Frederik IX

Frederik IX (Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg; 11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was <a href="/facts/List_of_Danish_monarchs/sud5z7EA">King of Denmark</a> from 1947 to 1972.
Frederik was born into the <a href="/facts/House_of_Gl%C3%BCcksburg/lcrQgS57">House of Glücksburg</a> during the reign of his great-grandfather <a href="/facts/King_Christian_IX/xhDFvNnN">King Christian IX</a>. He was the first child of <a href="/facts/Christian_X_of_Denmark/DtJA5a5g">Prince Christian of Denmark</a> and <a href="/facts/Princess_Alexandrine_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin/vQ1fL5j1">Princess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a> (later King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine). He became <a href="/facts/Crown_prince/27V3spwl">crown prince</a> when his father succeeded as king in 1912. As a young man, he was educated at the <a href="/facts/Royal_Danish_Naval_Academy/IKmzW2br">Royal Danish Naval Academy</a>. In 1935, he married <a href="/facts/Princess_Ingrid_of_Sweden/7xnydlwX">Princess Ingrid of Sweden</a>. They had three daughters: <a href="/facts/Margrethe_II/xtu1yzjM">Margrethe</a>, <a href="/facts/Princess_Benedikte_of_Denmark/7Ncm7Lkd">Benedikte</a> and <a href="/facts/Queen_Anne-Marie_of_Greece/7jxxpG2E">Anne-Marie</a>. During <a href="/facts/Denmark_in_World_War_II/yAUv0LN3">Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark</a>, Frederik acted as <a href="/facts/Regent/K0JDrJ6K">regent</a> on behalf of his father from 1942 until 1943.
Frederik became king on his father's death in April 1947. During Frederik's reign, Danish society changed rapidly, the <a href="/facts/Welfare_state/JR15sKL1">welfare state</a> was expanded and, as a consequence of the booming economy of the 1960s, women entered the labour market. The modernization brought new demands on the monarchy and Frederik's role as a <a href="/facts/Constitutional_monarch/C0TtVRq8">constitutional monarch</a>. Frederik died in 1972, and was succeeded by his eldest daughter, Margrethe II.

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