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6 unusual facts about Frederick IX of Denmark


Brockdorff's Palace

From 1947 until 1972 it was the official residence of King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid.

Frederick IX of Denmark

The gun carriage was pulled by 48 seamen and was escorted by honor guards from the Danish Army, Air Force, and Navy, as well as honor guards from France, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States.

First a brief ceremony was held in the chapel where the king had lain in state, where the Bishop of Copenhagen, Willy Westergaard Madsen said a brief prayer, followed by a hymn, before the coffin was carried out of the chapel by members of the Royal Life Guards and placed on a gun carriage for the journey through Copenhagen to Copenhagen Central Station.

At the Copenhagen Central Station, the coffin was placed in a special railway carriage for the rail journey to Roskilde.

Once in Roskilde, the coffin was pulled through the city by a group of seamen to Roskilde Cathedral where the final ceremony took place.

Frederick was educated at the Royal Danish Naval Academy (breaking Danish royal tradition by choosing a naval instead of an army career) and the University of Copenhagen.


Danish House in Paris

The house was inaugurated on 23 April 1966 with a ceremony attended by King Frederick IX of Denmark, Queen Ingrid, Danish prime minister H. C. Hansen, the French president René Coty, Edgar Faure, and Danish fashion designer Erik Mortensen and sculptor Robert Jacobsen who both lived and worked in France.

Morris Fidanque de Castro

During his brief tenure, the United States Virgin Islands was honored by an "unofficial" state visit by Frederick IX of Denmark, then still the Crown Prince, and his wife, Ingrid of Sweden.

Puttgarden station

The ferry terminal was opened on 14 May 1963 by the Danish King Frederik IX and German President Heinrich Lübke.


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