The Nordic nations work closely together,
both economically and politically. This week, leaders from the
Nordic countries gathered in Copenhagen to participate in the
Nordic Council. Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark, who is also
Queen of the Faro Islands and Greenland, held a reception on the
occasion of Denmark’s presidency of the Nordic Council 2021 at
Christiansborg Palace. The…
Christmas is approaching for Europe’s
royal families, and all of us. Earlier this week, Queen Margrethe
of Denmark visited the ballet where she has designed set and
costumes. During the following press conference, Her Majesty was
asked where she would celebrate her…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has always
been fascinated and interested in costumes and the theatre. On
Tuesday this week, Her Majesty attended the start-up rehearsal for
Tivoli’s upcoming ballet performance “The Snow Queen”. Queen
Margrethe is the set…
Hunting is a tradition with long royal
roots. A tradition many royal families still carry on as one of the
highlights of the autumn, including the Danish royal family. His
Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has held a Royal
Hunt at the Gludsted Plantation. The Gludsted Plantation is one of
Denmark’s largest plantations with 34 square kilometres of forest.
During the…
The Danish and Greek royal family said a
final goodbye to former Danish Court Marshal Søren
Haslund-Christensen last Saturday when both Queen Margrethe and
Prince Joachim attended his funeral. Queen Margrethe and Prince
Joachim arrived separately at the funeral, and both…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has
continued a holiday tradition this year when she attended the
Presentation of the Christmas Seal this year. On Monday, 1
November, the Crown Princess unveiled the 2021 Christmas Stamp with
this year’s chosen illustrator, Peter…
Denmark’s national opera “Masquerade”,
written by Carl Nielsen in 1906 and based on Ludvig Holberg’s
comedy from 1724 of the same name, has premiered at the Opera in
Frankfurt, Germany. Princess Benedikte of Denmark and
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was invited as a guest of honour at the
German Opera House to attend the performance. With brand new
contemporary German…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark paid an
official visit to Burkina Faso last week, joining the Minister for
Development Aid on a trip to highlight girls’ and women’s health.
The Danish royal visited the Sahel region of the western African
nation from 27-29 October…
The Poignant story behind the Christmas campaign close to Crown Princess Mary's heart
31st October 2021
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will be
completing one of her first holiday traditions of the 2021 festive
season this week. She will be launching the 2021 Christmas stamp, a
philanthropic tradition that dates back over 110 years. Each year,
the Christmas Stamp…
Queen Margrethe posed for the cover of a
new book outlining her 50-year-reign of Denmark using a century-old
photographic method with a camera that was reportedly used during
the American Civil War in the mid-1800s. For the upcoming book,
Monark og menneske (Monarch and Man), Queen Margrethe sat for a
portrait by Jan Grarup, using a wetplate camera from 1896 with a
lens that dates back to 1856.
