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Rolf Viggo de Neergaard took over the property from his parents in 1866, but due to fungal attacks on the timber, the only 26-year-old building had to be demolished.
 
The current building was built from 1868-69 to the design of his cousin architect J. G. [[J.Jens G. zinn|Zinn]] who has also designed several buildings at the [[Holmen, Copenhagen|Holmen Naval Base]] in [[Copenhagen]].
 
===Artist's retreat===
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In 1885, de Neergaard married his cousin [[Bodil Neergaard]], and together they opened the house to a large number of visiting artists and particularly musicians. Both the Norwegian composer [[Edvard Grieg]] and the Danish composer [[Carl Nielsen]] were frequent visitors to the house and close friends of the couple.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fuglsangherregaard.dk/default.asp?Action=Menu&Item=32|title=Historie|publisher=Fuglsang Herregård|access-date=2009-10-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719124013/http://www.fuglsangherregaard.dk/default.asp?Action=Menu&Item=32|archive-date=2011-07-19}}</ref>
 
Upon her husband's death in 1915, Bodil Neergaard managed the large estate alone, and organized the social and church life of the household. In 1947, she bequested the estate to a trust, providing that her home and garden should be made a retreat upon her death. After her death in 19621959, Refugiet Fuglsang was founded in 1962 and served as a retreat for artists and other people of note until it had to close in 1995. The following year a local musical society was founded, arranging 9 annual concerts. Since 1997, the Storstrøm Chamber Ensemble has been based at Fuglsang.
 
In January 2008, [[Fuglsang Art Museum]] opened in a purpose-built building close to the Fuglsang main building.
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