{"id":1765,"date":"2023-02-10T15:41:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T20:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingfrederikinn.com\/?page_id=1765"},"modified":"2024-04-23T10:42:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:42:15","slug":"history-of-the-king-frederik-inn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kingfrederikinn.com\/history-of-the-king-frederik-inn\/","title":{"rendered":"History of The King Frederik Inn"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1765\" class=\"elementor elementor-1765\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-786174bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"786174bb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2bc0bf\" data-id=\"b2bc0bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59af222b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59af222b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HISTORY OF THE KING FREDERIK INN<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7eb7113 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7eb7113\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 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hotel was established after the Nielsen family&#8217;s building materials business was moved just\u00a0down the hill from town.\u00a0<\/p><p>Daryl saw the potential in Solvang&#8217;s growing tourism industry and decided to open the King Frederik Inn.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c881195 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c881195\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e60435\" data-id=\"9e60435\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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Nick Nielsen, Daryl&#8217;s grandson, has taken over the family business and continues to offer guests the same high-quality experience that his grandfather established.\u00a0<\/p><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">With a legacy of excellence and a deep connection to the community, the King Frederik Inn is a one-of-a-kind hotel that offers visitors a truly unique experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HISTORY OF THE KING FREDERIK INN The King Frederik Inn has a rich history dating back to 1960, when it was built by Daryl Nielsen.\u00a0 Located in the charming town of Solvang, California, the hotel was established after the Nielsen family&#8217;s building materials business was moved just\u00a0down the hill from town.\u00a0 Daryl saw the potential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1060,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"disabled","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingfrederikinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1765"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingfrederikinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingfrederikinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingfrederikinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingfrederikinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1765"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/kingfrederikinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381,"href":"http:\/\/kingfrederikinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1765\/revisions\/2381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingfrederikinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingfrederikinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}