieck Demi-Sec
Champagne


MUSIC
by The Band of The Royal Life Guards

S.S. Schultz: Sweet Is The Breath of Denmark
B.F. Bjerre: Love in Copenhagen
J. Kosma: Autumn Leaves 
H.C. Lumbye: Pepita Polka
A. Winding: Tænder på et kys (Turned on by a kiss)
Mezzoforte: Garden Party 
R. Lindebro: Nordens faner (Banners of the North)
H.C. Lumbye: Ball Overture
J. Svendsen: Two Icelandic Melodies
F. Lehár: Gold and Silver Waltz
F. Jørgensen: Late Summer Song
Mezzoforte: After Hours
A. Odbjerg: I morgen er der også en dag (Tomorrow is another day)
H.C. Lumbye: Champagne Galop