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...Copenhagen, Denmark's King Frederik IX took the day off with a touch of lumbago. The rest of the family was feeling poorly, too. Queen Ingrid had the flu, and the three little princesses had chicken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Furrowed Brow | 4/4/1949 | See Source »

...Denmark outdid itself to celebrate King Frederik IX's soth birthday. Among his gifts: a racing motorboat, two carpets, a big electric stove with kitchen utensils, a tractor for plowing fire belts in the royal forest and, from a nine-year-old wellwisher, a letter containing some cigarettes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Mar. 21, 1949 | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...million small ears overheard King Frederik IX of Denmark admonishing his nine-year-old daughter Margrethe at tea one day last week: "You've got your feet on the table. Sit properly." "I do sit properly," Margrethe answered back before she obeyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DENMARK: Royal Teatime | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

King Frederik IX of Denmark, 49, made good use of his early naval training during a minor domestic crisis at Amalienborg Palace. When the curtains in the valet's room caught fire, the agile monarch tore downstairs, threw a glass of water on the blaze, then doused it with a bucketful from the kitchen. To an admiring fire squad, he modestly shrugged the whole thing off: "Lucky thing I learned in my youth how to handle a pail of water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Homebodies | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

...charity, Denmark's King Frederik IX led the Royal Opera Orchestra through two overtures and a symphony. Thirty copies of the recordings will be offered in an anti-tuberculosis lottery, and a few others may be sold at steep prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Brimming Cup | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

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