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 Queen Ingrid in 1954 | |||||
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| Tenure | 20 April 1947 – 14 January 1972 | ||||
| Born | (1910-03-28)28 March 1910 Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden | ||||
| Died | 7 November 2000(2000-11-07) (aged 90) Fredensborg Palace,Fredensborg, Denmark | ||||
| Burial | 14 November 2000 Roskilde Cathedral,Roskilde, Denmark | ||||
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| House | Bernadotte | ||||
| Father | Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden | ||||
| Mother | Margaret of Connaught | ||||
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Ingrid of Sweden (Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louisa Margareta;[1] 28 March 1910 – 7 November 2000) wasQueen of Denmark from 20 April 1947 to 14 January 1972 as the wife ofKing Frederik IX.
Ingrid was born into theHouse of Bernadotte as the only daughter ofCrown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (later King Gustaf VI Adolf) and his first wife,Princess Margaret of Connaught. In 1935, she married Frederik, thenCrown Prince of Denmark. The couple had three daughters:Margrethe,Benedikte, andAnne-Marie.
In 1947, Frederik became king upon the death of his father,King Christian X, and Ingrid becamequeen 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 official receptions. In 1972, Frederik died and was succeeded by his and Ingrid's eldest daughter, Margrethe II. Ingrid died in 2000.
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Ingrid was born on 28 March 1910, at theRoyal Palace in Stockholm as the third child and the only daughter ofGustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden and his first wife, PrincessMargaret of Connaught. Her mother was a daughter ofQueen Victoria's third sonPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn by his wifePrincess Louise Margaret of Prussia.
She was baptised Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louisa Margareta in Slottskyrkan (the Royal Chapel) in Stockholm, Sweden on 5 May 1910. Her godparents were: theKing andQueen of Sweden (her paternal grandparents); theDowager Queen of Sweden (her paternal great-grandmother); theDuke andDuchess of Connaught and Strathearn (her maternal grandparents); theDowager Grand Duchess of Baden (her paternal great-grandmother); theEmpress of Russia (her mother's paternal first cousin);Princess Alexander of Teck (her mother's paternal first cousin); thePrince of Wales (her mother's paternal first cousin);Prince Adalbert of Prussia (her maternal second cousin); theGrand Duchess of Baden (her grandaunt); and theDowager Duchess of Dalarna (her great-grandaunt).[2]
Ingrid and her family lived in apartments in the Royal Palace in Stockholm, in a mansion atUlriksdal, near the capital, and in a summer residence,Sofiero Palace inHelsingborg,Scania in southern Sweden.[citation needed] Crown Princess Margaret founded a school for Ingrid with a small circle of Swedish noble girls. Ingrid was also given some domestic instruction as part of her education. As a child, she practiced cooking in her model cottage on the palace grounds and even washed the dishes after meals. In 1920, when Ingrid was just ten years old, her mother died fromsepsis while in the eighth month of her sixth pregnancy.[3][4] After her mother's death, Ingrid spent several months of each year in the United Kingdom in the care of her grandfather.[citation needed] Observers suggested that Ingrid's strong self-discipline was shaped as an effect of her mother's death.[4] Her father remarriedLady Louise Mountbatten three years later. Louise was asecond cousin of Ingrid's. Only astillborn daughter resulted from her father's second marriage. Ingrid felt betrayed by her father when he remarried, and she was unkind to Crown Princess Louise. Ingrid and her father would not reconcile until many years later.[5]
Ingrid was taughthistory,art history,political science, and learned several languages. Her knowledge of art and culture was extended by long stays in Paris and Rome. Along with her father, stepmother and brotherPrince Bertil, Ingrid took a five-month journey through the Middle East between 1934 and 1935.[citation needed] She was interested in sports, especiallyhorse-riding,skiing andtennis.[citation needed] Ingrid made her debut at the opening of theSwedish Riksdag in 1928 when she was noted to be "smartly dressed". She was also noted to be an accomplished linguist, horsewoman, skier, skater and dancer. She often played tennis against her grandfather KingGustav V. During her young adulthood, Ingrid was often seen driving her two-seat car around Stockholm.[citation needed] Besides gaining a reputation as a stylish young woman, she was known as being quite attractive. After her visit to the United States in 1939, Americans described her as "tall and very slender" with a "nicely modeled mouth and exquisite teeth".[citation needed]
The question of Ingrid's marriage was a hot topic of conversation in the 1920s. She was matched with various foreign royalties and was seen by some as a possible wife for the heir apparent to the British throne, thePrince of Wales, who was her second cousin.[6] Her mother, Margaret of Connaught, and the then-Prince of Wales' father, King George V, were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Queen Victoria. In 1928, Ingrid met the Prince of Wales in London. However, no engagement took place.[7] She was also considered as a match forPrince George of the United Kingdom, the fourth son of King George V.
On 15 March 1935, shortly before her 25th birthday, her engagement toFrederik, the Crown Prince of Denmark and Iceland, who was 11 years her senior, was announced. They had gotten engaged in private in the beginning of February.[8] They were related in several ways. As descendants ofOscar I of Sweden, they were third cousins. ThroughLeopold, Grand Duke of Baden, they were third cousins. And finally throughPaul I of Russia, Frederik was a fourth cousin of Ingrid's mother.
The couple was married inStockholm Cathedral on 24 May 1935 by the Archbishop of Uppsala,Erling Eidem. Ingrid wore the veil of Irish lace her late mother,Princess Margaret of Connaught, had worn at her wedding 30 years earlier. The veil has since been worn by all of Ingrid's female descendants as well as her granddaughter-in-lawMary Donaldson. She wore a crown ofmyrtle from a shrub her mother had brought with her fromOsborne House in England toSofiero Palace in Sweden. Carrying a sprig of myrtle in the wedding bouquet is a tradition that maintains to this day in the Swedish royal family and, with Ingrid, has continued into the Danish royal family when she brought cuttings from the shrub at Sofiero to be planted atFredensborg Palace. Ingrid's second cousinsPrincess Ragnhild andPrincess Astrid of Norway served as bridesmaids while Count Gustaf Bernadotte of Wisborg, son ofFolke Bernadotte, was a page boy.
Among the guests at the wedding were Frederik's parents,King Christian X andQueen Alexandrine of Denmark; Ingrid's father and stepmother,Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf andCrown Princess Louise of Sweden; and Ingrid's grandparents,King Gustaf V of Sweden and theDuke of Connaught and Stathearn; as well asThe King andQueen of the Belgians andThe Crown Prince andCrown Princess of Norway.
The Swedish royal bargeVasaorden transported the couple toDannebrog, the Danish royal yacht, on 24 May. Two days later, they arrived in Copenhagen aboard the yacht before leaving for a honeymoon to Rome. Her wedding was one of the greatest media events of the day in Sweden in 1935, and received so much attention that the media were criticised for it.[citation needed] Ingrid also appeared on the radio in 1935 and read a poem, something that was also given much attention.[citation needed]
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While she was Crown Princess, she was the official patron of theGirl Guides (1936), after having taken, and passed, the same tests all applicants were given. In 1940, before the occupation, she was the leader of theDanske Kvinders Beredskab (The Danish Women's war-effort society).[9] During the German occupation of Denmark inWorld War II, Ingrid, with her personal courage and integrity, influenced the Danish Royal House and its conduct in relation to the occupation forces, and won great popularity as a symbol of silent resistance and public patriotic moral. She showed solidarity toward the Danish population, and could often be seen on her bicycle or with her baby carriage on the streets of Copenhagen during the war. Her open defiance of the occupation forces made her grandfather, King Gustav of Sweden, worry about the risks, and in 1941, he sent a demand to her to be more discreet "for the sake of the dynasty" and its safety, but she reacted with anger and refused to obey, and she had the support of her spouse, who shared her views. One display of defiance shown by Ingrid was her positioning of the flags of Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom in the window of the nursery atAmalienborg, the royal residence in the centre of Copenhagen.[citation needed]
Upon her husband's accession to the throne on 20 April 1947, she became the Queen of Denmark. As such, she reformed the traditions of Danish court life, abolished many old-fashioned customs at court and created a more relaxed atmosphere at official receptions. She was interested in gardening and art, and renovated theGråsten Slot according to her own historical research about the palace's original appearance.[citation needed]
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In 1972, King Frederik IX died, and Ingrid was widowed at the age of 61. Her elder daughter, aged 31, became the new queen, and Ingrid now assumed a position as family matriarch. That same year, after having sworn to respect the Danish constitution, she was appointedRigsforstander (formal regent) and representative of the monarch whenever her daughter (and later her grandsons) were absent, a task she performed on many occasions. This was exceptional; previously, only the Crown Prince had been allowed to act as regent in the absence of the monarch.
She was patron of a long line of social organizations, positions which, one after another, she eventually left to Princess Benedikte as years passed:Røde Kors,Ældre Sagen,Red Barnet,Løgum Klosters Refugium, andFonden for Træer og Miljø. She also founded the organizationsKong Frederik og Dronning Ingrids fond til humanitære og kulturelle formål, Ingridfondet for South Jutland,Det kgl. Grønlandsfond, andDronning Ingrids Romerske Fond til støtte af kulturelle og videnskabelige formål. She was described as dutiful, well-prepared and energetic.
Queen Ingrid died on 7 November 2000 atFredensborg Palace,Fredensborg, with her three daughters—Queen Margrethe II,Princess Benedikte andQueen Anne-Marie of Greece—and ten grandchildren at her bedside. Thousands gathered outsideAmalienborg Palace, her official residence, after her death was announced; flowers were left, candles were lit and hymns were sung in her honour.[10] Her funeral took place on 14 November 2000, and Ingrid was interred next to her husband, KingFrederik IX, outsideRoskilde Cathedral near Copenhagen. The funeral was attended by many crowned heads of Europe and other heads of state, among themKing Carl XVI Gustaf andQueen Silvia of Sweden,Queen Sofia of Spain,Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands,King Harald V andQueen Sonja of Norway,King Albert II andQueen Paola of Belgium,Grand Duke Jean andGrand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxembourg,Charles, Prince of Wales,Prince Albert II of Monaco, President of IcelandÓlafur Ragnar Grímsson and former President of FinlandMauno Koivisto.[11]
Queen Ingrid and King Frederik IX had three daughters:
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Sweden: Member Grand Cross of theRoyal Order of the Seraphim (LoK av KMO)[citation needed]Sweden: Member of theRoyal Family Order of King Gustav V[citation needed]Sweden: Member of theRoyal Family Order of King Gustav VI Adolf[citation needed]Sweden: Member of theRoyal Family Order of King Carl XVI Gustaf[citation needed]Sweden: Recipient of50th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf[citation needed]Sweden: Recipient of90th Birthday Badge Medal of King Gustav V[citation needed]
Denmark: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of theOrder of the Elephant (R.E.)Denmark: Knight Grand Commander of theOrder of the Dannebrog (S.Kmd.)Denmark: Dame of theRoyal Family Order of King Christian XDenmark: Dame of theRoyal Family Order of King Frederik IXDenmark: Recipient of theDanish Red Cross Badge of Honor (D.r.K.H.)[citation needed]Denmark: Recipient of theMedal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of King Frederik IX[citation needed]Denmark: Recipient of theSilver Jubilee Medal of Queen Margrethe II[citation needed]Denmark: Recipient of theSilver Anniversary Medal of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik[citation needed]Denmark: Recipient of the50th Birthday Medal of Queen Margrethe II[citation needed]Denmark: Recipient of theKing Christian X Memorial Medal[citation needed]
Austria: Grand Cross, 1st Class of theOrder of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria[12]
Belgium: Dame Grand Cross of theOrder of Leopold I
Egyptian Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of theOrder of the Virtues, Supreme Class[citation needed]
Ethiopian Imperial Family: Dame Grand Officer of theOrder of the Queen of Sheba
Finland: Grand Cross with Collar of theOrder of the White Rose of Finland[13]
France: Grand Cross of theLegion of Honour[citation needed]
Greek Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of theOrder of Saints Olga and Sophia
Germany: Grand Cross, Special Class of theOrder of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[citation needed]
Iceland: Grand Cross of theOrder of the Falcon[14]
Iranian Imperial Family:
Italy: Grand Cross of theOrder of Merit of the Italian Republic[15]
Holy See: Recipient of theFor Church and Pope Badge Medal[citation needed]
Luxembourg: Dame Grand Cross of theOrder of Adolphe of Nassau[citation needed]
Netherlands: Dame Grand Cross of theOrder of the Netherlands Lion
Norway: Dame Grand Cross of theOrder of St. Olav
Spain: Dame Grand Cross of theOrder of Isabella the Catholic[16]
Thailand: Knight of theOrder of the Royal House of Chakri[17]
Tunisian Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of theOrder of the Fundamental PactArchived 19 November 2008 at theWayback Machine[citation needed]
United Kingdom: Recipient of theKing George VI Coronation Medal[citation needed]| Heraldry of Ingrid of Sweden | |||
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