Photo: Keld Navntoft, Kongehuset ©
Queen Margrethe II gives her annual New Years Address at 6 PM on New Years Eve (December 31st).
The speech is filmed live from the Queen’s Study at Christian IX’s Palace. (Except when construction forced it to be filmed at Fredensborg Castle.)
The speech were usually about 10-15 minutes long and ends with a variation of the phrase “God save Denmark.”
Speeches
The years listed is the date of December 31st when the speech was given, not the coming year.
| Year | Danish video | Danish Text | English Text | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | ||||
| 2023 | Video | Text | Text | Announced Abdication |
| 2022 | Video | Text | Text | – |
| 2021 | Video | Text | Text | Margrethe’s 50th New Years Address |
| 2020 | Video | Text | Text | |
| 2010s | ||||
| 2019 | Video | Text | Text | – |
| 2018 | Video | Text | Text | Filmed at Fredensborg Castle, due to renovations |
| 2017 | Video | Text | Text | References Prince Henrik’s dementia diagnosis |
| 2016 | Video | Text | Text | – |
| 2015 | Video | Text | Text | Announces Prince Henrik’s Retirement Filmed at Fredensborg Castle, due to renovations |
| 2014 | Video | Text | Text | Filmed at Fredensborg Castle, due to renovations |
| 2013 | Video | Text | Text | – |
| 2012 | Video | Text | Text | – |
| 2011 | – | Text | Text | Margrethe’s 40th New Years Address |
| 2010 | – | Text | Text | – |
| 2000s | ||||
| 2009 | Text | – | ||
| 2008 | Text | – | ||
| 2007 | Text | – | ||
| 2006 | Text | – | ||
| 2005 | Text | – | ||
| 2004 | Text | – | ||
| 2003 | Text | – | ||
| 2002 | Text | – | ||
| 2001 | Text | Margrethe’s 30th New Years Address | ||
| 2000 | Text | – | ||
| 1990s | ||||
| 1999 | Text | |||
| 1998 | Text | |||
| 1997 | Text | |||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1994 | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1992 | 20th New Years Address | |||
| 1991 | ||||
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| 1980s | ||||
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| 1983 | ||||
| 1982 | 10th New Years Address | |||
| 1981 | ||||
| 1980 | Filmed at Fredensborg Castle, due to renovations |
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| 1970s | ||||
| 1979 | Filmed at Fredensborg Castle, due to renovations |
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| 1974 | ||||
| 1973 | 1st New Years Address of Reign | |||
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