Margrethe II of Denmark quotes

Margrethe II of Denmark is the former Queen of Denmark, known for her long and influential reign. As the country's first female monarch in centuries, her leadership and cultural contributions have been widely celebrated. She continues to be respected for her intellect, artistic talents, and commitment to her nation. Here are 35 of her quotes:

I will remain on the throne until I fall off!

Margrethe II of Denmark

I hope I will be able to paint as long as I live.

Margrethe II of Denmark

I smoke wherever there's an ashtray.

Margrethe II of Denmark

I can, of course, think what I want, just like everyone else. I simply have to refrain from saying everything I think.

Margrethe II of Denmark

We are being challenged by Islam these years. There are some things for which one should display no tolerance. And when we are tolerant, we must know whether it is because of convenience or conviction.

Margrethe II of Denmark

Painting is not what my life is about, but it is very important to me, and I am very lucky to be able to give some time to it.

Margrethe II of Denmark

In the course of the last few generations, society has developed in such a way that we can live more and more safely, both financially and socially. We have got used to being able to pick and choose quite freely in big and small matters. Our circumstances are so good now that we have almost forgotten that our decisions also have consequences and that we cannot opt into or out of all life's conditions.

Margrethe II of Denmark

There is nothing so clever as people you agree with.

Margrethe II of Denmark

For me it is always the colour, first and foremost.

Margrethe II of Denmark

For me, it [being Queen] is a responsibility that does not include abdication. It is a task one has been given and taken upon oneself, and one does not relinquish it because it would perhaps be convenient personally to be rid of some of it.

Margrethe II of Denmark

One would not die from my cooking, but I am not sure one would survive my driving.

Margrethe II of Denmark

In spite of the many initiatives our society offers to help and support, recovery can be such a monumental task that some give up. They withdraw into themselves. Not least during Christmas and New Year is it hard to feel left out. Tonight my thoughts are with them.

Margrethe II of Denmark

That cold January day - and so many people... I'd never imagined it would happen nowadays.

Margrethe II of Denmark

I do not think one should chase the fashions of the day, concerning neither sweaters nor opinions.

Margrethe II of Denmark

I have always felt that it is a task that you are given, and that you have it as long as you live. That is my fundamental view. It is an integral part of the job that you have it for life.

Margrethe II of Denmark

Being Queen is a profession, a job, a position, an office that one cannot put aside when you come home from work. It is there all the time - and it is there all your life.

Margrethe II of Denmark

But are we seeing indications these years that we have become more selfish, that we have become inclined to first and foremost make demands, and make sure that we all get what we ourselves think we are entitled to? Are we becoming distrustful of each other, and beginning to ascribe less than pure motives to each other? If that is the case, we are not only in an economic crisis. Then it is our attitudes that are slipping. It is a crisis that is insidious because it creeps upon us and poisons our relationships with each other. It means that we are jeopardising something that may be irretrievable.

Margrethe II of Denmark

Gradually he [King Frederik] showed me everybody was going to help me in this...it was not a terrifying thing, but a great challenge.

Margrethe II of Denmark

I think, for me, nature has always been my main point of reference. I think as a child I was fascinated by landscapes and nature wherever I went. I was able to travel all over Denmark, which is not that large, everywhere in this country where I've been I always loved the landscape.

Margrethe II of Denmark

I would like to stress that the obligation [of being Queen] has always been driven by joy. The joy is rooted in the warmth that has met me and my family everywhere through every year, in celebration and joy as in sorrow, in the so-called "big days", as well as in everyday life.

Margrethe II of Denmark

We do not have that much to moan about when one thinks of what people did not moan about before.

Margrethe II of Denmark

God's help, the love of the people, the strength of Denmark.

Margrethe II of Denmark