King Frederik X, Current Events Part 1: January 2024 -


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More photos from public audience today:

 
More photos from public audience today:


Just love how they highlight the participants and the work they do.
 
King Frederik has received the Ambassadors of Iceland, Bulgaria, China, Burkina Faso and Estonia this morning, September 19:




 
I do like that we are getting more pictures and information from these type of events with ambassadors. Gallery with more info on each pic

Cant go wrong with Frederik in uniform mid week : )

Video Highlights from the Ambassadors' event today
 
That is great that they share and highlight some of the attendees.

I often see on social media the attendees talk about their meeting with the King.
 
Lovely photos! love how they highlight the attendees and are posting more photos!
 
King Frederik attended the DI (Danish Industry) Summit 2024 in Copenhagen today, September 26:


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More from the Danish Industry Summit


For his second event today The King attends Børsen foundation stone laying ceremony.
 
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Here are some additional photos of the laying of the foundation stone at the Stock Exchange in Copenhagen:


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You may wonder what's actually inside the time-capsual, that cannot be opened for 100 years.
A letter written by thirteen CEOs and politicians. Coins. Frontpages from various newspapers and a 1.000 DKK note.

- Don't worry about the note. It's no longer valid. Over the past few years a lot of people have been busy exchanging their stash of 1.000 DKK notes to notes of lesser value and other things. Which was easier said than done, because they couldn't just exchange them in the bank. The banks are obliged to report handling of notes over a certain (pretty modest) amount to the tax-man. Some tried buying individual bags of sweets and paying for each with 1.000 DKK but many shops refused accepting these notes, unless the amount was actually close to 1.000 DKK.
The whole idea of course being to avoid money laundering and I'm afraid not everybody managed to exchange all their notes...:ROFLMAO:
 
His Majesty the King received today Sweden's Parliament Speaker Andreas Norlén in the Knights Hall in Christian VII's Palace in Amalienborg 🇩🇰

 
King Frederik presided over the Council of State at Christiansborg Castle this morning, October 2:


The Council Chamber at Christiansborg Castle was prepared early this morning for today's Council of State, where the country's ministers have this morning presented the legislative proposals that the government intends to present to His Majesty the King.The king presides over the Council of State, which consists of the regent, the heir to the throne, if he is of legal age, and all government members. At today's meeting, however, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was absent, as the Crown Prince is currently abroad.The meetings of the Council of State are prepared by the Legal Department of the Royal Household, which generally assists and advises the King in carrying out his function as head of state.



 
This morning, October 23, King Frederik participated in the inauguration of the Gefion supercomputer at the Vilhelm Lauritzens Terminal in Kastrup:




 
That is actually very important.

DK is investing a lot of money in regards to being among the countries up there in front when it is about AI and super computers. To the extent that DK can afford it and has the resources. We can hardly compete with countries like USA or China.
Fortunately the political and public consensus here is that those countries that are not up there in regards to AI, are way back there.
DK is a small country, we can't afford to lack behind.
 
Sounds very interesting.
Photos from the DRF
 
More info on the supercomputer
 
Another event for Frederik today, unannounced and not on the calendar yet.
"The Chairman of the EU Military Committee, General Robert Brieger, is in Denmark and was received earlier today by His Majesty the King in Frederik VIII's Palace in Amalienborg 🇪🇺 The EU's supreme military chief was accompanied by the chief of defense during today's visit."
 
Another event for Frederik today, unannounced and not on the calendar yet.
"The Chairman of the EU Military Committee, General Robert Brieger, is in Denmark and was received earlier today by His Majesty the King in Frederik VIII's Palace in Amalienborg 🇪🇺 The EU's supreme military chief was accompanied by the chief of defense during today's visit."
Wonderful! And great that we got a couple of photos of the engagement! Love to see it. Hope both his unannounced engagements are added to the calendar after the fact at least.
 
This is absolutely significant, which is why this military chief is received the King himself - who also happens to be the Commander-in-chief.
As you may know EU is stepping up big time in regards to military investments and building factories for producing weapons, equipment and especially ammunition.
That is being coordinated and funded as well as decided among the EU countries.
The aim being to secure the defense of Europe, especially EU.
Giving support to Ukraine and increase that support.
Equipping the EU countries, most of which are also NATO countries and making sure the EU countries are as self-sufficient with weapons, equipment, spare-parts and ammunition as possible and to do that ASAP.
To be prepared for a future where NATO may de facto have collapsed or is no longer a reliable entity and here a EU-military alliance, which already exists, is an alternative.
To prepare in case Putin comes up with funny ideas. A major war in Europe now being a real risk and perhaps as soon as next year, around May. Or possible around 2028.
- In other words: The old nightmare scenario. Europe is rearming to the teeth, independent of USA, and in real preparation for war.

The Nordic countries are interesting in that respect, because we are now in the latter stages of combining our air forces. I.e. mutual use of air bases.
Mutual maintenance.
Sharing depots, repair facilities, spare parts etc.
Buying new weapons, ammunition and equipment as a bulk of countries.
Developing new weapons, systems, software as a block.
Common training excersizes.
Common command structure - in peacetime at least.
Mutual coverage of each others territory. I.e Finnish fighters being scrambled to intercept say Russian planes to the far north in Norway. Or Norwegian planes following Russian bombers down the west coast of Jutland.

Based on the experience gathered doing this, it is the plan that this co-operation will extend to our armies and navies.

EU as a whole and groups of EU countries are very interested in learning from the lessons we have had in forming similar military blocks in other parts of EU. Because modern warfare is way too complicated and way too expensive for each country to have their own little air force, their own little army and their own little navy that each have to do everything. Better to let individual countries contribute with something that is state of that art, and that will be a piece in a EU-military puzzle.

On top of that EU would like to know when and how fast, in this case DK, can set up a production that can cover say 30 % of the EU need in say boots, or detonators for missiles and so on.
 
Really nice that we get information and instagram posts with information on why it's awarded and the awardees.
 
Really nice that we get information and instagram posts with information on why it's awarded and the awardees.
Nice that there is more information now given about the audiences with photos. Per BB, there were at least 17 individuals that King Frederik received in a public audience today.!
 
King Frederik X opened the "Powering European Industry" conference today.


 
It is very important!
It's basically about implementing the plans for making Europe independent of energy supplied or produced outside Europe.
While at the same time ensuring the European produced energy is a carbon neutral and sustainable as at all possible. Ensuring both a steady supply of energy and also secure the production and methods of producing energy for the future. Because as you know fossil fuel has become pretty unfashionable and if the global warming is getting worse to the extent that drastic measures has to be taken, fossil fuel may have to go out the window, fast, out of necessity. And Europe wants to be ready for that. - There is also very good money in the know how in changing energy supply very fast, as Europe was and still is forced to do after the invasion of Ukraine. That experience is worth gold.

There is also an increasing global demand from the public that products are manufactured with as much consideration to environment as possible. Again is the global warming becomes dramatic that demand may be very vocal indeed! Again, there is good money in being as green as possible.
But EU in particular also takes a worldwide lead in setting up standards for a number of products and manufacture of them. It's very simple: If you want access to the EU market your products (and manufacture) has to live up to a certain standard. That standard is high enough that you will have few problems selling the same product to most other countries. However, if you don't live up to the EU standard you may find it more difficult to export to quite a number of countries. That applies in particular to foodstuff and machinery.
And in the future that also includes energy and machines to produce and store sustainable energy. Europe intends to set a, in a global context, pretty high standard in that regards as well. And that means Europe itself has to be able to live up to those standards.

It is very much about money and getting ahead of the competition, preferably before the competition realize there is a competition.

Basically those countries that don't make these investments and changes today, will be left behind in the future.
 
He looks fantastic! and an important topic all over.
For his second event today he attending the inauguration of the Niels Bohr Building.
very cute video with the flower boy. Frederik has a way with kids

More on the Powering European Industry' conference

his speech
 
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