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Incumbent Margrethe II
Coronation 14 January, 1972
House Glücksburg
Residence Amalienborg Palace

The form of government shall be that of a constitutional monarchy. Royal authority shall be inherited by men and women in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Succession to the Throne of March 27, 1953

The Constitutional Act of Denmark, article 2 Read
Official website

Bibliography

My king’s good words: royal addresses, modern media and national narratives in Denmark, 1933–1945

Andreas Marklund2016National Identities

“Monarchy and nationalism are embedded in a complex relationship, and many of Europe’s ruling dynasties crumbled in the nationalist upsurge of the modern era”.

Democratic Parliamentary Monarchies

Alfred Stepan, Juan J. Linz, and Juli F. Minoves2014Journal of Democracy vol.25

“Students of democratization would do well to think about monarchy more. In particular, they should pay closer attention to the role that monarchies have played in the evolution of democracy”

The Public Budget Cost of Some Monarchies and Republics in Western Europe

Herman Matthijs2013Scottish Journal of Arts, Social Sciences and Scientific Studies v.13

“The public budget systems of the eight West European monarchies and the two republics considered use a variety of systems for the civil lists and allocations granted to their heads of state. For this reason it is very difficult to compare the systems with one another”

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