Ingrid of sweden
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Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid
In Frederik IX could have celebrated the 25th anniversary of his accession to the throne, but The King died on 14 January after short term illness.
Frederik IX began nearly 25 years of kingship for Denmark on 20 April , when The King stepped out on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace and gave his proclamation speech to the thousands of people who had gathered at Christiansborg Palace Square: “I hope to be able to make myself worthy of the people’s trust”. With the motto “With God for Denmark”, The King led the Royal House of Denmark through one of the biggest and fastest transition periods in Denmark’s history.
In , Crown Prince Frederik had married Princess Ingrid of Sweden in the Cathedral in Stockholm, and, after the wedding and the festivities in the Swedish capital, the new Danish Crown Prince Couple sailed on the Royal Yacht Dannebrog to Copenhagen, where the capital’s citizens and visiting Swedes welcomed the country’s new Crown Princess. Fro
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Ingrid of Sweden
Queen of Denmark from to
For the medieval Norwegian queen, see Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter.
Ingrid of Sweden (Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louisa Margareta;[1] 28 March – 7 November ) was Queen of Denmark from 20 April to 14 January as the wife of King Frederik&#;IX.
Ingrid was born into the House of Bernadotte as the only daughter of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (later King Gustaf&#;VI Adolf) and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught. In , she married Frederik, then Crown Prince of Denmark. The couple had three daughters: Margrethe, Benedikte, and Anne-Marie.
In , Frederik became king upon the death of his father, King Christian&#;X, and Ingrid became queen consort. As queen, Ingrid reformed the traditions of Danish court life, abolished many old-fashioned customs at court and created a more relaxed atmosphere at tjänsteman receptions. In , Frederik died and was succeeded by his and Ingrid's eldest daughter, Margrethe II. Ingrid died in
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Ingrid of Sweden
Swedish princesses by birth
The generations show descent from Gustav I, from the House of Vasa, and continues through the Houses of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Holstein-Gottorp; and the Bernadotte, the adoptive heirs of the House of Holstein-Gottorp, who were adoptive heir of the Palatinate-Zweibrückens.
1also princess of Norway
2also princess of Sweden by marriage
3also princess of Poland and Lithuania by birth