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Frederik IXth, King of Denmark
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Personal Information |
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Full Name: |
Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl
Valdemar Georg |
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Date of Birth: |
March 11, 1899 |
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Place of Birth: |
Sorgenfri Castle, North of Copenhagen |
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Family
Relations: |
Son
of H. M. King Christian Xth and wife H. M. Queen Alexandrine |
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Marriage: |
Married May 24, 1935 in Slotskyrkan in Stockholm, Sweden to HrH Princess
Ingrid of Sweden |
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Promotions |
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Date: |
Promotion: |
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March 11, 1917 |
Sub
Lieutenant a la suite in the Army |
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1917 |
Naval Cadet |
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September 20, 1921 |
Sub
Lieutenant |
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July 17, 1922 |
Lieutenant |
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January 1, 1929 |
Lieutenant Commander |
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April 10, 1935 |
Commander |
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September 22, 1937 |
Commander s.g. |
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September 13, 1939 |
Captain |
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September 1, 1945 |
Rear Admiral |
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April 20, 1947 |
Admiral |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinctions |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinction: |
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May
14, 1912 |
Knight of the Order of the Elephant |
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March 11, 1917 |
Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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1937 |
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of
the Dannebroge |
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Military
Service |
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Military
Service: |
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1921 - 1922 |
On
the torpedo boat SVÆRDFISKEN |
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May
10 1922
- July 5 1922 |
On
the coast defense ship
PEDER SKRAM |
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July 5 1922
- July 14, 1922 |
On
the mine ship LOSSEN, while the coast defense ships OLFERT FISCHER
and
PEDER SKRAM together with 3 torpedo boats were visiting Danzig |
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July 14, 1922
- August 23, 1922 |
On
the coast defense ship
PEDER SKRAM |
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October 1922
- December 1922 |
On
the coast defense ship OLFERT
FISCHER |
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May
23 1923
- July 7, 1923 |
1st
officer on the torpedo boat DELFINEN in the Training Squadron |
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July 4, 1923
- August 18, 1923 |
On
the light cruiser
NIELS
IUEL on sea trials, visiting Bergen, Norway,
the Faeroe Islands and Leith, England |
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1923 - 1924 |
Going through the Naval Academy (shortened) |
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July 1924
- August 1924 |
On
the light cruiser
NIELS
IUEL, command ship of the Artillery Training
Squadron |
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August 1924
- October 1924 |
On
the torpedo boat SPÆKHUGGEREN |
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August 1925
- October 1925 |
1st
officer on the torpedo boat
FLYVEFISKEN |
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1925 |
1st
officer on the torpedo boat DELFINEN |
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April 1926
- May 1926 |
Commander of the torpedo boat SØBJØRNEN on engineers training |
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July 1926
- October 1926 |
On
the coast defense ship OLFERT
FISCHER as command ship |
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June 1, 1927
- July 27, 1927 |
Commanding Officer (CO) of the torpedo boat SØHUNDEN |
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June 1928
- August 1928 |
1st
officer of the protection vessel DIANA on fishery protection in
Danish waters |
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1929 |
On
the coast defense ship OLFERT
FISCHER, command ship |
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May
1931
- July 1931 |
1st
officer on the protection vessel BESKYTTEREN in Danish waters and the
North Sea, training ship |
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July 1933
- August 1933 |
CO
of the torpedo boat HVALROSSEN, serving the Sub-marine Flotilla |
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July 1934 |
CO
of the torpedo boat HVALROSSEN, serving the Sub-marine Flotilla |
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July 28, 1934
- August 20, 1937 |
At
the Royal Danish Naval Command |
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September 14, 1937
- September 1, 1945 |
At
the Royal Danish Naval Command |
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September 1, 1945
- April 20, 1947 |
Available for the Naval Department |
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Other Achievements |
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Date: |
Achievement: |
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1930 |
On
a trip to Siam, China and Japan on board the M/S FIONIA, belonging to
the Danish East Asiatic Company |
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April 20, 1947 |
Succeeded his father as H. M. King Frederik IXth, King of Denmark |
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Death |
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Cemetery: |
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January 14, 1972 |
Inter in Roskilde Cathedral |
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Sources: |
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Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982, edited by
S. E. Pontoppidan and J. Teisen,
published by Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet,
Copenhagen, 1984 |
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Det Danske
Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel
and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919 |
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Officerer i den
Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II,
by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil
Marquard,
H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen,
1935 |
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