Queen Mary and King Frederik of Denmark to visit Australia
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King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark are set to make their first trip to Australia since the King took the throne in 2024.
The couple, who met at the Sydney Olympics, will make their fourth official visit to Australia between March 14 and 19.
They will embark on a tour that will take them across the Northern Territory, ACT, Victoria, and Tasmania – where Queen Mary was born.
The royal couple have previously visited Australia on official business three times.
The upcoming trip, which is the first since King Frederik's mother, Queen Margrethe II, abdicated in 2024, will focus on a number of business and cultural engagements.
'It is an honour to welcome Their Majesties The King and Queen of Denmark back to Australia,' Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday.
'It is wonderful that the visit includes many parts of our great country... Denmark and Australia are great friends, and together we are working to build a more sustainable, secure and peaceful future.
'This visit is an opportunity to deepen our cooperation across a number of shared interests such as sustainability, renewable energy and innovation.
King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark (pictured in Sydney in 2013) will be visiting Australia for six days in March
This will mark the couple's first visit since King Frederik took the throne in 2024 (pictured together at Graasten Castle in July 2024)
The King and Queen first met at Sydney's Slip Inn pub when the city hosted the 2000 Olympics
'Their Majesties The King and Queen of Denmark have a very special connection with Australia, and I know Australians will welcome them.'
Threats against Greenland by US President Donald Trump have thrust the Scandinavian country into global headlines.
'A strengthened partnership with Australia is particularly important at a time when geopolitical shifts have economic and security implications,' the Danish royal family website said in a statement announcing the trip.
The two countries signed a strategic partnership focused on accelerating investment in renewables in July 2023.
When they arrive, the royal couple will be accompanied by Denmark's Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Climate Minister.
A delegation representing 55 Danish businesses will also join the visit.
Opportunities for cooperation in the green transition are the drawcard for the dozens of Danish corporations involved in the visit.
However, the King and Queen's decision to end the trip in Tasmania may be for a more personal reason.
Mary Donaldson, 53, was born and raised in Hobart's Battery Point suburb.
She then met her future husband at the Slip Inn pub in central Sydney during the 2000 Olympics and moved to Denmark a year later.
The couple have four children together.
