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Queen Sonja to award Queen Margrethe with a prestigious language prize

Queen Margrethe of Denmark is awarded the Nordic Association’s language prize for her effort to strengthen the Scandinavian language community and she will receive the accolade from her good friend, Queen Sonja of Norway.The prize will be presented in a ceremony in Oslo later in September. Preparations are now being made for a large-scale celebration of the language award…
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Crown Princess Mary opens new university campus in Kolding

Crown Princess Mary has opened a new campus for the University College South Denmark, viewing Kolding’s latest educational offering for Southern Denmark.UC SYD posted on its official Facebook page: “A part of today’s program was composed by the students. Here, the Crown Princess got an insight into how the new building can accommodate the students of the future and elevate their…
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Crown Princess Mary speaks at conference on loneliness

Crown Princess Mary attended the People’s Movement Against Loneliness conference in Copenhagen this week, delivering an opening speech that touched upon how far the movement has come and how much work is still left to be done.Crown Princess Mary, attending on behalf of the Mary Foundation, said in her opening speech: “Loneliness is often coupled with other mental health problems and…
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Crown Princess Mary opens new UN exhibit

Crown Princess Mary has officially opened a new UN exhibition, 2030 NOW, to highlight the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, in Sønderborg.The exhibit aims to show “what kind of world the UN’s 17 global goals can lead to find we each, and together, make an effort to…
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Queen Margrethe gets pleasant surprise at jubilee event

Queen Margrethe of Denmark had a pleasant surprise at the presentation of the Armed Forces’ gift for her jubilee.The Danish Armed Forces gave the Danish Queen their gift in the waters off Korsør and at the naval station at Korsør.An aircraft and naval parade took place to mark Queen Margrethe’s 50 years on the throne. The Queen watched the air show, consisting of an F-16…
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