Word: frederik
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...King Frederik of Denmark held a small royal traffic court of his own. His uncle, Prince Rene de Bourbon-Parma, 59, a Copenhagen meat exporter, recently rammed two cars in a hit & run accident after a drinking bout. Since the Prince is a member of the royal family and immune to prosecution in the courts, the King himself pronounced sentence: no driving for a year...
...Amalienborg, the royal residence in Copenhagen, King Frederik said farewell to Eugenie Anderson of Red Wing, Minn., popular retiring U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, and presented her with the Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog...
...text of a constitutional amendment to allow the ascension of a woman to the throne. If passed by both Parliament and popular referendum, which is likely, 12-year-old Princess Margrethe will be heiress presumptive (in the place of her uncle Prince Knud, 52-year-old brother of King Frederik), with the possibility of becoming the first Danish queen since Margrethe I (1353-1412), a precocious sovereign who made bright Danish history. Margrethe I became the 10-year-old child bride of King Haakon VI of Norway, assumed the crown of Norway when he died, and, by invitation from...
Died. Alexandrine, 73, longtime (1912-47) Queen of the Danes and mother of Denmark's present King Frederik IX; in Copenhagen...
...Gustaf Adolf of Sweden. Among the special events: a gift contributed by his subjects, a check for 5,000,000 kroner ($966,500), which the King said would be used to further Swedish culture; an all-Wagnerian concert by the Royal Court Orchestra, conducted, after shirtsleeved rehearsals, by King Frederik of Denmark...