The royal Advent calendar 2024
First Sunday of Advent
During the ext month, King Frederik and Queen Mary will examine a number of Danish Christmas traditions every Sunday as part of the celebration of advent. They will be visiting a number of experts sharing their knowledge with the royal couple and the rest of us to learn more about Danish Christmas traditions from the Vikings till today.
This first Sunday of Advent, King Frederik visited the King Ship Museum in Roskilde. He met with archaeologist Jacob Nyborg Andreassen, how guided the King in the footsteps of the Vikings
Second Sunday of Advent
This Sunday, the royal court posted a second entry as part of their Advent calendar. This week, Queen Mary visited Grundtvig Church in Bispebjerg. She met with the parish priests Inge Lise Løkkegaard and Agnete Veit and future confirmation candidates to a little chat about Christmas traditions. Among others, they discussed Advent as a tradition and sang a hymn from the Danish hymnal. The future confirmation candidates were also given the opportunity to ask the Queen about her own Christmas when living in Australia and today.
She shared with us that as a child they usually woke up early and sneaked in to the Christmas tree to see if Santa had brought any gifts. They spend much time at the beach and had a huge gathering later on - taking place outside.
When moving to Denmark, she learned about traditions as Advent, Advents gifts, Christmas calendar lights and Christmas calendar gifts.
Most important to the Queen during Christmas is the gathering of family and remember those who are no longer here.
When visiting Grundtvig Church in Bispebjerg, Mary wore a brand new purple knitted sweater with a reused ba&sh blouse and wide-legged jeans. The black blazer is from Harris Wharf London. Can't wait to hear what you think about her outfit. Especially, your ideas to identify her new pieces of clothes. She embraced the look with Sophie Bille Brahe earrings, elegant Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen diamond rings and her chic Gucci glasses.
Third Sunday of Advent
This week, Queen Mary visited Den Fynske Landsby in Odense as part of the royal advent calendar. Den Fynske Landsby is an open-air museum with houses from Funen in the 19th century.
In Odense, the Queen met with Development Manager Lise Gerda Knudsen for a chat about how life and Christmas were in the 17th-19th century.
Lise shared historical facts about life in the countryside 200 years ago. The difficulties. Times around Christmas was often a bit different. People helped and supported each other with, among others, food.
Queen Mary was also told about superstition as a part of people's daily lives. A well-known phenomenon associated with Christmas is elves, who originate during this historical period.
Mary was dressed in a lovely warm outfit when visiting Den Fynske Landsby in Odense. She matched beautiful grey Dries Van Noten trousers with a black sweater. The chic wool-blend coat is from Strenesse. She styled her outfit with a knitted beanie and an amazing checkered scarf. Both pieces have been worn before, but are still not identified. The sames goes with the brown heeled leather boots. Her diamond ring is from Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen.
Forth Sunday of Advent
We are only two days away from Christmas (three if you celebrate Christmas on December 25th). The court shared the fourth and last part of the Sunday of Advent calendar with King Frederik visiting Den Gamle By i Aarhus.
Den Gamle By (The Old City) is an open air museum with houses from 1600-1900. King Frederik visited the home of Ellen and Asger Jensen. A reconstructed home from the 1970s. The King helped Anna Wowk Vestergaard decorating the Christmas tree in Ellen and Asger's old home.