Queen Margarethe gave her New Year Address (Dronningens nytårstale) on 31 December 2017 at 6.00 pm from Christian IX’s Palace, Amalienborg, which was broadcasted on television and radio.
Source: YouTube/Det Danske Kongehus
God bless Denmark.
History
The New Year’s Address is usually delivered from The Queen’s Drawing Room in Christian IX’s Palace at Amalienborg.
King Christian X gave the first radio broadcast of the New Year’s Address on 1 January 1941, and the Queen’s father Frederik IX’s speech was first televised in 1958.
In 2010, Danmarks Radio broadcasted the Queen’s New Year’s Address worldwide to Danes living overseas.
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