Namesakes
Kings and Queens of Denmark
The Danish royal lineage traces back to Gorm the Old in the late 9th century, making it one of the world's oldest. Early Danish kings expanded into parts of Sweden and Norway, and in the 11th century Canute the Great ruled both Denmark and England. Queen Margrethe united Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, and parts of Finland in the 1387 Union of Kalmar. Sweden and Finland departed in 1523, but the remaining union persisted into the early 19th century. Before 1660, the Danish monarchy was elective; after that date it became hereditary and absolute. Denmark's 1849 democratic constitution transformed the monarchy into a constitutional one, limiting the sovereign to ceremonial duties in church and state affairs.
54 results
Name
Years
Other Names
1035-1047
1250-1252
1537-1559
1588-1648
1670-1699
1730-1746
1766-1808
1814
1863-1906
1912-1947
c. 936-958