Three cheers for Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II who celebrates her Jubilee 50-year reign today, January 14, 2022!

Let’s celebrate by taking a look at some history and some MOCs relating to Denmark.

History

Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid has served as Queen of Denmark and Commander-in-Chief of the Danish Defense since this date in 1972. Not only does she reign over the motherland of our favorite brick, her family has even been featured in an official LEGO set!

LEGO released Wedding Coach 5877 in 2004 under the Belville theme to commemorate the marriage of Margrethe’s eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik, to Mary Donaldson. The set was only released in Denmark and is more or less a special edition of the 2000 Belville fairy tale set, Royal Coach 5827, which had a wide release. The newer version features dolls that represent the real-life royal couple. Interestingly, the two Belville dolls in the 2004 set have bendable elbows, which had been phased out of the series for less expensive, unbendable arms by this time. Talk about the royal treatment!

Today’s Jubilee celebrations in Denmark have been postponed due to the Coronovirus situation, so for our part, we shall honor Her Majesty with a whirlwind BrickNerd tour of her realm!

Grab your handbag—by which I mean this brick built flag handbag by Deborah Higdon—and let’s go!

Maritime

Because Denmark is a seafaring nation, we begin with Henrik Jensen’s model of the Royal Yacht Dannebrog which he built to celebrate Her Majesty’s 80th birthday in 2020. Those festivities were also put on hold. Yikes! Keep sailing!

Administrative

We continue by paying our dues at the Royal Customs House (Toldboden), Aarhus, built by Poul-Erik Borre. The architect of the Toldbuden also designed the Queen’s summer residence (Marselisborg Slot) in Aarhus. This is one Royal view.

Geography

Of course, there’s lots (and lots… and lots…) of glorious countryside to see in Denmark, but most of the excitement is in Wonderful Copenhagen.

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Ulrik Hansen built the entire city of Copenhagen in color and then again in a white version that was displayed in The LEGO House itself. I had the privilege to see it and can attest that “photos don’t do it justice”. It’s all kinds of impressive. As a queen’s realm should be!

Science

Rundetårn is one of the most famous landmarks in Copenhagen, built as an astronomy observatory in 1642. Lasse Vestergård built this MOC (among many wonderful Danish themed builds).

Education

The queen is quite the scholar, so we’ll peek in to The Royal Danish Library built by Paul Wellington. This is the Black Diamond extension which was built in 1999.

Commerce

And no tour of Copenhagen is complete without a stop at NyHavn harbor. This model by BrickNerd’s own Miro Dudas truly captures the district’s colorful port spirit.

Wildlife

But wait! There’s more! Queen Margrethe also reigns over the Faroe Islands and Greenland!

Lasse Vestergård not only built this Atlantic Puffin, but he went the extra mile, bringing it home to its native habitat, the Faroe Islands. The photo is taken in the village of Fuglafjørður.

Architecture

Nuuk is the capital and largest city in Greenland. This model by LordDavid04_7182 never got 10,000 votes on LEO Ideas, but it is the most comprehensive skyline I could find that the city has had built to date!

History

We round up this tour with a swing back to the tenth-largest city in Denmark, Roskilde. During the late Viking Age and Middle Ages, it was the capital of Denmark.

If you look closely at this 2014 model by Lasse Vestergård, you can see Queen Margrethe and her dearly departed consort, Prince Henrik, visiting the Roskilde Cathedral.

Queen Margrethe’s microfig wears a tiny little Belville crown, and with that element, we have come full circle in Her Royal representation in LEGO!

Congratulations to the Queen on her Jubilee. May she reign for decades more to come!

Have you been to Denmark or it’s territories? Have you ever dressed up as a Viking? Let us know in the comments section below!

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