Queen Margrethe's 60th Birthday Festivities: April 14-16, 2000

[Alexandria]

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Queen Margrethe celebrates with her family. Prince Frederik did not attend because he was in Greenland at the time. (I think it was Greenland.)

 

[Alexandria]

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Mange af gæsterne til dronning Margrethes 60-års fødselsdag kom ud på nogle af Amalienborgs balokoner og så en kæmpe folkemængde lykønske deres monark. Blandt gæsterne ses bl.a medlemmer af den græske og den hollandske kongefamilie. DIGITALT FOTO.

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[Alexandria]

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[Alexandria]

Prince Joachim, Princess Alexandra and little Nikolai.

The gala evening to celebrate. Prince Joachim and Princess Alexandra arrive.

I love this picture. It seems so grand!

What a great dress Queen Margrethe has for dancing!

A close up of the previous photo.

Prince Joachim and Princess Alexandra also took to the dance floor.

Queen Margrethe with Prince Henrik and Queen Ingrid.

 

[Alexandria]

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[Alexandria]

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Gæsterne ankommer til gallamiddag på Christiansborg for dronning Margrethe. Her ankommer prinsesse Benedikte af Berleburg med sønnen prins Gustav og den ene datter prinsesse Nathalie. DIGITALT FOTO.

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Gæsterne ankommer til gallamiddag på Christiansborg for dronning Margrethe. Her ankommer prinsesse Alexandra af Berleburg og ægtemanden grev Jefferson Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth. DIGITALT FOTO.

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Gæsterne ankommer til gallamiddag på Christiansborg for dronning Margrethe. Her ankommer prinsesse Alexandra af Berleburg og ægtemanden grev Jefferson Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth. DIGITALT FOTO.

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Polfoto 16-04-2000 Gæsterne ankommer til gallaforestilling i Det Kongelige Teater Prinsesse Alexandra af Berleburg og grev Jefferson. DIGITALT FOTO.

POLFOTO 15.04.2000 Princesse Alexandre af Berleburg og greve Jefferson ved Dronning Margrethes 60 års fødselsdag uden for Det Kongelige Teater den 15.04.2000.

POLFOTO 15.04.2000 Dronning Margrethes 60 års fødselsdag blev fejret på Det KongeligeTeater med en Galla forestilling samt et stort fyrværkeri på Kongens Nytorv. Den Berleburgske familie.

Polfoto 15-04-2000 Gallaforestilling i Det Kongelige Teater til ære for, og i anledningen af dronning Margrethes 60-årige fødselsdag. Familien fra Berleburg. DIGITALT FOTO.

 

[Christie]

Where was Crown Prince Frederik in this special occasion? There is no sight of him in these photos.

 

[Alexandria]

POLFOTO 15.04.2000 Princesse Alexia(datter af dronning Anne Marie) og Carlos Morales (spain) ved Dronning Margrethes 60 års fødselsdag uden for Det Kongelige Teater den 15.04.2000

POLFOTO 15.04.2000 Søren Haslund Christensen, Dronning Anne Marie og hendes søn Prins Nikolaos, ved Dronning Magrethes 60 års fødselsdag uden for Det Kongelige Teater den 15.04.2000

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Gæsterne ankommer til gallaforestilling i Det Kongelige Teater Dronning Anne Marie i selskab med sønnen prins Nikolaos. DIGITALT FOTO.

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Gallamiddag på Christiansborg Slot. Prins Philip og dronning Anne Marie.

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Gallamiddag på Christiansborg Slot. Fra venstre : dronning Margrethe, prins Philip og dronning Anne Marie.

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Gallamiddag på Christiansborg Slot. Fra venstre : Sveriges kong Carl Gustaf, dronning Margrethe, prins Philip samt dronning Anne Marie.

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Gallamiddag på Christiansborg Slot. Dronning Margrethe, prins Philip og dronning Anne Marie.

POLFOTO 15.04.2000 Den Kongelige familie på Amalienborgs balkon ved Dronning Margrethes 60 års fødselsdag den 15.04.2000. Prinsesse Alexandra, prins Nikolai, prins Joachim, dronning Margrethe, prins Henrik, prinsesse Benedikte og dronning Anne-Marie

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Reception på Københavns Rådhus. Øverst fra venstre : prinsesse Alexandra, prins Nikolaos, prinsesse Alexia, Carlos Morales, kong Harald, dronning Sofia, kong Juan Carlos samt dronning Anne Marie. DIGITALT FOTO

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Gæsterne ankommer til gallaforestilling i Det Kongelige Teater Prinsesse Benedikte. DIGITALT FOTO.

 

[anna]

Originally posted by Christie@Jul 12th, 2003 - 4:42 am
Where was Crown Prince Frederik in this special occasion? There is no sight of him in these photos.

Crown Prince Frederik was on Greenland during the 60. birthday festivities for Queen Margrethe.

He spent 4 months there on the Sirius 2000 expedition.

 

[Alexandria]

POLFOTO 15.04.2000 Prinsesse Benedikte Dronning Magrethes 60 års fødselsdag uden for Det Kongelige Teater den 15.04.2000 , kongelig, royal, fest, fejring, gæst, kjole, kjoler, smooking, kjole og hvidt, orden, ordener, kendte, kongelige, pronsesse, prins, krone, kroner, elite, overklasse, haute coture, mærkedag, kunst, kultur, opera, kongens nytorv, arv, arve, ung, unge, ældre, mand, mænd, kvinde, kvinder, offentlig, Michael Altschul, visuelmedie. visuel-medie, Magrethes

POLFOTO 16.04.2000 Galla middag på Christiansborg Slot i anledning af dronning Margrethes 60 års fødselsdag. Fra venstre heruginde Charlotte af Luxembourg, Islands præsident, Dronning Sonja og Kong Harald af Norge, Dronning Silvia og Kong Gustaf af Sverige.

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Reception på Københavns Rådhus. I midten prinsesse Benedikte og prinsesse Alexandra. DIGITALT FOTO

POLFOTO 15.04.2000 Kong Carl Gustav og Dronning Silvia af Sverige ved Dronning Margrethes 60 års fødselsdag uden for Det Kongelige Teater den 15.04.2000

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Dronning Magrethes 60-års fødselsdag begyndte med gudstjeneste i Christiansborg Slotskirke. Gudtjenesten blev forrettet af kongelig konfessionarius professor Christian Thodberg. Prinsesse Alexandra og prins Joachim ankommer til kirken.

Polfoto 16-04-2000 Dronning Magrethes 60-års fødselsdag begyndte med gudstjeneste i Christiansborg Slotskirke. Gudtjenesten blev forrettet af kongelig konfessionarius professor Christian Thodberg. Prinsesse Alexandra og prins Joachim ankommer til kirken.

 

[paulette]

At the gala performance in honour of Queen Margrethe's 60th birthday on Saturday April 15th Gudrun Bojesen and Thomas danced Eleonore and Carelis in "The Kermesse in Bruges".
The performance was shown live on DR-television.

There was also a commemorative coin in order to mark the 60th birthday of Queen Margrethe II.

According to tradition the Queen's 60th birthday on 16 April 2000 was marked with the issue of two commemorative coins – a 20-krone coin of the same size and alloy as the ordinary 20-krone coin in circulation, and a larger 200-krone coin minted in fine silver. The 200-krone coin was minted in an edition of approximately 60,000, and the 20-krone coin in an edition of approximately one million.

The coins were designed by the Sculptor Professor Mogens Møller and minted by the Royal Mint.

The motif on the obverse of the coin is a right-side profile of the Queen. Behind the queen a stylised marguerite can be discerned. The portrait is placed in a small hollow in the coin so that the relief stands especially high. On the reverse appear a crown and a bunch of marguerites, together with the coin denomination and the years 1940 and 2000. This version of the crown was used on the ½-, 1- and 2-krone coins dating from the period 1924-41.

Mogens Møller comments on the composition:
"I was fortunate to be present at the opening of the artist Per Kirkeby's museum i Aars, where the Queen was the guest of honour. What I see is this: the Queen descends a few steps to her chair in the main hall at Aars Gymnasium, turns and lifts her head to greet the those assembled with an intense gaze.

I have tried to express this via a modelled turn of the head around an axis from the Dutch necklace through the centre of the coin. A line at right angles to the axis through the centre directly indicates the direction of the gaze.

The Queen's ear is slightly off-centre in order to create a distinction between the listening and the gaze.

Finally, the whole movement is exposed by the stylised petal behind the portrait, to emphasise that it is taking place "now".

The flowers on the other side of the commemorative coin express the diversity of the representation.

The crown, the text and the diadem are permanent content symbols, while the gaze and listening are content elements included in the portrait as a memory."

 

[Josefine]

what do you think of all the dresses and hats?

 

[Mandy]

April 14, 2000 - Queen Margrethe thanked the people for their gift of flowers (tulips) for her birthday.
APL Pictures

 

[Mandy]

April 15, 2000 - Gala performance at the Royal Theatre.

1. 2. Queen Margrethe
3. Alexandra
4. Benedikte
5. Prince Philip and Queen Beatrix
6. 7. Anne-Marie and Nikolaos
8. Alexia and Carlos Morales
9. Sonja and Harald
10. Märtha Louise and Haakon
APL Pictures

 

[Mandy]

April 15, 2000 - Gala performance at the Royal Theatre. Part 2

11. 12. Silvia and Carl Gustaf
13. Victoria
14. 15. Queen Ingrid, Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik
16. GD Jean, Madeleine, Carl Philip, Victoria, Silvia and Carl Gustaf
17. GD Jean and Sonja
18. Madeleine
19. Victoria, Madeleine and Carl Philip
20. Alexia and Carlos Morales

11. to 16. APL Pictures
17. to 20. Seegerpress

 

[Mandy]

April 15, 2000 - Gala performance at the Royal Theatre. Part 3

21. Alexandra and husband
22. Prince Philip and Queen Beatrix
23. Sonja and Harald
24. Märtha Louise and Haakon
25. Carl Gustaf and Silvia
26. Anne-Marie and Nikolaos
27. Alexia
28. Benedikte
29. Alexandra
30. Queen Margrethe
Seegerpress Pictures

 

[Mandy]

April 16, 2000 - City Hall Reception. Part 1

1. 2. Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik leaving Amalienborg Palace. (APL)
3. Queen Margrethe. (APL)
4. to 7. Alexandra and Joachim. (5.APL)
8. Queen Beatrix.
9. GD Joséphine-Charlotte and GD Jean.
10. Victoria.
Seegerpress Pictures

 

[Mandy]

April 16, 2000 - City Hall Reception. Part 2

11. Silvia, Carl Gustaf and Victoria.
12. Victoria.
13. Carl Philip and Carl Gustaf.
14. Märtha Louise and Haakon. (APL)
15. Märtha Louise.
16. Sonja, Märtha Louise and Harald.
17. Sonja and Märtha Louise.
18. Sonja, Märtha Louise, Harald and Haakon.
19. Sonja, Harald and Sofia.
20. Prince Philip.
Seegerpress Pictures

 

[Mandy]

April 16, 2000 - City Hall Reception. Part 3

21. Queen Beatrix, Silvia, Carl Gustaf.
22. GD Jean, GD Joséphine-Charlotte, Sonja, Harald , Sofia and Juan Carlos. Next row: Jefferson, Alexandra B, Haakon, Märtha Louise, Benedikte, Alexandra, Nikolaos...
23. Natalie, Haakon, Märtha Louise and Benedikte.
24. Sonja, Harald, Sofia and Juan Carlos.
25. Prince Philip.
26. Queen Beatrix.
27. Prince Philip, Queen Beatrix, Silvia and Carl Gustaf.
28. Queen Beatrix, Silvia, Carl Gustaf. Next row: Victoria, Carl Philip, Madeleine, Gustave, Jefferson and Alexandra B. (APL)
29. Victoria, Carl Philip and Madeleine.
30. Carl Philip and Madeleine. (APL)
Seegerpress Pictures

 

[Mandy]

April 16, 2000 - On the balcony. Part 1

1. 2. Margrethe.
3. Joachim (Nikolai), Alexandra, Margrethe, Hendrik, Benedikte and Anne-Marie.
4. 5. Joachim, Alexandra (Nikolai), Margrethe, Hendrik, Benedikte and Anne-Marie.
6. Joachim, Alexandra and Nikolai.
7. Joachim, Alexandra, Nikolai and Margrethe.
8. Nikolai, Margrethe and Henrik.
9. Joachim, Nikolai, Margrethe and Henrik.
10. Alexandra, Joachim, Nikolai, Margrethe and Henrik.
APL Pictures

 

[Mandy]

April 16, 2000 - On the balcony. Part 2

11. 12. Alexandra, Joachim, Nikolai, Margrethe, Henrik.
13. Margrethe, Nikolai.
14. 15. Henrik, Margrethe, Nikolai.
16. Henrik and Margrethe.
17. Juan Carlos, Victoria, Madeleine, Carl Gustaf, ..., ...
18. Nikolaos, ....., Theodora, Haakon, Märtha Louise.
19. ..., ..., Tarja Halonen, Sonja, Sofia, GD Joséphine-Charlotte, Beatrix.
20. Silvia, Victoria, Carl Gustaf.
APL Pictures

 

[Mandy]

April 16, 2000 - Gala reception at Christiansborg Castle. Part 1

1. Benedikte, Gustave, Natalie.
2. Alexandra, Joachim.
3. Sonja, Harald.
4. Silvia, Carl Gustaf, Victoria.
5. Anne-Marie, Nikolaos.
6. Alexia, Carlos Morales, Theodora.
7. GD Joséphine-Charlotte, GD Jean.
8. Märtha Louise, Haakon.
9. Prince Philip.
10. Alexandra B., grev Jefferson.
Seegerpress Pictures

 

[Mandy]

April 16, 2000 - Gala reception at Christiansborg Castle. Part 2

11. to 13. Margrethe, Henrik. (11. 12. APL)
14. Carl Philip, Madeleine, Gustave.
15. Victoria.
16. Margrethe, Henrik... (Alloverpress)
17. Margrethe, Philip. (Rexfeatures)
18. 19. Guests.
20. Carl Gustaf, Margrethe, Philip, Anne-Marie.
Seegerpress Pictures

 

[Mandy]

April 16, 2000 - Gala reception at Christiansborg Castle. Part 3

21. Margrethe and Henrik dancing.
22. Anne-Marie, Benedikte, Alexandra, Joachim, Henrik, Margrethe.
23. Henrik, Margrethe, Silvia, Sonja, Harald, Carl Gustaf, GD Joséphine-Charlotte, GD Jean.
Alloverpress Pictures

 

[saxon]

Great Pictures but where are the Belgians?....

 

[Mandy]

Great Pictures but where are the Belgians?....

Thank you. I can't seem to find any pictures of Beligian Royals either. Maybe someone would kindly supply us with the guest list.

 

[Chatleen]

yes, thank you for all these great photos. If only I had been a more keen royal wather back then, what an impressive gathering of royal.

But it seems like the most Belgian present were the late Grandduchess Charlotte. At least I haven't been able to find any pics with Belgian royals.

I'm posting a few "group photos" of royals fromt the event.

 

[Mandy]

From nyheder@blanet.dk

 

[Josefine]

there are some great photos here and i hope we will see more of these birthday gala events

 

[Josefine]

do you think we qill se a grand 70th birthday celebration next year?