Saturday, April 16, 2011
Elvis in high school
Fans of Elvis Presley living in Europe need not travel to Tennessee to get a glimpse of Graceland.
A replica of the King’s home has been built in Randers, Denmark, although this Graceland is actually twice the size of the original so it can house a shop, restaurant and museum.
Graceland Randers contains nearly 6,000 Elvis items, including his high school class photo, a pair of shoes he wore in 1956, copies of his FBI files, records from his personal collection and one of his Bibles. Its founder, Henrick Knudsen, expects 50,000 visitors a year.
Knudsen says Elvis’ widow, Priscilla Presley, has endorsed the Randers museum, which officially opens April 16, the day after a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was attended by former U.S. ambassador to Denmark James Cain and singer Suzi Quatro.
-Noel Brinkerhoff, David Wallechinsky
Elvis Presley's Graceland Opens in Denmark (BBC News)
Graceland Randers: Interview with Hendrik Knudsen (by Thomas Melin, Elvis Today)
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