01/16/2024

Denmark’s King Frederik X Takes the Throne

He assumed the role after Queen Margrethe II abdicated

On Sudan, Denmark ushered in a new era as King Frederik X ascended to the throne after his mother, Queen Margrethe II, formally signed her abdication, ending her 52-year reign as Denmark’s longest-serving monarch.

The formal transfer of power occurred at a meeting of the Council of State at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, where thousands of people gathered to bid farewell to Margrethe after she became the first Danish monarch in nearly 900 years to voluntarily relinquish the throne. Margrethe, 83, surprised the public when she announced her abdication in a live address on New Year’s Eve, citing a major back surgery she underwent in February last year.

"God save the King," she said on Sunday, after signing the abdication declaration.

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