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===Artist's retreat===

[[File:Carl Nielsen family at Fuglsang, Lolland.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Carl Nielsen]] and family at Fuglsang]]

In 1885, de Neergaard married the 30 years younger [[Bodil Neergaard]], and together they opened the house to a large number of visiting artists and particularly musicians until Rolf Viggo de Neergaard 's death. 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|accessdateaccess-date=2009-10-17|url-status=dead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719124013/http://www.fuglsangherregaard.dk/default.asp?Action=Menu&Item=32|archivedatearchive-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 1962, Refugiet Fuglsang was founded 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.