There are few traditions in the Danish
royal family that are as strong as the Hubertus-hunt It has been
part of the Danish monarchy since 1730. And on November 7th 2021,
Crown Princess Mary attended this year’s Hubertus Hunt at the
Hermitage Castle in Copenhagen, which has been the Royal Palace’s
hunting castle since the 1730s. When autumn has taken hold of
Copenhagen Zoo, and the…
Princess Marie, who lives and works in
Paris, France, on a daily basis, has been in Denmark for a very
special occasion. For Princess Marie of Denmark, it was a good and
pleasant experience to be in Copenhagen to focus on this year’s
developing country’s…
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…
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 met the former
court marshal’s widow with a warm and compassionate embrace. Queen
Margrethe and Prince Joachim…
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…
Earlier in October, it was revealed that
the Norwegian Sami Parliament sent a letter to Queen Margrethe of
Denmark asking for help in returning a special artefact – a Sami
drum that was confiscated after a witchcraft trial in 1692. The
drum has created controversy…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has concluded
her official visit to Greenland. At the invitation of the chairman
of the Greenlandic parliament, the Naalakkersuisut, Múte B. Egede,
Her Majesty the Queen started her visit on October 9th 2021 and
concluded it on October 12th. The five-day long visit took in
Ilulissat, Nuuk, Pituffik and Station Nord. It was full winter when
the Queen arrived and the…
Iceland and Denmark have strong ties.
From 1397 to 1944 the nation had a common monarch under the Danish
king and in the period 1814 to 1918 Iceland was part of the Danish
kingdom. This week, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has begun a
visit to Iceland with a meeting at the…
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary enjoy one of the best views in Denmark on a celebratory visit
12th October 2021
The Danish city of Haslev last year
marked its 150th anniversary and now it’s had a royal visit to
celebrate its jubilee. Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess
Mary of Denmark travelled to the area to celebrate on October 11th
2021. In October 1870, the railway…
A Sami drum that was confiscated after a
witchcraft trial in 1692 has created controversy between Norway’s
indigenous people and Denmark. The Sami Parliament is now asking
Queen Margrethe for help. Sami Parliament President, Aili
Keskitalo, has asked the Danish Queen for her support to keep the
Sami cultural treasure in the Sápmi region. It was confiscated by
the Danes after an axe…
