There were short toasts at the black-tie reception but no first dances, and a family-style dinner from their favorite local restaurant, Pluto. Once the cameras stopped flashing, the newlywed couple and their guests were transported to Rydhave, the official residence of the U.S. Because of Rufus’s popularity in Denmark (he even has his own docuseries airing there called The American Ambassador), they were swarmed by media as soon as they left the building. Rufus and Stephen were married by The Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, and afterward, a well-known Danish performer sang George Gershwin’s “Someone to Watch Over Me.” The pair were applauded loudly after they exchanged their Georg Jensen rings and exited out of the room. The next day, the ceremony took place in the beautiful main reception room of the town hall, decorated with heraldic shields. Matthew Barzun and his wife, Brooke Brown Barzun. The soiree was hosted by the couple’s very dear friends, the U.S.
The Friday night before the wedding, everyone gathered at Nimb Bar at the Nimb Hotel for a welcome cocktail reception for the guests and for others from Stephen and Rufus’s close Copenhagen community. Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Prince Mary of Denmark were also in attendance. Of the 159 guests at the wedding, around 100 came from overseas and 11 U.S. It was going to be the longest we’ve ever lived in one place together.” He adds, "Once we were there, the country was so welcoming to us and we wanted also to show our appreciation.” “We also very much wanted to have the wedding in Denmark, because once Rufus became ambassador, we knew that was going to be our home for the next three and a half years. “We got married in the town hall in Copenhagen because it was the location of the first same-sex civil union,” he says. “It was to be a statement,” Stephen notes. at the time they’d set a date in October 2015, gay marriage was not legal in all 50 states. They wanted to show respect to the country for being the first in the world to offer same-sex civil unions beginning in 1989, and in the U.S. Ultimately, Rufus and Stephen decided to marry in Denmark for a couple of reasons. The couple kept relatively quiet about their plans, but began to discuss potential timing and venues with close family and friends. While we were sitting on the deck of his parents’ house watching the sunset, I turned to him and just said, ‘I’m ready to get married now.’ We drank rosé to celebrate” As Stephen recalls, “It was June in Nantucket, where Rufus spent summers as a child. The two were introduced in the building’s hallway, and from there, slowly began to evolve as a couple over the course of two years. Stephen was over at a friend’s apartment when he met Rufus in passing.
David, the owner of the store from which we bought the wedding attire, is assisting Rufus in positioning his pocket square. Our dog, Argos, is unsure of the unusual activity happening in our dressing area.
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