HRH Princess Margrethe of Denmark
✶ 16 April 1940 at Amalienborg, Copenhagen
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 10 April 1958 (as Member)
Assigned the collar The Royal Palace of Stockholm 18 June 1985
motto
Guds hjælp, folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke (God’s help, the people’s love, Denmark’s strength, 1972)
shield
Painted 1988 by Bengt Olof Kälde.
other awards
King Gustaf V’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal 1948
King Gustav VI Adolf’s Commemorative Medal 1967
King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal I 1996
King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal II 2013
Biography
Oldest daughter of King Frederik IX of Denmark. Heir Apparent 1953. Succeeded her father as Queen Margrethe II 1972.
Assigned the collar at a state visit to Sweden.
Placement
On display in the Hall of the Order of the Seraphim at the Royal Palace of Stockholm