List of Danish monarchs
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This is a list of Danish monarchs since 950 (note that the actual list of kings of Denmark goes more than 200 years further back than that)
| King/Queen of Denmark | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent | |
 Frederik X in 2018 | |
| Frederik X since 14 January 2024 | |
| Details | |
| First monarch | Unknown (7th century or before) |
| Ruler | Reign | Notes / Also known as | Picture |
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| Gorm the Old | c. 936 to 958/964 | Son of Cnut or Harthacnut (Airde Conut) that was a king of Northumbria and later king of Denmark in the begining of the 10th century |
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| Harald I Bluetooth | 962/63/64-985 | The wireless network was named after him Pledge the whole nation to christianity in 965 |
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| Sweyn Forkbeard (Sweyn I) | 985/86-1014 | fell off his horse at the age of 50 |  |
| Harald II | 1014-1018 | .jpg) | |
| Canute the Great | 1018-1035 | King of England, Denmark, Norway and parts of Sweden | .jpg) (first contemporary portrait of a Danish king) |
| Harthacnute | 1028-1042 | also King of England |  |
| Magnus I Olafsson | 1042-1047 | also King of Norway |  |
| Sweyn II | 1047-1076 | Every following Danish monarch are descended from him |  |
| Harald III | 1076-1080 | the soft |  |
| Canute IV | 1080-1086 | first royal saint in Denmark |  |
| Olaf I | 1086-1095 | Hunger |  |
| Eric I | 1095-1103 | Evergood | |
| Niels | 1104-1134 | Also called Nicholas |  |
| Eric II | 1034-1037 | assassinated, The Memorable |  |
| Eric III | 1137-1146 | Lamb | |
| Sweyn III (Grathe) Canute V |
1146-1157 |  | |
| Valdemar I Canute VI |
1154-1182
1170-1202 |
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| Valdemar II (the victorious) Valdemar III (the younger) |
1202-1241
1215-1231 |
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| Eric Ploughpenny | 1232-1250 |  | |
| Abel | 1250-1252 | last Danish King to die in battle |  |
| Christopher I | 1252-1259 |  | |
| Eric ‘’klipping’’ | 1259-1286 | last Danish King to be murdered |  |
| Eric VI | 1286-1319 | Menved | .jpg) |
| Christopher II | 1320-1326 | ||
| Eric VII | 1321-1326 1329-1332 |
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| Valdemar IV | 1326-1329 | -tegnet-af-Poul-Steffensen,1913.jpg) | |
| Christopher II | 1329-1332 | ||
| Valdemar V Atterdag | 1340-1375 |  | |
| Olaf II | 1376-1387 | ||
| Margaret I | 1376-1412 | Created and ruled the Kalmar Union | _effigy_2010_(2).jpg) |
| Eric VII | 1396-1412-1439 | .jpg) | |
| Christopher III | (1439)1440-1448 |  | |
| Christian I | 1448-1481 |  | |
| Hans | 1481-1513 |  | |
| Christian II | 1513-1523 | last ruler of the Kalmar Union |  |
| Frederik I | 1523-1533 |  | |
| Christian III | 1534-1559 |  | |
| Frederik II | 1559-1588 |  | |
| Christian IV | 1588-1648 | longest ruling |  |
| Frederik III | 1648-1670 | first absolute monarch from 1660 |  |
| Christian V | 1670-1699 | _(serietitel),_RP-P-OB-7844.jpg) | |
| Frederik IV | 1699-1730 |  | |
| Christian VI | 1730-1746 |  | |
| Frederik V | 1746-1766 | .jpg) | |
| Christian VII | 1766-1808 |  | |
| Frederik VI | 1808-1839 | last king of both Denmark and Norway |  |
| Christian VIII | 1839-1848 |  | |
| Frederik VII | 1848-1863 | Gave the constitution of 1849 |  |
| Christian IX | 1863-1906 | "Father-in-law of Europe" |  |
| Frederik VIII | 1906-1912 |  | |
| Christian X | 1912-1947 | also King of Iceland |  |
| Frederik IX | 1947-1972 |  | |
| Margrethe II | 1972-2024 |  | |
| Frederik X | 2024-present | |