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{{Infobox coat of arms
|name = Greater coat of arms of <br /> Denmark
|image = Royal Coat of Arms of Denmark.svg
|image_width = 200px
|caption = Greater (royal) version
|middle = Royal Arms of Denmark.svg
|middle_width = 100px
|middle_caption = Middle version
|lesser = National Coat of arms of Denmark.svg
|lesser_width = 100px
|lesser_caption = Lesser (state) version
|armiger = [[Frederik X]], [[Monarchy of Denmark|King of Denmark]]
|year_adopted = First documented in the 1190s. Modified 1819. Designated as dynastic arms 1959. Last modified 5 July 1972
|crest = [[Crown of Christian V|Crown of King Christian V]]
|torse = tasseled strings Or
|shield = A shield quartered by a cross argent fimbriated gules, first and fourth quarter Or, three [[lion (heraldry)|lion]]s [[attitude (heraldry)#Passant|passant]] in pale azure crowned and armed Or langued gules, nine lily pads gules (for Denmark); second quarter Or, two lions passant in pale azure armed Or langued gules (for [[Duchy of Schleswig|Schleswig]]); third quarter azure, party per fess, in base per pale; in chief three crowns Or (for the [[Kalmar Union]]), in dexter base a ram passant argent armed and unguled Or (for the [[Faroe Islands]]), in sinister base a polar bear rampant argent (for [[Greenland]]). Overall an escutcheon Or two bars gules (for [[Duchy of Oldenburg|Oldenburg]])
|supporters = two [[wild man|wild men]] armed with clubs [[proper (heraldry)|Proper]]
|compartment = pedestal
|motto = {{lang-la|Magnanimi Pretium}}
|orders = [[Order of the Dannebrog]], and [[Order of the Elephant]]
|other_elements = The monarch places this coat of arms on a mantle gules lined with Ermine. Above the mantle is a pavilion gules again topped with the royal crown.
|earlier_versions = 24 August 1815
|use =
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[[File:Relief CoA Danemark Champs Elysées Paris.jpg|thumb|right|Relief of the coat of arms at the [[Danish House in Paris]]]]
The '''coat of arms of [[Denmark]]''' ({{lang-da|Danmarks rigsvåben}}) has a lesser and a greater version.
The state coat of arms ({{lang|da|rigsvåben}}) consists of three pale blue [[lion (heraldry)|lions]] [[attitude (heraldry)#Passant|passant]] wearing [[crown (heraldic charge)|crowns]], accompanied by nine red lilypads (normally represented as [[seeblatt|heraldic hearts]]), all in a golden shield with the [[Danish Crown Regalia|royal crown]] on top.
The national coat of arms of Denmark ({{lang|da|nationalvåben}} — also called {{lang|da|lille våben}}) is similar to the state coat of arms, but without the [[crown (headgear)|royal crown]] above the shield.
It is historically the coat of arms of the [[House of Estridsen]], the dynasty which provided the kings of Denmark between 1047 and 1412. The current design was introduced in 1819, under [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]]. Previously, there had been no distinction between the "national" and the "royal" coat of arms. Since 1819, there has been a more complex royal coat of arms of Denmark ({{lang|da|kongevåben}}) separate from the national coat of arms ({{lang|da|rigsvåben}}).
==History==
[[File:Gelre Folio 55v.jpg|thumb|200px|The Danish coat of arms in the [[Gelre Armorial]]<!-- Wapenboek Gelre-->, 14th century. This is the oldest coloured image of the ''[[Flag of Denmark|Dannebrog]].'' The [[crest (heraldry)|crest]] was used by Danish monarchs from the 13th century until {{circa|1420}}.<ref name="Rigsarkivet"/> The flag is not part of the crest.]]
The oldest known depiction of the insignia dates from a [[seal (device)|seal]] used by King [[Canute VI of Denmark|Canute VI]] {{circa|1194}}. The oldest documentation for the colours dates from {{circa|1270}}.<ref name="Rigsarkivet">{{cite web |url=http://www.sa.dk/content/dk/om_statens_arkiver/organisation/rigsarkivet/brug_af_rigsvabenet_og_kronen/5_valdemarernes_vaben |title=Valdemarernes våben |access-date=11 February 2013 |publisher=Danish National Archives |language=da }}</ref>
Historically, the lions faced the viewer and the number of hearts was not regulated and could be much higher. The "heart" shapes originally represented [[Nymphaea alba|waterlily]] pads; a royal decree of 1972 still specifies these figures as {{lang|da|[[seeblatt|søblad]]e}} ("lake leaves").
The current design was adopted in 1819 during the reign of King [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]] who fixed the number of hearts to nine and decreed that the heraldic beasts were lions, consequently facing forward.
A rare version exists from the reign of king [[Eric of Pomerania]] in which the three lions jointly hold the [[flag of Denmark|Danish banner]], in a similar fashion as in the coat of arms of the former [[South Jutland County]].<!-- it can be argued if Eric's seal is the actual inspiration or not. The last two books I read argue that the oldest seal of Schleswig is the inspiration behind the modern symbol.-->
Until {{circa|1960}}, [[Denmark]] used both a "small" and a "large" coat of arms, similar to the system still used in [[coat of arms of Sweden|Sweden]]. The latter symbol held wide use within the government administration, e.g., by the [[Foreign Ministry of Denmark|Foreign Ministry]]. Since this time, the latter symbol has been classified as the coat of arms of the royal family, leaving Denmark with only one national coat of arms, used for all official purposes.
The crown on the shield is a heraldic construction based on the [[crown of Christian V|crown]] of King [[Christian V of Denmark|Christian V]], not to be confused with the [[Crown of Christian IV|crown]] of King [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]]. The main difference from the real crown is that the latter is covered with ''table cut'' ({{lang|da|taffelsten}}) [[diamonds]] rather than pearls. Both crowns, and other royal insignia, are located in [[Rosenborg Castle]] in [[Copenhagen]].
The [[blazon]] in [[heraldry|heraldic]] terms is: ''Or, three lions passant in pale azure crowned and armed Or langued gules, nine hearts Gules.''
This insignia is almost identical to the [[coat of arms of Estonia]] and the [[Coat of arms of Tallinn|greater coat of arms of Tallinn]] which can both be traced directly back to King [[Valdemar II of Denmark|Valdemar II]] and the [[Danish Estonia|Danish rule]] in northern [[Estonia]] in 1219–1346. The main differences are as follows: In the Danish coat of arms the lions are crowned, face forward, and accompanied by nine hearts. In the Estonian coat of arms, the "leopards" still face the viewer, they are not crowned, and no hearts are present. The coat of arms of Tallinn resembles the Estonian arms, but the leopards in the former arms are crowned with golden crowns<ref name="Tallinn">{{cite web |url=http://www.tallinn.ee/est/Tallinna-taisvapp |title=Tallinna täisvapp |access-date=11 February 2013 |publisher=Official website of Tallinn |language=et }}</ref> similar to the ones in the Danish arms. It shows great similarities with the contemporary insignia of England's [[Richard I of England|Richard the Lionheart]] and the current arms of the German state of [[Baden-Württemberg]]. The Danish coat of arms has also been the inspiration for the [[coat of arms of Schleswig|coat of arms]] of the former [[Duchy of Schleswig]], a former Danish province (two blue lions in a golden shield). The hearts of the coat of arms also appear in the coat of arms of the German district of [[Lüneburg (district)|Lüneburg]].
==Royal Coat of Arms==
The Royal Coat of Arms is more complex. The current version was established by royal decree 5 July 1972.<ref name="Kongehuset">{{cite web |url=http://kongehuset.dk/en/the-royal-coat-of-arms |title=The Royal Coat of Arms |date=6 April 2016 |access-date=19 September 2016 |publisher=Official website of the Danish monarchy }}</ref> It is much simpler than previous versions.
The shield is quartered by a silver cross fimbriated in red, derived from the [[flag of Denmark|Danish flag]], the {{lang|da|Dannebrog}}. The first and fourth quarters represent Denmark by three crowned lions passant accompanied by nine hearts; the [[coat of arms of Schleswig|second quarter]] contains two lions passant representing [[Schleswig]], a former Danish province now divided between Denmark and Germany; the third quarter contains a total of three symbols. The [[Three Crowns]] are officially interpreted as a symbol of the former [[Kalmar Union]].<ref>The three crowns design historically predates the Kalmar Union, but they were re-interpreted in this sense under [[Eric of Pomerania]], who used a coat of arms quartered between the coats of arms of Denmark, Norway ([[House of Sverre]]) and Sweden ([[House of Bjelbo]]) plus the three golden crowns on a blue shield representing the union. {{cite book |title=Alverdens heraldik i farver |author=Sven Tito Achen |year=1972 |publisher=Politikens forlag |language=da |location=Copenhagen |isbn=87-567-1685-0 |pages=216–217 |chapter=Sverige }}</ref> The silver [[ram (sheep)|ram]] on blue represents the [[Faroe Islands]] and the similarly coloured [[polar bear]] represents [[Greenland]].
The centre [[escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]], two red bars on a golden shield, represents the [[House of Oldenburg]], the former royal dynasty that ruled [[Denmark–Norway|Denmark and Norway]] from the middle of the fifteenth century. When the senior branch of this dynasty became extinct in 1863, the crown passed to [[Christian IX of Denmark|Prince Christian]] of the cadet branch [[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|Glücksburg]], whose descendants have reigned in Denmark ever since. The House of Glücksburg continues the use of the arms of the old Oldenburg dynasty, and the symbol is still officially referred to by its old association.
Two [[woodwose]]s ({{lang|da|vildmænd}})<!-- the Danish word means "wild men", but the monarchy's official webpage use the term "savages"--> act as [[supporters]]; this element can be traced back to the early reign of the Oldenburg dynasty.<ref>[[:File:Christian den Førstes sekret 1449.png|Seal of Christian I (1449)]].</ref>
Similar supporters were used in the former [[coat of arms of Prussia|arms of Prussia]]. The shield features the insignias of the [[Order of the Dannebrog]] and the [[Order of the Elephant]] around it.
The shield and supporters are framed by a royal [[Ermine (heraldry)|ermine]] [[robe]], surmounted by a royal crown.
A blazon in heraldic terms is: ''A shield quartered by a cross argent fimbriated gules, first and fourth quarter Or, three lions passant in pale azure crowned and armed Or langued gules, nine hearts gules (for Denmark); second quarter Or, two lions passant in pale azure armed Or langued gules (for Schleswig); third quarter azure, party per fess, in base per pale; in chief three crowns Or (for the Kalmar Union), in dexter base a ram passant argent armed and unguled Or (for the Faroe Islands), in sinister base a polar bear rampant argent (for Greenland). Overall an escutcheon Or two bars gules (for Oldenburg) the whole surrounded by the Collars of the Order of the Dannebrog and the Order of the Elephant. Supporters two woodwoses armed with clubs Proper standing on a pedestal. All surrounded by a mantle gules doubled ermine crowned with a royal crown and tied up with tasseled strings Or.''<!-- no official version of the blazon exists in English and this blazon is a work in progress. Feel free to update it if it is inaccurate. -->
The royal coat of arms has since around 1960 been reserved exclusively for use by the monarch, the [[Danish royal family|royal family]], the Royal Guards and the [[royal court]] according to royal decree. A select number of [[royal warrant of appointment|purveyors to the Danish royal family]] are also allowed to use the royal insignia.
===Historical versions===
In late medieval heraldry, coats of arms that used to be associated with noble families became attached to the territories that had been ruled by these families, and coats of arms used by individual rulers were [[division of the field|composed]] of the coats of arms of the territories they ruled. In the case of Denmark, the coat of arms of the [[House of Estridsen]] with the extinction of the dynasty became the "coat of arms of Denmark". [[Olaf II of Denmark]] (and IV of Norway) succeeded his maternal grandfather [[Valdemar IV of Denmark|Valdemar IV]] in 1376. He was the first king to rule Norway and Denmark in personal union. Olaf on his seal still displayed the Estridsen (for Denmark) and [[House of Sverre|Sverre]] (for Norway) coats of arms in two separate shields. The custom of [[division of the field|dividing the field]] arises with [[Eric of Pomerania]] at the end of the 14th century.
The modern "royal coat of arms of Denmark" is the continuation of this tradition of the Danish monarch using his or her personal coat of arms after the end of the [[Denmark–Norway|personal union of Denmark and Norway]].
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|align="center"|{{*}}[[Valdemar IV of Denmark]]<br/>
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|align="center"|{{*}}[[Margaret I of Denmark]]<br/>
||The Arms of Margaret I of Denmark with the heraldry of Denmark (left field), Sweden (right field {[[House of Bjelbo]]}) and Norway (escutcheon) with 3 crowns in the center.
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|align="center"|{{*}}[[Eric of Pomerania]]<br/>
||Coat of arms of King Eric VII of Denmark and III of Norway (ruled in [[Kalmar Union|personal union]], 1396–1439). The colour of the cross over all, here shown in red, is unattested; Christian I has a silver cross (or cross potent) superimposed on the red cross, later designs seem to favour gold.
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|align="center"|{{*}}King [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]]<br/>
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|align="center"|{{*}}King [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]]<br/>
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|align="center"|{{*}}King [[Frederick IV of Denmark|Frederick IV]]<br/>
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|align="center"|{{*}}King [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]]<br/>{{*}}King [[Christian VIII of Denmark|Christian VIII]]<br/>{{*}}King [[Frederick VII of Denmark|Frederick VII]]<br/>{{*}}King [[Christian IX of Denmark|Christian IX]]
||Greater coat of arms of Denmark used from 1819 to 1903. This was the first Danish arms following the replacement of the [[coat of arms of Norway|Norwegian lion]] with the coat of arms of the three former parts of Norway that Denmark retained after 1814: the stockfish of [[Iceland]], the ram of [[Faroe Islands]], and the polar bear of [[Greenland]].
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|align="center"|{{*}}King [[Christian IX of Denmark|Christian IX]]<br/>{{*}}King [[Frederik VIII of Denmark|Frederik VIII]]<br/>{{*}}King [[Christian X of Denmark|Christian X]]
||Greater coat of arms of Denmark. This version was used from 1903 to 1948. This was the only version of the Danish arms in which [[Iceland]] was represented by a falcon rather than its traditional stockfish arms.
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|align="center"|{{*}}King [[Frederik IX of Denmark|Frederik IX]]
||Greater coat of arms of Denmark. This version was used from 1948 to 1972. The falcon of Iceland was removed belatedly after the [[Founding of the Republic of Iceland|independence of Iceland]] from Denmark in 1944. The change was implemented after the death of king [[Christian X of Denmark|Christian X]], who used the style "king of Denmark and Iceland" until his death.<!-- for an example, see https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=59444 --> In 1959, the "three-lions" insignia became the sole national coat of arms, and the previous "greater coat of arms" was designated as the coat of arms of the Danish royal family.<ref>[http://www.statensnet.dk/betaenkninger/0201-0400/0216-1959/0216-1959_pdf/searchable_216-1959.pdf Departmental circular concerning the Danish coat of arms] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212620/http://www.statensnet.dk/betaenkninger/0201-0400/0216-1959/0216-1959_pdf/searchable_216-1959.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }}, circular no. 216, p. 5, 1959.</ref>
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[[File:Skibsflaget fra Mariakirken i Lübeck.png|thumb|right|300px|A medieval ship flag captured by forces from [[Lübeck]] in the 1420s showing the arms of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Pomerania. The original flag was destroyed in World War II during a British attack on the city, but a 19th-century copy remains in [[Frederiksborg Palace]], Denmark. The saint accompanying the Virgin Mary and infant Christ is Saint [[James, son of Zebedee|James the Greater]], identified by his [[scallop]] shell emblem. {{FIAV|historical}} {{FIAV|000001}}]]
[[File:Knud den Sjettes segl.png|thumb|right|300px|The earliest known example of the Danish coat of arms, the seal of [[Canute VI of Denmark|Canute VI]], 1190s. The only known copy of this insignia was discovered in 1879 in the Grand Ducal archive of [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], Germany. Note the king's closed crown which differs from the open crowns shown on the seals of his successors, and the shield that is [[semé]] of hearts rather than showing only nine.<ref>Henry Petersen (1882): {{lang|da|Et dansk Flag fra Unionstiden i Maria-Kirken i Lübeck}}, Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, p. 26 {{in lang|da}}</ref>]]
The current version of the arms, established by royal decree 5 July 1972,<ref name="Kongehuset"/> is greatly simplified from the previous version which contained seven additional sub-coats representing five territories formerly ruled by the Danish kings and two medieval titles: [[Holstein]], [[Stormarn (gau)|Stormarn]], [[Dithmarschen]], [[Saxe-Lauenburg|Lauenburg]], [[Delmenhorst]], and ''[[King of the Wends]] and [[King of the Goths|Goths]]<!-- not really sure if "Goter / Gother" is normally interpreted as referring to the island of Gotland. The two insignia are normally displayed with the Goths' ''lindorm'' featuring before the Wends' lion, but the Danish title was always "Konge til Danmark (og Norge) de Venders og Gothers, Hertug til Slesvig, Holsten, ... -->.''
A crowned silver [[stockfish]] on red was formerly included to represent [[Iceland]], but due to Icelandic opposition, this symbol was replaced in 1903 by a silver [[falcon]] on blue. The falcon was in turn removed from the royal arms in 1948 following the death of King [[Christian X of Denmark|Christian X]] in 1947 and reflecting the 1944 breakup of the Dano-Icelandic union.
The following list is based on research by Danish heraldist Erling Svane.<ref>{{cite book |last=Svane |first=Erling |title=Det danske rigsvåben og kongevåben |year=1994 |publisher=Odense University Press |pages=169–179|language=da}}</ref> Danish names are shown in brackets.
* [[Norway]] ({{lang|no|Norge}}): 1398 – {{circa|1819}}: ''Gules, a lion rampant crowned and bearing an axe Or bladed argent.'' The union with Norway was dissolved in 1814 as a result of the Napoleonic Wars.
* [[Sweden]] ({{lang|sv|Sverige}}): 1398 - ''Azure, three bars argent surmounted by a lion rampant Or''. The [[Folkung]] lion, the arms of Sweden until 1364. Only used during the reign of [[Eric of Pomerania]].
* [[Pomerania]] ({{lang|de|Pommern}}): 1398 - ''Argent, a griffin segreant gules''. Only used during the reign of [[Eric of Pomerania]].
* [[Bavaria]] ({{lang|de|Bayern}}): 1440 - ''Lozengy argent and azure.'' Only used during the reign of [[Christopher of Bavaria]].
* [[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinate]] ({{lang|de|Pfalz}}): 1440 - ''Sable, a lion rampant crowned Or.'' Only used during the reign of [[Christopher of Bavaria]].
* [[King of the Wends]] ({{lang|da|de venders konge}} / {{lang|da|Vendernes Konge}}): 1440–1972: ''Gules, a [[lindworm|lindorm]]<!-- resembles a dragon with two feet--> crowned Or.'' Early examples of this insignia also exist with a blue shield. Canute VI proclaimed himself {{lang|la|Rex Sclavorum}} (King of Slavs). From the reign of Valdemar IV this title was known as King of the Wends. This symbol was later also interpreted as the coat of arms of [[Funen]]<ref>{{cite journal |author=Anders Thiset |year=1893 |title=Om danske By- og Herredsvaaben |journal=Tidsskrift for Kunstindustri |issue=10th year |page=18 |language=da }}</ref> and appeared in the official insignia of the now-defunct [[Royal Danish Army|army]] regiment {{lang|da|[[Fynske Livregiment]]}}. It should not be confused with the similar insignia of [[Bornholm]], also formerly included in the Danish arms.
* [[King of the Goths]] ({{lang|da|de gothers konge}} / {{lang|da|Gothernes Konge}}): 1449–1972: ''Or, nine hearts 4, 3 and 2 Gules, in chief a lion passant Azure.'' Derived from the arms of Denmark and originally the arms of the [[list of Dukes of Halland|Dukes of]] [[Halland]]. The lion is almost never crowned. This symbol was later also interpreted as the coat of arms of [[Jutland]]. It appears on the [[stern]] of the 19th century [[frigate]] ''[[Jylland (ship)|Jylland]]'' and in the official insignia of the army regiment {{lang|da|[[Jydske Dragonregiment]]}}.
* [[Holstein]] ({{lang|da|Holsten}}): 1440–1972: ''Gules, a nettle leaf between three passion nails in pairle argent.'' Derived from the coat of arms of the [[Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein|counts of Schauenburg]]; a silver shield with a red [[Line (heraldry)|indented]] [[bordure]].
* [[Stormarn (gau)|Stormarn]] ({{lang|de|Stormarn}}): 1496–1972: ''Gules, a swan argent gorged of a crown Or.''
* [[Delmenhorst]] ({{lang|de|Delmenhorst}}): 1531–1972: ''Azure, a [[cross pattée]] Or.''
* [[Dithmarschen]] ({{lang|da|Ditmarsken}}): 1563 - ''Gules, a knight armed cap-à-pie Or mounted on a horse argent and bearing a shield azure charged with a cross pattée Or.'' Frederick II conquered Dithmarschen in 1559.
* [[Iceland]] ({{lang|is|Island}}): 16th century – 1903: ''Gules, a [[stockfish]] argent ensigned by a crown Or''. The symbol had been associated with Iceland from the early 16th century. First included in the arms of Frederick II. From 1903 to 1948 different arms were used, viz. ''Azure, a falcon argent.'' Iceland dissolved the union with Denmark in 1944, and following the death of King Christian X in 1947, the new King Frederik IX decided to remove the falcon from his arms. This change took place by royal decree on 6 July 1948.<ref>Betænkning vedrørende det danske rigsvåben (betænkning nr. 216)<!--government white paper-->, 1959, page 3 {{in lang|da}}</ref>
* [[Gotland]] ({{lang|da|Gotland}} / archaic: {{lang|da|Gulland}}): ''Gules, a [[Lamb of God|Holy Lamb]] argent''. First included by King Frederick II. Last used during the reign of King Frederick VI.
* [[Saaremaa]] ({{lang|da|Øsel}}): from 1603, last used by King Frederick VI: ''Azure, an eagle displayed sable''. Several historians have explained this violation of the heraldic [[rule of tincture]] as the black colour being the result of an oxidation of white paint containing [[lead]].<!--blyhvidt--><ref>{{cite book |last=Svane |first=Erling |title=Det danske rigsvåben og kongevåben |year=1994 |publisher=Odense University Press |page=177|language=da}}</ref>
* [[Fehmarn]] ({{lang|da|Femern}}): from 1666, last used by King Frederick VI: ''Azure, a crown Or''.
* [[Bornholm]] ({{lang|da|Bornholm}}): from {{circa|1665}}, last used by King Frederick VI: ''Gules, a dragon Or.''<!-- i.e. different from the "lindorm" -->
* [[Saxe-Lauenburg|Lauenburg]] ({{lang|da|Lauenborg}}): 1819–1972: ''Gules, a horse's head couped argent''. Derived from the German {{lang|de|[[Sachsenross]]}} arms which shows a silver horse on red.
==Versions and variants==
===Government===
Various versions of the Danish Royal Arms are used by the [[The unity of the Realm|Kingdom]]: [[Cabinet of Denmark|Government]], the [[Legislature|Parliament]] and courts. The Kingdom Government and its agencies generally use a simplified version of the Royal Arms without the mantle, the pavilion and the topped royal crown.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stm.dk|title=Danish Government website|access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref> This simplified Royal Arms also feature on the cover of [[Danish passport|passports]], [[List of diplomatic missions of Denmark|embassies and consulates]] of the [[Kingdom of Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://commons.wikimedia.ahnu.cf/wiki/File:Danish_Consulate_Munich.png |title=diplomatic missions of Denmark |date=5 August 2008 |access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref>
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===Other members of the royal family===
[[File:Trinitatis Kirke Copenhagen ceiling deco.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Coat of arms from Trinity Church, Copenhagen<!--Trinitatis Kirke-->]]
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|align="center"|[[Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark|Crown Prince Christian]]
||Crown Prince Christian’s coat of arms is similar to the royal coat of arms except for the heir apparent's crown and the purple mantle.
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|align="center"|[[File:Coat of arms of Joachim, Prince of Denmark.svg|160px]]
|align="center"|[[Prince Joachim of Denmark|Prince Joachim]]
||Prince Joachim's coat of arms is similar to the royal coat of arms except the inescutcheon, which is divided with the first being that of the House of Oldenburg and second being that of the House of de Laborde de Monpezat. The crown is that of a Prince of Denmark.
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|align="center"|[[File:Coat of arms of Princess Marie of Denmark.svg|150px]]
|align="center"|[[Princess Marie of Denmark|Princess Marie]]
||Princess Marie's coat of arms is composed of the shield of arms of her husband impaled with those of her own, granted to her in 2010. A horseman, representing her maiden name Cavallier (meaning knight or horseman) is depicted Azure. The secondary charge is a combination of the Danish and French national symbols; a heart and a [[fleur de lys]]. Three red hearts (symbolising Denmark) are cut with the fleur de lys (symbolising France).
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Valdemarsejrssegl.jpg|Seal of [[Valdemar II of Denmark|Valdemar II the Victorious]] (reigned 1202–41)
File:Erikklippingssegl.jpg|Seal of [[Eric V of Denmark|Eric V Klipping]] (reigned 1259–86)
File:Erikmenvedssegl.jpg|Seal of [[Eric VI of Denmark|Eric VI Menved]] (reigned 1286–1319). The two eagles are references to his mother, Agnes of [[Brandenburg]].
File:Royal Banner of Denmark (14th Century).svg|Royal standard of Denmark, c.1300
File:Valdemaratterdagsseglsomjunker.jpg|Seal of [[Valdemar IV of Denmark|Valdemar IV Atterdag]] (reigned 1340–75), early 1340s
File:Waldemar IV Otherday of Denmark c 1375.jpg|Fresco of Valdemar IV Atterdag as king. Notice the crest on the Danish coat of arms, Saint Peter's Church, [[Næstved]].
File:Erik af Pommerns majestætssegl.png|One of the seals of [[Eric of Pomerania|Eric VII "of Pomerania"]], 1398. The three Danish lions carry a [[flag of Denmark|Danish flag]] (top-left corner).
File:Christoffer af Bayerns majestætssegl.png|Seal of [[Christopher of Bavaria|Christopher III "of Bavaria"]], 1440s
File:Christian den Førstes sekret 1449.png|{{lang|la|Sigilum secretum}} of [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]], 1449
File:Christian den Førstes sekret 1457-1460.png|{{lang|la|Sigilum secretum}} of [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]], 1457–60
File:KongHans segl b-028.jpg|Seal of King [[John, King of Denmark|Hans]] (reigned 1481–1513)
File:Christian 3 segl.jpg|Seal of [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]] (reigned 1534–59)
File:Christian den Tredjes våben - Binck 1550.png|Coat of arms of [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]] as it appeared in the first Danish-language Bible, 1550
File:Coat of arms of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway.png|Coat of arms of [[Frederick II of Denmark|Frederick II]]. Engraving by Jens Bircherod, 1581
File:Erik XIV af Sveriges pretentionsvåben.png|[[Eric XIV of Sweden]] added the Norwegian and Danish arms to the Swedish national coat of arms (the two lower quarters). This was one of the main events leading to the [[Northern Seven Years' War]].
File:Frederik den Andens våben - Lauterbach 1592.png|Coat of arms of [[Frederick II of Denmark|Frederick II]], 1592 engraving
File:Våbenskjold - Adresseavisen 1767.png|Coat of arms from the first issue of {{lang|da|[[Adresseavisen|Kongelig allene privilegerede Tronhiems Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger]]}}, 1767, showing the arms of Denmark, Norway and the Kalmar Union
File:Royal Coat of arms of Denmark.png|Royal coat of arms from 1972
</gallery>
=== Elements currently used in the arms ===
<gallery>
File:National Coat of arms of Denmark no crown.svg|[[Denmark]]
File:Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands (Sodacannic).svg|[[Faroe Islands]]
File:Coat of arms of Greenland (Sodacannic).svg|[[Greenland]]
File:Arms of the County of Oldenburg.svg|[[House of Oldenburg|Oldenburg]]
File:Coat of arms of Schleswig.svg|[[Duchy of Schleswig|Schleswig]]
File:Shield of arms of Sweden.svg|[[Kalmar Union]]
</gallery>
=== Elements formerly used in the arms ===
<gallery>
File:Armoiries Bavière (Wittelsbach).svg|[[Bavaria]]
File:Coat of arms of Bornholm.png|[[Bornholm]]
File:Blason Comtes de Delmenhorst.svg|[[Delmenhorst]]
File:Wappen Kreis Dithmarschen.svg|[[Kreis Dithmarschen|Ditmarsken]]
File:Coat of arms of Femern.png|[[Fehmarn|Femern]]
File:Coat of arms of Jutland or the King of Goths.svg|''[[King of the Goths]]''/[[Jutland]]
File:Gotland kommunvapen.svg|[[Gotland]]
File:Armoiries Suède ancien 2.svg|The Swedish royal [[House of Bjälbo]], in the 17th century perceived as the arms of [[Götaland]]
File:Holstein Arms.svg|[[Holstein]]
File:Iceland stockfish coa.svg|[[Iceland]]
File:Coat of Arms of Iceland (1904).svg|Iceland in later arms.
File:Arms of the Palatinate (Old).svg|[[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinate]]
File:Coat of arms of Launberg(Danish Version).svg|[[Saxe-Lauenburg|Launbourg]]
File:Arms of the Kingdom of Norway (Late Middle Ages–1844) 3.svg|[[Norway]]
File:Old Coat of arms of Øsel.png|[[Saaremaa|Øsel]]
File:POL województwo zachodniopomorskie COA.svg|[[Pomerania]]
File:Wappen Kreis Stormarn.svg|[[Stormarn (gau)|Stormarn]]
File:Coat of Wends.png|''[[King of the Wends]]''/[[Funen]]
</gallery>
==Related symbols==
[[File:Small coat of arms of Estonia.svg|thumb|right|130px|Small Coat of arms of [[Estonia]]]]
* The [[coat of arms of Estonia]] and its capital, [[coat of arms of Tallinn|Tallinn]]
* The [[coat of arms of Schleswig]] (also represented in the coat of arms of Denmark's royal family)
* The coats of arms of the towns of [[Ribe]], [[Varde]], [[Halmstad]] and [[Ystad]].
* The [[coat of arms of Schleswig#Denmark|coat of arms]] of the former [[South Jutland County]]
* The coat of arms of the former [[North Jutland County]]
* The [[Lüneburg (district)#Coat of arms|coat of arms]] of the German district of [[Lüneburg (district)|Lüneburg]]
* The [[coat of arms of Schleswig#Germany|coat of arms]] of [[Schleswig-Holstein]]
* The coats of arms of the German town of [[Dannenberg (Elbe)|Dannenberg]]
* The coat of arms of the [[Estonian Knighthood]]
* The personal arms of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] contained the arms of Denmark in the first (upper left) quarter of the shield, and the sinister (left-side) supporter was based on the [[woodwose|savage]] from the Danish arms. He used them on account of his descent from the [[List of kings of Greece|Greek]] [[House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]] branch of the Danish [[House of Oldenburg]].
* The Danish lion and hearts is featured in the [[Order of Saints George and Constantine]] and the [[Order of Saints Olga and Sophia]], awarded by the [[Greek royal family]].
==See also==
{{Portal|Kingdom of Denmark|Denmark|Faroe Islands|Heraldry}}
* [[Coat of arms of Greenland]]
* [[Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands]]
* [[Danish heraldry]]
* [[Royal Arms of England]]
* [[Flag of Denmark]]
* [[Coat of arms of Estonia]]
* [[Lion (heraldry)]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.sa.dk/content/dk/om_statens_arkiver/organisation/rigsarkivet/brug_af_rigsvabenet_og_kronen/1_statsinstitutioners_anvendelse_af_rigsvaben_og_krone Danish National Archives - guide to the Danish coat of arms] (Danish)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130806023420/http://denmark.dk/en/~/media/Denmark/Documents/Quick%20facts/Its%20All%20About%20Denmark.pdf It's All About Denmark - Denmark.dk]
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{{Infobox coat of arms
|name = Greater coat of arms of <br /> Denmark
|image = Royal Coat of Arms of Denmark.svg
|image_width = 200px
|caption = Greater (royal) version
|middle = Royal Arms of Denmark.svg
|middle_width = 100px
|middle_caption = Middle version
|lesser = National Coat of arms of Denmark.svg
|lesser_width = 100px
|lesser_caption = Lesser (state) version
|armiger = [[Frederik X]], [[Monarchy of Denmark|King of Denmark]]
|year_adopted = First documented in the 1190s. Modified 1819. Designated as dynastic arms 1959. Last modified 5 July 1972
|crest = [[Crown of Christian V|Crown of King Christian V]]
|torse = tasseled strings Or
|shield = A shield quartered by a cross argent fimbriated gules, first and fourth quarter Or, three [[lion (heraldry)|lion]]s [[attitude (heraldry)#Passant|passant]] in pale azure crowned and armed Or langued gules, nine lily pads gules (for Denmark); second quarter Or, two lions passant in pale azure armed Or langued gules (for [[Duchy of Schleswig|Schleswig]]); third quarter azure, party per fess, in base per pale; in chief three crowns Or (for the [[Kalmar Union]]), in dexter base a ram passant argent armed and unguled Or (for the [[Faroe Islands]]), in sinister base a polar bear rampant argent (for [[Greenland]]). Overall an escutcheon Or two bars gules (for [[Duchy of Oldenburg|Oldenburg]])
|supporters = two [[wild man|wild men]] armed with clubs [[proper (heraldry)|Proper]]
|compartment = pedestal
|motto = {{lang-la|Magnanimi Pretium}}
|orders = [[Order of the Dannebrog]], and [[Order of the Elephant]]
|other_elements = The monarch places this coat of arms on a mantle gules lined with Ermine. Above the mantle is a pavilion gules again topped with the royal crown.
|earlier_versions = 24 August 1815
|use =
}}
[[File:Relief CoA Danemark Champs Elysées Paris.jpg|thumb|right|Relief of the coat of arms at the [[Danish House in Paris]]]]
The '''coat of arms of [[Denmark]]''' ({{lang-da|Danmarks rigsvåben}}) has a lesser and a greater version.
The state coat of arms ({{lang|da|rigsvåben}}) consists of three pale blue [[lion (heraldry)|lions]] [[attitude (heraldry)#Passant|passant]] wearing [[crown (heraldic charge)|crowns]], accompanied by nine red lilypads (normally represented as [[seeblatt|heraldic hearts]]), all in a golden shield with the [[Danish Crown Regalia|royal crown]] on top.
The national coat of arms of Denmark ({{lang|da|nationalvåben}} — also called {{lang|da|lille våben}}) is similar to the state coat of arms, but without the [[crown (headgear)|royal crown]] above the shield.
It is historically the coat of arms of the [[House of Estridsen]], the dynasty which provided the kings of Denmark between 1047 and 1412. The current design was introduced in 1819, under [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]]. Previously, there had been no distinction between the "national" and the "royal" coat of arms. Since 1819, there has been a more complex royal coat of arms of Denmark ({{lang|da|kongevåben}}) separate from the national coat of arms ({{lang|da|rigsvåben}}).
==History==
[[File:Gelre Folio 55v.jpg|thumb|200px|The Danish coat of arms in the [[Gelre Armorial]]<!-- Wapenboek Gelre-->, 14th century. This is the oldest coloured image of the ''[[Flag of Denmark|Dannebrog]].'' The [[crest (heraldry)|crest]] was used by Danish monarchs from the 13th century until {{circa|1420}}.<ref name="Rigsarkivet"/> The flag is not part of the crest.]]
The oldest known depiction of the insignia dates from a [[seal (device)|seal]] used by King [[Canute VI of Denmark|Canute VI]] {{circa|1194}}. The oldest documentation for the colours dates from {{circa|1270}}.<ref name="Rigsarkivet">{{cite web |url=http://www.sa.dk/content/dk/om_statens_arkiver/organisation/rigsarkivet/brug_af_rigsvabenet_og_kronen/5_valdemarernes_vaben |title=Valdemarernes våben |access-date=11 February 2013 |publisher=Danish National Archives |language=da }}</ref>
Historically, the lions faced the viewer and the number of hearts was not regulated and could be much higher. The "heart" shapes originally represented [[Nymphaea alba|waterlily]] pads; a royal decree of 1972 still specifies these figures as {{lang|da|[[seeblatt|søblad]]e}} ("lake leaves").
The current design was adopted in 1819 during the reign of King [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]] who fixed the number of hearts to nine and decreed that the heraldic beasts were lions, consequently facing forward.
A rare version exists from the reign of king [[Eric of Pomerania]] in which the three lions jointly hold the [[flag of Denmark|Danish banner]], in a similar fashion as in the coat of arms of the former [[South Jutland County]].<!-- it can be argued if Eric's seal is the actual inspiration or not. The last two books I read argue that the oldest seal of Schleswig is the inspiration behind the modern symbol.-->
Until {{circa|1960}}, [[Denmark]] used both a "small" and a "large" coat of arms, similar to the system still used in [[coat of arms of Sweden|Sweden]]. The latter symbol held wide use within the government administration, e.g., by the [[Foreign Ministry of Denmark|Foreign Ministry]]. Since this time, the latter symbol has been classified as the coat of arms of the royal family, leaving Denmark with only one national coat of arms, used for all official purposes.
The crown on the shield is a heraldic construction based on the [[crown of Christian V|crown]] of King [[Christian V of Denmark|Christian V]], not to be confused with the [[Crown of Christian IV|crown]] of King [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]]. The main difference from the real crown is that the latter is covered with ''table cut'' ({{lang|da|taffelsten}}) [[diamonds]] rather than pearls. Both crowns, and other royal insignia, are located in [[Rosenborg Castle]] in [[Copenhagen]].
The [[blazon]] in [[heraldry|heraldic]] terms is: ''Or, three lions passant in pale azure crowned and armed Or langued gules, nine hearts Gules.''
This insignia is almost identical to the [[coat of arms of Estonia]] and the [[Coat of arms of Tallinn|greater coat of arms of Tallinn]] which can both be traced directly back to King [[Valdemar II of Denmark|Valdemar II]] and the [[Danish Estonia|Danish rule]] in northern [[Estonia]] in 1219–1346. The main differences are as follows: In the Danish coat of arms the lions are crowned, face forward, and accompanied by nine hearts. In the Estonian coat of arms, the "leopards" still face the viewer, they are not crowned, and no hearts are present. The coat of arms of Tallinn resembles the Estonian arms, but the leopards in the former arms are crowned with golden crowns<ref name="Tallinn">{{cite web |url=http://www.tallinn.ee/est/Tallinna-taisvapp |title=Tallinna täisvapp |access-date=11 February 2013 |publisher=Official website of Tallinn |language=et }}</ref> similar to the ones in the Danish arms. It shows great similarities with the contemporary insignia of England's [[Richard I of England|Richard the Lionheart]] and the current arms of the German state of [[Baden-Württemberg]]. The Danish coat of arms has also been the inspiration for the [[coat of arms of Schleswig|coat of arms]] of the former [[Duchy of Schleswig]], a former Danish province (two blue lions in a golden shield). The hearts of the coat of arms also appear in the coat of arms of the German district of [[Lüneburg (district)|Lüneburg]].
==Royal Coat of Arms==
The Royal Coat of Arms is more complex. The current version was established by royal decree 5 July 1972.<ref name="Kongehuset">{{cite web |url=http://kongehuset.dk/en/the-royal-coat-of-arms |title=The Royal Coat of Arms |date=6 April 2016 |access-date=19 September 2016 |publisher=Official website of the Danish monarchy }}</ref> It is much simpler than previous versions.
The shield is quartered by a silver cross fimbriated in red, derived from the [[flag of Denmark|Danish flag]], the {{lang|da|Dannebrog}}. The first and fourth quarters represent Denmark by three crowned lions passant accompanied by nine hearts; the [[coat of arms of Schleswig|second quarter]] contains two lions passant representing [[Schleswig]], a former Danish province now divided between Denmark and Germany; the third quarter contains a total of three symbols. The [[Three Crowns]] are officially interpreted as a symbol of the former [[Kalmar Union]].<ref>The three crowns design historically predates the Kalmar Union, but they were re-interpreted in this sense under [[Eric of Pomerania]], who used a coat of arms quartered between the coats of arms of Denmark, Norway ([[House of Sverre]]) and Sweden ([[House of Bjelbo]]) plus the three golden crowns on a blue shield representing the union. {{cite book |title=Alverdens heraldik i farver |author=Sven Tito Achen |year=1972 |publisher=Politikens forlag |language=da |location=Copenhagen |isbn=87-567-1685-0 |pages=216–217 |chapter=Sverige }}</ref> The silver [[ram (sheep)|ram]] on blue represents the [[Faroe Islands]] and the similarly coloured [[polar bear]] represents [[Greenland]].
The centre [[escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]], two red bars on a golden shield, represents the [[House of Oldenburg]], the former royal dynasty that ruled [[Denmark–Norway|Denmark and Norway]] from the middle of the fifteenth century. When the senior branch of this dynasty became extinct in 1863, the crown passed to [[Christian IX of Denmark|Prince Christian]] of the cadet branch [[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|Glücksburg]], whose descendants have reigned in Denmark ever since. The House of Glücksburg continues the use of the arms of the old Oldenburg dynasty, and the symbol is still officially referred to by its old association.
Two [[woodwose]]s ({{lang|da|vildmænd}})<!-- the Danish word means "wild men", but the monarchy's official webpage use the term "savages"--> act as [[supporters]]; this element can be traced back to the early reign of the Oldenburg dynasty.<ref>[[:File:Christian den Førstes sekret 1449.png|Seal of Christian I (1449)]].</ref>
Similar supporters were used in the former [[coat of arms of Prussia|arms of Prussia]]. The shield features the insignias of the [[Order of the Dannebrog]] and the [[Order of the Elephant]] around it.
The shield and supporters are framed by a royal [[Ermine (heraldry)|ermine]] [[robe]], surmounted by a royal crown.
A blazon in heraldic terms is: ''A shield quartered by a cross argent fimbriated gules, first and fourth quarter Or, three lions passant in pale azure crowned and armed Or langued gules, nine hearts gules (for Denmark); second quarter Or, two lions passant in pale azure armed Or langued gules (for Schleswig); third quarter azure, party per fess, in base per pale; in chief three crowns Or (for the Kalmar Union), in dexter base a ram passant argent armed and unguled Or (for the Faroe Islands), in sinister base a polar bear rampant argent (for Greenland). Overall an escutcheon Or two bars gules (for Oldenburg) the whole surrounded by the Collars of the Order of the Dannebrog and the Order of the Elephant. Supporters two woodwoses armed with clubs Proper standing on a pedestal. All surrounded by a mantle gules doubled ermine crowned with a royal crown and tied up with tasseled strings Or.''<!-- no official version of the blazon exists in English and this blazon is a work in progress. Feel free to update it if it is inaccurate. -->
The royal coat of arms has since around 1960 been reserved exclusively for use by the monarch, the [[Danish royal family|royal family]], the Royal Guards and the [[royal court]] according to royal decree. A select number of [[royal warrant of appointment|purveyors to the Danish royal family]] are also allowed to use the royal insignia.
===Historical versions===
In late medieval heraldry, coats of arms that used to be associated with noble families became attached to the territories that had been ruled by these families, and coats of arms used by individual rulers were [[division of the field|composed]] of the coats of arms of the territories they ruled. In the case of Denmark, the coat of arms of the [[House of Estridsen]] with the extinction of the dynasty became the "coat of arms of Denmark". [[Olaf II of Denmark]] (and IV of Norway) succeeded his maternal grandfather [[Valdemar IV of Denmark|Valdemar IV]] in 1376. He was the first king to rule Norway and Denmark in personal union. Olaf on his seal still displayed the Estridsen (for Denmark) and [[House of Sverre|Sverre]] (for Norway) coats of arms in two separate shields. The custom of [[division of the field|dividing the field]] arises with [[Eric of Pomerania]] at the end of the 14th century.
The modern "royal coat of arms of Denmark" is the continuation of this tradition of the Danish monarch using his or her personal coat of arms after the end of the [[Denmark–Norway|personal union of Denmark and Norway]].
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|align="center"|[[File:Coat of arms of Valdemar IV of Denmark.svg|160px]]
|align="center"|{{*}}[[Valdemar IV of Denmark]]<br/>
||Coat of arms of Valdemar IV of Denmark.
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|align="center"|[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of Margaret I of Denmark.jpg|160px]]
|align="center"|{{*}}[[Margaret I of Denmark]]<br/>
||The Arms of Margaret I of Denmark with the heraldry of Denmark (left field), Sweden (right field {[[House of Bjelbo]]}) and Norway (escutcheon) with 3 crowns in the center.
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|align="center"|[[File:Armoiries medievales d Eric de Poméranie 1382-1459.svg|160px]]
|align="center"|{{*}}[[Eric of Pomerania]]<br/>
||Coat of arms of King Eric VII of Denmark and III of Norway (ruled in [[Kalmar Union|personal union]], 1396–1439). The colour of the cross over all, here shown in red, is unattested; Christian I has a silver cross (or cross potent) superimposed on the red cross, later designs seem to favour gold.
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|align="center"|[[File:Christian I of Denmark Coat of Arms 1457-1460.svg|160px]]
|align="center"|{{*}}King [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]]<br/>
||Coat of arms of Christian I as used during the late 1450s; introduces the arms of the [[House of Oldenburg]] as inescutcheon.
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|align="center"|[[File:Royal Arms of Norway & Denmark (1559-1699).svg|160px]]
|align="center"|{{*}}King [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]]<br/>
||Coat of arms of Christian IV
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|align="center"|[[File:Royal Arms of Denmark & Norway (1699–1814).svg|160px]]
|align="center"|{{*}}King [[Frederick IV of Denmark|Frederick IV]]<br/>
||Greater coat of arms of Denmark and Norway used during 1699–1819
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of Denmark (1819-1903).svg|160px]]
|align="center"|{{*}}King [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]]<br/>{{*}}King [[Christian VIII of Denmark|Christian VIII]]<br/>{{*}}King [[Frederick VII of Denmark|Frederick VII]]<br/>{{*}}King [[Christian IX of Denmark|Christian IX]]
||Greater coat of arms of Denmark used from 1819 to 1903. This was the first Danish arms following the replacement of the [[coat of arms of Norway|Norwegian lion]] with the coat of arms of the three former parts of Norway that Denmark retained after 1814: the stockfish of [[Iceland]], the ram of [[Faroe Islands]], and the polar bear of [[Greenland]].
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|align="center"|[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of Denmark (1903-1948).svg|160px]]
|align="center"|{{*}}King [[Christian IX of Denmark|Christian IX]]<br/>{{*}}King [[Frederik VIII of Denmark|Frederik VIII]]<br/>{{*}}King [[Christian X of Denmark|Christian X]]
||Greater coat of arms of Denmark. This version was used from 1903 to 1948. This was the only version of the Danish arms in which [[Iceland]] was represented by a falcon rather than its traditional stockfish arms.
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|align="center"|[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of Denmark (1948-1972).svg|160px]]
|align="center"|{{*}}King [[Frederik IX of Denmark|Frederik IX]]
||Greater coat of arms of Denmark. This version was used from 1948 to 1972. The falcon of Iceland was removed belatedly after the [[Founding of the Republic of Iceland|independence of Iceland]] from Denmark in 1944. The change was implemented after the death of king [[Christian X of Denmark|Christian X]], who used the style "king of Denmark and Iceland" until his death.<!-- for an example, see https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=59444 --> In 1959, the "three-lions" insignia became the sole national coat of arms, and the previous "greater coat of arms" was designated as the coat of arms of the Danish royal family.<ref>[http://www.statensnet.dk/betaenkninger/0201-0400/0216-1959/0216-1959_pdf/searchable_216-1959.pdf Departmental circular concerning the Danish coat of arms] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212620/http://www.statensnet.dk/betaenkninger/0201-0400/0216-1959/0216-1959_pdf/searchable_216-1959.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }}, circular no. 216, p. 5, 1959.</ref>
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[[File:Skibsflaget fra Mariakirken i Lübeck.png|thumb|right|300px|A medieval ship flag captured by forces from [[Lübeck]] in the 1420s showing the arms of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Pomerania. The original flag was destroyed in World War II during a British attack on the city, but a 19th-century copy remains in [[Frederiksborg Palace]], Denmark. The saint accompanying the Virgin Mary and infant Christ is Saint [[James, son of Zebedee|James the Greater]], identified by his [[scallop]] shell emblem. {{FIAV|historical}} {{FIAV|000001}}]]
[[File:Knud den Sjettes segl.png|thumb|right|300px|The earliest known example of the Danish coat of arms, the seal of [[Canute VI of Denmark|Canute VI]], 1190s. The only known copy of this insignia was discovered in 1879 in the Grand Ducal archive of [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], Germany. Note the king's closed crown which differs from the open crowns shown on the seals of his successors, and the shield that is [[semé]] of hearts rather than showing only nine.<ref>Henry Petersen (1882): {{lang|da|Et dansk Flag fra Unionstiden i Maria-Kirken i Lübeck}}, Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, p. 26 {{in lang|da}}</ref>]]
The current version of the arms, established by royal decree 5 July 1972,<ref name="Kongehuset"/> is greatly simplified from the previous version which contained seven additional sub-coats representing five territories formerly ruled by the Danish kings and two medieval titles: [[Holstein]], [[Stormarn (gau)|Stormarn]], [[Dithmarschen]], [[Saxe-Lauenburg|Lauenburg]], [[Delmenhorst]], and ''[[King of the Wends]] and [[King of the Goths|Goths]]<!-- not really sure if "Goter / Gother" is normally interpreted as referring to the island of Gotland. The two insignia are normally displayed with the Goths' ''lindorm'' featuring before the Wends' lion, but the Danish title was always "Konge til Danmark (og Norge) de Venders og Gothers, Hertug til Slesvig, Holsten, ... -->.''
A crowned silver [[stockfish]] on red was formerly included to represent [[Iceland]], but due to Icelandic opposition, this symbol was replaced in 1903 by a silver [[falcon]] on blue. The falcon was in turn removed from the royal arms in 1948 following the death of King [[Christian X of Denmark|Christian X]] in 1947 and reflecting the 1944 breakup of the Dano-Icelandic union.
The following list is based on research by Danish heraldist Erling Svane.<ref>{{cite book |last=Svane |first=Erling |title=Det danske rigsvåben og kongevåben |year=1994 |publisher=Odense University Press |pages=169–179|language=da}}</ref> Danish names are shown in brackets.
* [[Norway]] ({{lang|no|Norge}}): 1398 – {{circa|1819}}: ''Gules, a lion rampant crowned and bearing an axe Or bladed argent.'' The union with Norway was dissolved in 1814 as a result of the Napoleonic Wars.
* [[Sweden]] ({{lang|sv|Sverige}}): 1398 - ''Azure, three bars argent surmounted by a lion rampant Or''. The [[Folkung]] lion, the arms of Sweden until 1364. Only used during the reign of [[Eric of Pomerania]].
* [[Pomerania]] ({{lang|de|Pommern}}): 1398 - ''Argent, a griffin segreant gules''. Only used during the reign of [[Eric of Pomerania]].
* [[Bavaria]] ({{lang|de|Bayern}}): 1440 - ''Lozengy argent and azure.'' Only used during the reign of [[Christopher of Bavaria]].
* [[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinate]] ({{lang|de|Pfalz}}): 1440 - ''Sable, a lion rampant crowned Or.'' Only used during the reign of [[Christopher of Bavaria]].
* [[King of the Wends]] ({{lang|da|de venders konge}} / {{lang|da|Vendernes Konge}}): 1440–1972: ''Gules, a [[lindworm|lindorm]]<!-- resembles a dragon with two feet--> crowned Or.'' Early examples of this insignia also exist with a blue shield. Canute VI proclaimed himself {{lang|la|Rex Sclavorum}} (King of Slavs). From the reign of Valdemar IV this title was known as King of the Wends. This symbol was later also interpreted as the coat of arms of [[Funen]]<ref>{{cite journal |author=Anders Thiset |year=1893 |title=Om danske By- og Herredsvaaben |journal=Tidsskrift for Kunstindustri |issue=10th year |page=18 |language=da }}</ref> and appeared in the official insignia of the now-defunct [[Royal Danish Army|army]] regiment {{lang|da|[[Fynske Livregiment]]}}. It should not be confused with the similar insignia of [[Bornholm]], also formerly included in the Danish arms.
* [[King of the Goths]] ({{lang|da|de gothers konge}} / {{lang|da|Gothernes Konge}}): 1449–1972: ''Or, nine hearts 4, 3 and 2 Gules, in chief a lion passant Azure.'' Derived from the arms of Denmark and originally the arms of the [[list of Dukes of Halland|Dukes of]] [[Halland]]. The lion is almost never crowned. This symbol was later also interpreted as the coat of arms of [[Jutland]]. It appears on the [[stern]] of the 19th century [[frigate]] ''[[Jylland (ship)|Jylland]]'' and in the official insignia of the army regiment {{lang|da|[[Jydske Dragonregiment]]}}.
* [[Holstein]] ({{lang|da|Holsten}}): 1440–1972: ''Gules, a nettle leaf between three passion nails in pairle argent.'' Derived from the coat of arms of the [[Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein|counts of Schauenburg]]; a silver shield with a red [[Line (heraldry)|indented]] [[bordure]].
* [[Stormarn (gau)|Stormarn]] ({{lang|de|Stormarn}}): 1496–1972: ''Gules, a swan argent gorged of a crown Or.''
* [[Delmenhorst]] ({{lang|de|Delmenhorst}}): 1531–1972: ''Azure, a [[cross pattée]] Or.''
* [[Dithmarschen]] ({{lang|da|Ditmarsken}}): 1563 - ''Gules, a knight armed cap-à-pie Or mounted on a horse argent and bearing a shield azure charged with a cross pattée Or.'' Frederick II conquered Dithmarschen in 1559.
* [[Iceland]] ({{lang|is|Island}}): 16th century – 1903: ''Gules, a [[stockfish]] argent ensigned by a crown Or''. The symbol had been associated with Iceland from the early 16th century. First included in the arms of Frederick II. From 1903 to 1948 different arms were used, viz. ''Azure, a falcon argent.'' Iceland dissolved the union with Denmark in 1944, and following the death of King Christian X in 1947, the new King Frederik IX decided to remove the falcon from his arms. This change took place by royal decree on 6 July 1948.<ref>Betænkning vedrørende det danske rigsvåben (betænkning nr. 216)<!--government white paper-->, 1959, page 3 {{in lang|da}}</ref>
* [[Gotland]] ({{lang|da|Gotland}} / archaic: {{lang|da|Gulland}}): ''Gules, a [[Lamb of God|Holy Lamb]] argent''. First included by King Frederick II. Last used during the reign of King Frederick VI.
* [[Saaremaa]] ({{lang|da|Øsel}}): from 1603, last used by King Frederick VI: ''Azure, an eagle displayed sable''. Several historians have explained this violation of the heraldic [[rule of tincture]] as the black colour being the result of an oxidation of white paint containing [[lead]].<!--blyhvidt--><ref>{{cite book |last=Svane |first=Erling |title=Det danske rigsvåben og kongevåben |year=1994 |publisher=Odense University Press |page=177|language=da}}</ref>
* [[Fehmarn]] ({{lang|da|Femern}}): from 1666, last used by King Frederick VI: ''Azure, a crown Or''.
* [[Bornholm]] ({{lang|da|Bornholm}}): from {{circa|1665}}, last used by King Frederick VI: ''Gules, a dragon Or.''<!-- i.e. different from the "lindorm" -->
* [[Saxe-Lauenburg|Lauenburg]] ({{lang|da|Lauenborg}}): 1819–1972: ''Gules, a horse's head couped argent''. Derived from the German {{lang|de|[[Sachsenross]]}} arms which shows a silver horse on red.
==Versions and variants==
===Government===
Various versions of the Danish Royal Arms are used by the [[The unity of the Realm|Kingdom]]: [[Cabinet of Denmark|Government]], the [[Legislature|Parliament]] and courts. The Kingdom Government and its agencies generally use a simplified version of the Royal Arms without the mantle, the pavilion and the topped royal crown.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stm.dk|title=Danish Government website|access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref> This simplified Royal Arms also feature on the cover of [[Danish passport|passports]], [[List of diplomatic missions of Denmark|embassies and consulates]] of the [[Kingdom of Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://commons.wikimedia.ahnu.cf/wiki/File:Danish_Consulate_Munich.png |title=diplomatic missions of Denmark |date=5 August 2008 |access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref>
{{Gallery
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===Other members of the royal family===
[[File:Trinitatis Kirke Copenhagen ceiling deco.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Coat of arms from Trinity Church, Copenhagen<!--Trinitatis Kirke-->]]
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|align="center"|[[File:Coat of arms of the Crown Prince of Denmark.svg|160px]]
|align="center"|[[Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark|Crown Prince Christian]]
||Crown Prince Christian’s coat of arms is similar to the royal coat of arms except for the heir apparent's crown and the purple mantle.
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|align="center"|[[File:Coat of arms of Joachim, Prince of Denmark.svg|160px]]
|align="center"|[[Prince Joachim of Denmark|Prince Joachim]]
||Prince Joachim's coat of arms is similar to the royal coat of arms except the inescutcheon, which is divided with the first being that of the House of Oldenburg and second being that of the House of de Laborde de Monpezat. The crown is that of a Prince of Denmark.
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|align="center"|[[File:Coat of arms of Princess Marie of Denmark.svg|150px]]
|align="center"|[[Princess Marie of Denmark|Princess Marie]]
||Princess Marie's coat of arms is composed of the shield of arms of her husband impaled with those of her own, granted to her in 2010. A horseman, representing her maiden name Cavallier (meaning knight or horseman) is depicted Azure. The secondary charge is a combination of the Danish and French national symbols; a heart and a [[fleur de lys]]. Three red hearts (symbolising Denmark) are cut with the fleur de lys (symbolising France).
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==Gallery==
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File:Valdemarsejrssegl.jpg|Seal of [[Valdemar II of Denmark|Valdemar II the Victorious]] (reigned 1202–41)
File:Erikklippingssegl.jpg|Seal of [[Eric V of Denmark|Eric V Klipping]] (reigned 1259–86)
File:Erikmenvedssegl.jpg|Seal of [[Eric VI of Denmark|Eric VI Menved]] (reigned 1286–1319). The two eagles are references to his mother, Agnes of [[Brandenburg]].
File:Royal Banner of Denmark (14th Century).svg|Royal standard of Denmark, c.1300
File:Valdemaratterdagsseglsomjunker.jpg|Seal of [[Valdemar IV of Denmark|Valdemar IV Atterdag]] (reigned 1340–75), early 1340s
File:Waldemar IV Otherday of Denmark c 1375.jpg|Fresco of Valdemar IV Atterdag as king. Notice the crest on the Danish coat of arms, Saint Peter's Church, [[Næstved]].
File:Erik af Pommerns majestætssegl.png|One of the seals of [[Eric of Pomerania|Eric VII "of Pomerania"]], 1398. The three Danish lions carry a [[flag of Denmark|Danish flag]] (top-left corner).
File:Christoffer af Bayerns majestætssegl.png|Seal of [[Christopher of Bavaria|Christopher III "of Bavaria"]], 1440s
File:Christian den Førstes sekret 1449.png|{{lang|la|Sigilum secretum}} of [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]], 1449
File:Christian den Førstes sekret 1457-1460.png|{{lang|la|Sigilum secretum}} of [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]], 1457–60
File:KongHans segl b-028.jpg|Seal of King [[John, King of Denmark|Hans]] (reigned 1481–1513)
File:Christian 3 segl.jpg|Seal of [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]] (reigned 1534–59)
File:Christian den Tredjes våben - Binck 1550.png|Coat of arms of [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]] as it appeared in the first Danish-language Bible, 1550
File:Coat of arms of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway.png|Coat of arms of [[Frederick II of Denmark|Frederick II]]. Engraving by Jens Bircherod, 1581
File:Erik XIV af Sveriges pretentionsvåben.png|[[Eric XIV of Sweden]] added the Norwegian and Danish arms to the Swedish national coat of arms (the two lower quarters). This was one of the main events leading to the [[Northern Seven Years' War]].
File:Frederik den Andens våben - Lauterbach 1592.png|Coat of arms of [[Frederick II of Denmark|Frederick II]], 1592 engraving
File:Våbenskjold - Adresseavisen 1767.png|Coat of arms from the first issue of {{lang|da|[[Adresseavisen|Kongelig allene privilegerede Tronhiems Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger]]}}, 1767, showing the arms of Denmark, Norway and the Kalmar Union
File:Royal Coat of arms of Denmark.png|Royal coat of arms from 1972
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=== Elements currently used in the arms ===
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File:National Coat of arms of Denmark no crown.svg|[[Denmark]]
File:Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands (Sodacannic).svg|[[Faroe Islands]]
File:Coat of arms of Greenland (Sodacannic).svg|[[Greenland]]
File:Arms of the County of Oldenburg.svg|[[House of Oldenburg|Oldenburg]]
File:Coat of arms of Schleswig.svg|[[Duchy of Schleswig|Schleswig]]
File:Shield of arms of Sweden.svg|[[Kalmar Union]]
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=== Elements formerly used in the arms ===
<gallery>
File:Armoiries Bavière (Wittelsbach).svg|[[Bavaria]]
File:Coat of arms of Bornholm.png|[[Bornholm]]
File:Blason Comtes de Delmenhorst.svg|[[Delmenhorst]]
File:Wappen Kreis Dithmarschen.svg|[[Kreis Dithmarschen|Ditmarsken]]
File:Coat of arms of Femern.png|[[Fehmarn|Femern]]
File:Coat of arms of Jutland or the King of Goths.svg|''[[King of the Goths]]''/[[Jutland]]
File:Gotland kommunvapen.svg|[[Gotland]]
File:Armoiries Suède ancien 2.svg|The Swedish royal [[House of Bjälbo]], in the 17th century perceived as the arms of [[Götaland]]
File:Holstein Arms.svg|[[Holstein]]
File:Iceland stockfish coa.svg|[[Iceland]]
File:Coat of Arms of Iceland (1904).svg|Iceland in later arms.
File:Arms of the Palatinate (Old).svg|[[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinate]]
File:Coat of arms of Launberg(Danish Version).svg|[[Saxe-Lauenburg|Launbourg]]
File:Arms of the Kingdom of Norway (Late Middle Ages–1844) 3.svg|[[Norway]]
File:Old Coat of arms of Øsel.png|[[Saaremaa|Øsel]]
File:POL województwo zachodniopomorskie COA.svg|[[Pomerania]]
File:Wappen Kreis Stormarn.svg|[[Stormarn (gau)|Stormarn]]
File:Coat of Wends.png|''[[King of the Wends]]''/[[Funen]]
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==Related symbols==
[[File:Small coat of arms of Estonia.svg|thumb|right|130px|Small Coat of arms of [[Estonia]]]]
* The [[coat of arms of Estonia]] and its capital, [[coat of arms of Tallinn|Tallinn]]
* The [[coat of arms of Schleswig]] (also represented in the coat of arms of Denmark's royal family)
* The coats of arms of the towns of [[Ribe]], [[Varde]], [[Halmstad]] and [[Ystad]].
* The [[coat of arms of Schleswig#Denmark|coat of arms]] of the former [[South Jutland County]]
* The coat of arms of the former [[North Jutland County]]
* The [[Lüneburg (district)#Coat of arms|coat of arms]] of the German district of [[Lüneburg (district)|Lüneburg]]
* The [[coat of arms of Schleswig#Germany|coat of arms]] of [[Schleswig-Holstein]]
* The coats of arms of the German town of [[Dannenberg (Elbe)|Dannenberg]]
* The coat of arms of the [[Estonian Knighthood]]
* The personal arms of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] contained the arms of Denmark in the first (upper left) quarter of the shield, and the sinister (left-side) supporter was based on the [[woodwose|savage]] from the Danish arms. He used them on account of his descent from the [[List of kings of Greece|Greek]] [[House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]] branch of the Danish [[House of Oldenburg]].
* The Danish lion and hearts is featured in the [[Order of Saints George and Constantine]] and the [[Order of Saints Olga and Sophia]], awarded by the [[Greek royal family]].
==See also==
{{Portal|Kingdom of Denmark|Denmark|Faroe Islands|Heraldry}}
* [[Coat of arms of Greenland]]
* [[Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands]]
* [[Danish heraldry]]
* [[Royal Arms of England]]
* [[Flag of Denmark]]
* [[Coat of arms of Estonia]]
* [[Lion (heraldry)]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Armiger" title="Armiger">Armiger</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frederik_X" title="Frederik X">Frederik X</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Monarchy_of_Denmark" title="Monarchy of Denmark">King of Denmark</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">First documented in the 1190s. Modified 1819. Designated as dynastic arms 1959. Last modified 5 July 1972</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Crest_(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">Crest</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Crown_of_Christian_V" title="Crown of Christian V">Crown of King Christian V</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Torse" title="Torse">Torse</a></th><td class="infobox-data">tasseled strings Or</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Blazon" title="Blazon">Blazon</a></th><td class="infobox-data">A shield quartered by a cross argent fimbriated gules, first and fourth quarter Or, three <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lion_(heraldry)" title="Lion (heraldry)">lions</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Attitude_(heraldry)#Passant" title="Attitude (heraldry)">passant</a> in pale azure crowned and armed Or langued gules, nine lily pads gules (for Denmark); second quarter Or, two lions passant in pale azure armed Or langued gules (for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Duchy_of_Schleswig" title="Duchy of Schleswig">Schleswig</a>); third quarter azure, party per fess, in base per pale; in chief three crowns Or (for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kalmar_Union" title="Kalmar Union">Kalmar Union</a>), in dexter base a ram passant argent armed and unguled Or (for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a>), in sinister base a polar bear rampant argent (for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>). Overall an escutcheon Or two bars gules (for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Duchy_of_Oldenburg" title="Duchy of Oldenburg">Oldenburg</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">Supporters</a></th><td class="infobox-data">two <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wild_man" title="Wild man">wild men</a> armed with clubs <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Proper_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Proper (heraldry)">Proper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Compartment_(heraldry)" title="Compartment (heraldry)">Compartment</a></th><td class="infobox-data">pedestal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Magnanimi Pretium</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Order_(distinction)" title="Order (distinction)">Order(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Order_of_the_Dannebrog" title="Order of the Dannebrog">Order of the Dannebrog</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Order_of_the_Elephant" title="Order of the Elephant">Order of the Elephant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other elements</th><td class="infobox-data">The monarch places this coat of arms on a mantle gules lined with Ermine. Above the mantle is a pavilion gules again topped with the royal crown.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Earlier version(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">24 August 1815</td></tr></tbody></table>
<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Relief_CoA_Danemark_Champs_Elys%C3%A9es_Paris.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Relief_CoA_Danemark_Champs_Elys%C3%A9es_Paris.jpg/220px-Relief_CoA_Danemark_Champs_Elys%C3%A9es_Paris.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Relief_CoA_Danemark_Champs_Elys%C3%A9es_Paris.jpg/330px-Relief_CoA_Danemark_Champs_Elys%C3%A9es_Paris.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Relief_CoA_Danemark_Champs_Elys%C3%A9es_Paris.jpg/440px-Relief_CoA_Danemark_Champs_Elys%C3%A9es_Paris.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3006" data-file-height="2134" /></a><figcaption>Relief of the coat of arms at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Danish_House_in_Paris" title="Danish House in Paris">Danish House in Paris</a></figcaption></figure>
<p>The <b>coat of arms of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></b> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a>: <i lang="da">Danmarks rigsvåben</i>) has a lesser and a greater version.
</p><p>The state coat of arms (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">rigsvåben</i></span>) consists of three pale blue <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lion_(heraldry)" title="Lion (heraldry)">lions</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Attitude_(heraldry)#Passant" title="Attitude (heraldry)">passant</a> wearing <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Crown_(heraldic_charge)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown (heraldic charge)">crowns</a>, accompanied by nine red lilypads (normally represented as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Seeblatt" title="Seeblatt">heraldic hearts</a>), all in a golden shield with the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Danish_Crown_Regalia" title="Danish Crown Regalia">royal crown</a> on top.
</p><p>The national coat of arms of Denmark (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">nationalvåben</i></span> — also called <span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">lille våben</i></span>) is similar to the state coat of arms, but without the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Crown_(headgear)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown (headgear)">royal crown</a> above the shield.
</p><p>It is historically the coat of arms of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/House_of_Estridsen" title="House of Estridsen">House of Estridsen</a>, the dynasty which provided the kings of Denmark between 1047 and 1412. The current design was introduced in 1819, under <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frederick_VI_of_Denmark" title="Frederick VI of Denmark">Frederick VI</a>. Previously, there had been no distinction between the "national" and the "royal" coat of arms. Since 1819, there has been a more complex royal coat of arms of Denmark (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">kongevåben</i></span>) separate from the national coat of arms (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">rigsvåben</i></span>).
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Other_members_of_the_royal_family"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Other members of the royal family</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Elements_currently_used_in_the_arms"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Elements currently used in the arms</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Elements_formerly_used_in_the_arms"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Elements formerly used in the arms</span></a></li>
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<figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Gelre_Folio_55v.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Gelre_Folio_55v.jpg/200px-Gelre_Folio_55v.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Gelre_Folio_55v.jpg/300px-Gelre_Folio_55v.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Gelre_Folio_55v.jpg/400px-Gelre_Folio_55v.jpg 2x" data-file-width="995" data-file-height="1491" /></a><figcaption>The Danish coat of arms in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gelre_Armorial" title="Gelre Armorial">Gelre Armorial</a>, 14th century. This is the oldest coloured image of the <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Flag_of_Denmark" title="Flag of Denmark">Dannebrog</a>.</i> The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Crest_(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">crest</a> was used by Danish monarchs from the 13th century until <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1420</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rigsarkivet_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rigsarkivet-1">[1]</a></sup> The flag is not part of the crest.</figcaption></figure>
<p>The oldest known depiction of the insignia dates from a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Seal_(device)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seal (device)">seal</a> used by King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Canute_VI_of_Denmark" title="Canute VI of Denmark">Canute VI</a> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1194</span>. The oldest documentation for the colours dates from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1270</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rigsarkivet_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rigsarkivet-1">[1]</a></sup>
</p><p>Historically, the lions faced the viewer and the number of hearts was not regulated and could be much higher. The "heart" shapes originally represented <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nymphaea_alba" title="Nymphaea alba">waterlily</a> pads; a royal decree of 1972 still specifies these figures as <span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Seeblatt" title="Seeblatt">søblade</a></i></span> ("lake leaves").
</p><p>The current design was adopted in 1819 during the reign of King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frederick_VI_of_Denmark" title="Frederick VI of Denmark">Frederick VI</a> who fixed the number of hearts to nine and decreed that the heraldic beasts were lions, consequently facing forward.
A rare version exists from the reign of king <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eric_of_Pomerania" title="Eric of Pomerania">Eric of Pomerania</a> in which the three lions jointly hold the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Flag_of_Denmark" title="Flag of Denmark">Danish banner</a>, in a similar fashion as in the coat of arms of the former <a href="/enwiki/wiki/South_Jutland_County" title="South Jutland County">South Jutland County</a>.
Until <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1960</span>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> used both a "small" and a "large" coat of arms, similar to the system still used in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Sweden" title="Coat of arms of Sweden">Sweden</a>. The latter symbol held wide use within the government administration, e.g., by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Foreign_Ministry_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Ministry of Denmark">Foreign Ministry</a>. Since this time, the latter symbol has been classified as the coat of arms of the royal family, leaving Denmark with only one national coat of arms, used for all official purposes.
</p><p>The crown on the shield is a heraldic construction based on the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Crown_of_Christian_V" title="Crown of Christian V">crown</a> of King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_V_of_Denmark" title="Christian V of Denmark">Christian V</a>, not to be confused with the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Crown_of_Christian_IV" title="Crown of Christian IV">crown</a> of King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_IV_of_Denmark" title="Christian IV of Denmark">Christian IV</a>. The main difference from the real crown is that the latter is covered with <i>table cut</i> (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">taffelsten</i></span>) <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Diamonds" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamonds">diamonds</a> rather than pearls. Both crowns, and other royal insignia, are located in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rosenborg_Castle" title="Rosenborg Castle">Rosenborg Castle</a> in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>.
</p><p>The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Blazon" title="Blazon">blazon</a> in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldic</a> terms is: <i>Or, three lions passant in pale azure crowned and armed Or langued gules, nine hearts Gules.</i>
</p><p>This insignia is almost identical to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Estonia" title="Coat of arms of Estonia">coat of arms of Estonia</a> and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Tallinn" title="Coat of arms of Tallinn">greater coat of arms of Tallinn</a> which can both be traced directly back to King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Valdemar_II_of_Denmark" title="Valdemar II of Denmark">Valdemar II</a> and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Danish_Estonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish Estonia">Danish rule</a> in northern <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a> in 1219–1346. The main differences are as follows: In the Danish coat of arms the lions are crowned, face forward, and accompanied by nine hearts. In the Estonian coat of arms, the "leopards" still face the viewer, they are not crowned, and no hearts are present. The coat of arms of Tallinn resembles the Estonian arms, but the leopards in the former arms are crowned with golden crowns<sup id="cite_ref-Tallinn_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tallinn-2">[2]</a></sup> similar to the ones in the Danish arms. It shows great similarities with the contemporary insignia of England's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Richard_I_of_England" title="Richard I of England">Richard the Lionheart</a> and the current arms of the German state of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Baden-Württemberg">Baden-Württemberg</a>. The Danish coat of arms has also been the inspiration for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Schleswig" title="Coat of arms of Schleswig">coat of arms</a> of the former <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Duchy_of_Schleswig" title="Duchy of Schleswig">Duchy of Schleswig</a>, a former Danish province (two blue lions in a golden shield). The hearts of the coat of arms also appear in the coat of arms of the German district of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/L%C3%BCneburg_(district)" title="Lüneburg (district)">Lüneburg</a>.
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<p>The Royal Coat of Arms is more complex. The current version was established by royal decree 5 July 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-Kongehuset_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kongehuset-3">[3]</a></sup> It is much simpler than previous versions.
</p><p>The shield is quartered by a silver cross fimbriated in red, derived from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Flag_of_Denmark" title="Flag of Denmark">Danish flag</a>, the <span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Dannebrog</i></span>. The first and fourth quarters represent Denmark by three crowned lions passant accompanied by nine hearts; the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Schleswig" title="Coat of arms of Schleswig">second quarter</a> contains two lions passant representing <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Schleswig" class="mw-redirect" title="Schleswig">Schleswig</a>, a former Danish province now divided between Denmark and Germany; the third quarter contains a total of three symbols. The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Three_Crowns" title="Three Crowns">Three Crowns</a> are officially interpreted as a symbol of the former <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kalmar_Union" title="Kalmar Union">Kalmar Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> The silver <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ram_(sheep)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ram (sheep)">ram</a> on blue represents the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a> and the similarly coloured <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Polar_bear" title="Polar bear">polar bear</a> represents <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>.
</p><p>The centre <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Escutcheon_(heraldry)" title="Escutcheon (heraldry)">escutcheon</a>, two red bars on a golden shield, represents the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/House_of_Oldenburg" title="House of Oldenburg">House of Oldenburg</a>, the former royal dynasty that ruled <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Norway" title="Denmark–Norway">Denmark and Norway</a> from the middle of the fifteenth century. When the senior branch of this dynasty became extinct in 1863, the crown passed to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_IX_of_Denmark" title="Christian IX of Denmark">Prince Christian</a> of the cadet branch <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl%C3%BCcksburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg">Glücksburg</a>, whose descendants have reigned in Denmark ever since. The House of Glücksburg continues the use of the arms of the old Oldenburg dynasty, and the symbol is still officially referred to by its old association.
</p><p>Two <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Woodwose" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodwose">woodwoses</a> (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">vildmænd</i></span>) act as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Supporters" class="mw-redirect" title="Supporters">supporters</a>; this element can be traced back to the early reign of the Oldenburg dynasty.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>
Similar supporters were used in the former <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Prussia" title="Coat of arms of Prussia">arms of Prussia</a>. The shield features the insignias of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Order_of_the_Dannebrog" title="Order of the Dannebrog">Order of the Dannebrog</a> and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Order_of_the_Elephant" title="Order of the Elephant">Order of the Elephant</a> around it.
</p><p>The shield and supporters are framed by a royal <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)" title="Ermine (heraldry)">ermine</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Robe" title="Robe">robe</a>, surmounted by a royal crown.
</p><p>A blazon in heraldic terms is: <i>A shield quartered by a cross argent fimbriated gules, first and fourth quarter Or, three lions passant in pale azure crowned and armed Or langued gules, nine hearts gules (for Denmark); second quarter Or, two lions passant in pale azure armed Or langued gules (for Schleswig); third quarter azure, party per fess, in base per pale; in chief three crowns Or (for the Kalmar Union), in dexter base a ram passant argent armed and unguled Or (for the Faroe Islands), in sinister base a polar bear rampant argent (for Greenland). Overall an escutcheon Or two bars gules (for Oldenburg) the whole surrounded by the Collars of the Order of the Dannebrog and the Order of the Elephant. Supporters two woodwoses armed with clubs Proper standing on a pedestal. All surrounded by a mantle gules doubled ermine crowned with a royal crown and tied up with tasseled strings Or.</i>
</p><p>The royal coat of arms has since around 1960 been reserved exclusively for use by the monarch, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Danish_royal_family" title="Danish royal family">royal family</a>, the Royal Guards and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Royal_court" title="Royal court">royal court</a> according to royal decree. A select number of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Royal_warrant_of_appointment" title="Royal warrant of appointment">purveyors to the Danish royal family</a> are also allowed to use the royal insignia.
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<p>In late medieval heraldry, coats of arms that used to be associated with noble families became attached to the territories that had been ruled by these families, and coats of arms used by individual rulers were <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Division_of_the_field" title="Division of the field">composed</a> of the coats of arms of the territories they ruled. In the case of Denmark, the coat of arms of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/House_of_Estridsen" title="House of Estridsen">House of Estridsen</a> with the extinction of the dynasty became the "coat of arms of Denmark". <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Olaf_II_of_Denmark" title="Olaf II of Denmark">Olaf II of Denmark</a> (and IV of Norway) succeeded his maternal grandfather <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Valdemar_IV_of_Denmark" title="Valdemar IV of Denmark">Valdemar IV</a> in 1376. He was the first king to rule Norway and Denmark in personal union. Olaf on his seal still displayed the Estridsen (for Denmark) and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/House_of_Sverre" title="House of Sverre">Sverre</a> (for Norway) coats of arms in two separate shields. The custom of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Division_of_the_field" title="Division of the field">dividing the field</a> arises with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eric_of_Pomerania" title="Eric of Pomerania">Eric of Pomerania</a> at the end of the 14th century.
</p><p>The modern "royal coat of arms of Denmark" is the continuation of this tradition of the Danish monarch using his or her personal coat of arms after the end of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Norway" title="Denmark–Norway">personal union of Denmark and Norway</a>.
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<td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Valdemar_IV_of_Denmark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Coat_of_arms_of_Valdemar_IV_of_Denmark.svg/160px-Coat_of_arms_of_Valdemar_IV_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Coat_of_arms_of_Valdemar_IV_of_Denmark.svg/240px-Coat_of_arms_of_Valdemar_IV_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Coat_of_arms_of_Valdemar_IV_of_Denmark.svg/320px-Coat_of_arms_of_Valdemar_IV_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="559" data-file-height="559" /></a></span>
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<td align="center"> • <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Valdemar_IV_of_Denmark" title="Valdemar IV of Denmark">Valdemar IV of Denmark</a><br />
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<td>Coat of arms of Valdemar IV of Denmark.
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<td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_I_of_Denmark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_I_of_Denmark.jpg/160px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_I_of_Denmark.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_I_of_Denmark.jpg/240px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_I_of_Denmark.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_I_of_Denmark.jpg/320px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Margaret_I_of_Denmark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="614" data-file-height="616" /></a></span>
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<td align="center"> • <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Margaret_I_of_Denmark" title="Margaret I of Denmark">Margaret I of Denmark</a><br />
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<td>The Arms of Margaret I of Denmark with the heraldry of Denmark (left field), Sweden (right field {<a href="/enwiki/wiki/House_of_Bjelbo" title="House of Bjelbo">House of Bjelbo</a>}) and Norway (escutcheon) with 3 crowns in the center.
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<td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Armoiries_medievales_d_Eric_de_Pom%C3%A9ranie_1382-1459.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Armoiries_medievales_d_Eric_de_Pom%C3%A9ranie_1382-1459.svg/160px-Armoiries_medievales_d_Eric_de_Pom%C3%A9ranie_1382-1459.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Armoiries_medievales_d_Eric_de_Pom%C3%A9ranie_1382-1459.svg/240px-Armoiries_medievales_d_Eric_de_Pom%C3%A9ranie_1382-1459.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Armoiries_medievales_d_Eric_de_Pom%C3%A9ranie_1382-1459.svg/320px-Armoiries_medievales_d_Eric_de_Pom%C3%A9ranie_1382-1459.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="674" data-file-height="831" /></a></span>
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<td align="center"> • <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eric_of_Pomerania" title="Eric of Pomerania">Eric of Pomerania</a><br />
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<td>Coat of arms of King Eric VII of Denmark and III of Norway (ruled in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kalmar_Union" title="Kalmar Union">personal union</a>, 1396–1439). The colour of the cross over all, here shown in red, is unattested; Christian I has a silver cross (or cross potent) superimposed on the red cross, later designs seem to favour gold.
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<td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Christian_I_of_Denmark_Coat_of_Arms_1457-1460.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Christian_I_of_Denmark_Coat_of_Arms_1457-1460.svg/160px-Christian_I_of_Denmark_Coat_of_Arms_1457-1460.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Christian_I_of_Denmark_Coat_of_Arms_1457-1460.svg/240px-Christian_I_of_Denmark_Coat_of_Arms_1457-1460.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Christian_I_of_Denmark_Coat_of_Arms_1457-1460.svg/320px-Christian_I_of_Denmark_Coat_of_Arms_1457-1460.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span>
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<td align="center"> • King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_I_of_Denmark" title="Christian I of Denmark">Christian I</a><br />
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<td>Coat of arms of Christian I as used during the late 1450s; introduces the arms of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/House_of_Oldenburg" title="House of Oldenburg">House of Oldenburg</a> as inescutcheon.
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<td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Royal_Arms_of_Norway_%26_Denmark_(1559-1699).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Royal_Arms_of_Norway_%26_Denmark_%281559-1699%29.svg/160px-Royal_Arms_of_Norway_%26_Denmark_%281559-1699%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Royal_Arms_of_Norway_%26_Denmark_%281559-1699%29.svg/240px-Royal_Arms_of_Norway_%26_Denmark_%281559-1699%29.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Royal_Arms_of_Norway_%26_Denmark_%281559-1699%29.svg/320px-Royal_Arms_of_Norway_%26_Denmark_%281559-1699%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="373" data-file-height="425" /></a></span>
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<td align="center"> • King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_IV_of_Denmark" title="Christian IV of Denmark">Christian IV</a><br />
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<td>Coat of arms of Christian IV
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<td align="center"> • King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frederick_IV_of_Denmark" title="Frederick IV of Denmark">Frederick IV</a><br />
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<td>Greater coat of arms of Denmark and Norway used during 1699–1819
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<td align="center"> • King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frederick_VI_of_Denmark" title="Frederick VI of Denmark">Frederick VI</a><br /> • King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_VIII_of_Denmark" title="Christian VIII of Denmark">Christian VIII</a><br /> • King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frederick_VII_of_Denmark" title="Frederick VII of Denmark">Frederick VII</a><br /> • King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_IX_of_Denmark" title="Christian IX of Denmark">Christian IX</a>
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<td>Greater coat of arms of Denmark used from 1819 to 1903. This was the first Danish arms following the replacement of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Norway" title="Coat of arms of Norway">Norwegian lion</a> with the coat of arms of the three former parts of Norway that Denmark retained after 1814: the stockfish of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>, the ram of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a>, and the polar bear of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>.
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<td align="center"> • King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_IX_of_Denmark" title="Christian IX of Denmark">Christian IX</a><br /> • King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frederik_VIII_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederik VIII of Denmark">Frederik VIII</a><br /> • King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_X_of_Denmark" title="Christian X of Denmark">Christian X</a>
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<td>Greater coat of arms of Denmark. This version was used from 1903 to 1948. This was the only version of the Danish arms in which <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> was represented by a falcon rather than its traditional stockfish arms.
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<td align="center"> • King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frederik_IX_of_Denmark" title="Frederik IX of Denmark">Frederik IX</a>
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<td>Greater coat of arms of Denmark. This version was used from 1948 to 1972. The falcon of Iceland was removed belatedly after the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Founding_of_the_Republic_of_Iceland" class="mw-redirect" title="Founding of the Republic of Iceland">independence of Iceland</a> from Denmark in 1944. The change was implemented after the death of king <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_X_of_Denmark" title="Christian X of Denmark">Christian X</a>, who used the style "king of Denmark and Iceland" until his death. In 1959, the "three-lions" insignia became the sole national coat of arms, and the previous "greater coat of arms" was designated as the coat of arms of the Danish royal family.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup>
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<figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Skibsflaget_fra_Mariakirken_i_L%C3%BCbeck.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Skibsflaget_fra_Mariakirken_i_L%C3%BCbeck.png/300px-Skibsflaget_fra_Mariakirken_i_L%C3%BCbeck.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Skibsflaget_fra_Mariakirken_i_L%C3%BCbeck.png/450px-Skibsflaget_fra_Mariakirken_i_L%C3%BCbeck.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Skibsflaget_fra_Mariakirken_i_L%C3%BCbeck.png/600px-Skibsflaget_fra_Mariakirken_i_L%C3%BCbeck.png 2x" data-file-width="2951" data-file-height="991" /></a><figcaption>A medieval ship flag captured by forces from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck" title="Lübeck">Lübeck</a> in the 1420s showing the arms of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Pomerania. The original flag was destroyed in World War II during a British attack on the city, but a 19th-century copy remains in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frederiksborg_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederiksborg Palace">Frederiksborg Palace</a>, Denmark. The saint accompanying the Virgin Mary and infant Christ is Saint <a href="/enwiki/wiki/James,_son_of_Zebedee" class="mw-redirect" title="James, son of Zebedee">James the Greater</a>, identified by his <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Scallop" title="Scallop">scallop</a> shell emblem. <span class="mw-default-size noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:FIAV_000001.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="War ensign"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/FIAV_000001.svg/23px-FIAV_000001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/FIAV_000001.svg/35px-FIAV_000001.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/FIAV_000001.svg/46px-FIAV_000001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="210" /></a></span></figcaption></figure>
<figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Knud_den_Sjettes_segl.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Knud_den_Sjettes_segl.png/300px-Knud_den_Sjettes_segl.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Knud_den_Sjettes_segl.png/450px-Knud_den_Sjettes_segl.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Knud_den_Sjettes_segl.png/600px-Knud_den_Sjettes_segl.png 2x" data-file-width="1956" data-file-height="1059" /></a><figcaption>The earliest known example of the Danish coat of arms, the seal of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Canute_VI_of_Denmark" title="Canute VI of Denmark">Canute VI</a>, 1190s. The only known copy of this insignia was discovered in 1879 in the Grand Ducal archive of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a>, Germany. Note the king's closed crown which differs from the open crowns shown on the seals of his successors, and the shield that is <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sem%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Semé">semé</a> of hearts rather than showing only nine.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup></figcaption></figure>
<p>The current version of the arms, established by royal decree 5 July 1972,<sup id="cite_ref-Kongehuset_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kongehuset-3">[3]</a></sup> is greatly simplified from the previous version which contained seven additional sub-coats representing five territories formerly ruled by the Danish kings and two medieval titles: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Holstein" title="Holstein">Holstein</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stormarn_(gau)" title="Stormarn (gau)">Stormarn</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dithmarschen" title="Dithmarschen">Dithmarschen</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Saxe-Lauenburg" title="Saxe-Lauenburg">Lauenburg</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Delmenhorst" title="Delmenhorst">Delmenhorst</a>, and <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/King_of_the_Wends" title="King of the Wends">King of the Wends</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/King_of_the_Goths" title="King of the Goths">Goths</a>.</i>
A crowned silver <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stockfish" title="Stockfish">stockfish</a> on red was formerly included to represent <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>, but due to Icelandic opposition, this symbol was replaced in 1903 by a silver <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Falcon" title="Falcon">falcon</a> on blue. The falcon was in turn removed from the royal arms in 1948 following the death of King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_X_of_Denmark" title="Christian X of Denmark">Christian X</a> in 1947 and reflecting the 1944 breakup of the Dano-Icelandic union.
</p><p>The following list is based on research by Danish heraldist Erling Svane.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> Danish names are shown in brackets.
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> (<span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">Norge</i></span>): 1398 – <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1819</span>: <i>Gules, a lion rampant crowned and bearing an axe Or bladed argent.</i> The union with Norway was dissolved in 1814 as a result of the Napoleonic Wars.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> (<span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Sverige</i></span>): 1398 - <i>Azure, three bars argent surmounted by a lion rampant Or</i>. The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Folkung" title="Folkung">Folkung</a> lion, the arms of Sweden until 1364. Only used during the reign of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eric_of_Pomerania" title="Eric of Pomerania">Eric of Pomerania</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pomerania" title="Pomerania">Pomerania</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Pommern</i></span>): 1398 - <i>Argent, a griffin segreant gules</i>. Only used during the reign of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eric_of_Pomerania" title="Eric of Pomerania">Eric of Pomerania</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bavaria" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bayern</i></span>): 1440 - <i>Lozengy argent and azure.</i> Only used during the reign of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christopher_of_Bavaria" title="Christopher of Bavaria">Christopher of Bavaria</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Electoral_Palatinate" title="Electoral Palatinate">Palatinate</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Pfalz</i></span>): 1440 - <i>Sable, a lion rampant crowned Or.</i> Only used during the reign of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christopher_of_Bavaria" title="Christopher of Bavaria">Christopher of Bavaria</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/King_of_the_Wends" title="King of the Wends">King of the Wends</a> (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">de venders konge</i></span> / <span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Vendernes Konge</i></span>): 1440–1972: <i>Gules, a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lindworm" title="Lindworm">lindorm</a> crowned Or.</i> Early examples of this insignia also exist with a blue shield. Canute VI proclaimed himself <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Rex Sclavorum</i></span> (King of Slavs). From the reign of Valdemar IV this title was known as King of the Wends. This symbol was later also interpreted as the coat of arms of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Funen" title="Funen">Funen</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> and appeared in the official insignia of the now-defunct <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Royal_Danish_Army" title="Royal Danish Army">army</a> regiment <span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fynske_Livregiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Fynske Livregiment">Fynske Livregiment</a></i></span>. It should not be confused with the similar insignia of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bornholm" title="Bornholm">Bornholm</a>, also formerly included in the Danish arms.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/King_of_the_Goths" title="King of the Goths">King of the Goths</a> (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">de gothers konge</i></span> / <span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Gothernes Konge</i></span>): 1449–1972: <i>Or, nine hearts 4, 3 and 2 Gules, in chief a lion passant Azure.</i> Derived from the arms of Denmark and originally the arms of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_Dukes_of_Halland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Dukes of Halland">Dukes of</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Halland" title="Halland">Halland</a>. The lion is almost never crowned. This symbol was later also interpreted as the coat of arms of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jutland" title="Jutland">Jutland</a>. It appears on the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stern" title="Stern">stern</a> of the 19th century <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigate</a> <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jylland_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jylland (ship)">Jylland</a></i> and in the official insignia of the army regiment <span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jydske_Dragonregiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Jydske Dragonregiment">Jydske Dragonregiment</a></i></span>.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Holstein" title="Holstein">Holstein</a> (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Holsten</i></span>): 1440–1972: <i>Gules, a nettle leaf between three passion nails in pairle argent.</i> Derived from the coat of arms of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Counts_of_Schauenburg_and_Holstein" title="Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein">counts of Schauenburg</a>; a silver shield with a red <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Line_(heraldry)" title="Line (heraldry)">indented</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bordure" title="Bordure">bordure</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stormarn_(gau)" title="Stormarn (gau)">Stormarn</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Stormarn</i></span>): 1496–1972: <i>Gules, a swan argent gorged of a crown Or.</i></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Delmenhorst" title="Delmenhorst">Delmenhorst</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Delmenhorst</i></span>): 1531–1972: <i>Azure, a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cross_patt%C3%A9e" title="Cross pattée">cross pattée</a> Or.</i></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dithmarschen" title="Dithmarschen">Dithmarschen</a> (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Ditmarsken</i></span>): 1563 - <i>Gules, a knight armed cap-à-pie Or mounted on a horse argent and bearing a shield azure charged with a cross pattée Or.</i> Frederick II conquered Dithmarschen in 1559.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> (<span title="Icelandic-language text"><i lang="is">Island</i></span>): 16th century – 1903: <i>Gules, a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stockfish" title="Stockfish">stockfish</a> argent ensigned by a crown Or</i>. The symbol had been associated with Iceland from the early 16th century. First included in the arms of Frederick II. From 1903 to 1948 different arms were used, viz. <i>Azure, a falcon argent.</i> Iceland dissolved the union with Denmark in 1944, and following the death of King Christian X in 1947, the new King Frederik IX decided to remove the falcon from his arms. This change took place by royal decree on 6 July 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gotland" title="Gotland">Gotland</a> (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Gotland</i></span> / archaic: <span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Gulland</i></span>): <i>Gules, a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lamb_of_God" title="Lamb of God">Holy Lamb</a> argent</i>. First included by King Frederick II. Last used during the reign of King Frederick VI.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Saaremaa" title="Saaremaa">Saaremaa</a> (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Øsel</i></span>): from 1603, last used by King Frederick VI: <i>Azure, an eagle displayed sable</i>. Several historians have explained this violation of the heraldic <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rule_of_tincture" title="Rule of tincture">rule of tincture</a> as the black colour being the result of an oxidation of white paint containing <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lead" title="Lead">lead</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fehmarn" title="Fehmarn">Fehmarn</a> (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Femern</i></span>): from 1666, last used by King Frederick VI: <i>Azure, a crown Or</i>.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bornholm" title="Bornholm">Bornholm</a> (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Bornholm</i></span>): from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1665</span>, last used by King Frederick VI: <i>Gules, a dragon Or.</i></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Saxe-Lauenburg" title="Saxe-Lauenburg">Lauenburg</a> (<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Lauenborg</i></span>): 1819–1972: <i>Gules, a horse's head couped argent</i>. Derived from the German <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sachsenross" class="mw-redirect" title="Sachsenross">Sachsenross</a></i></span> arms which shows a silver horse on red.</li></ul>
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<p>Various versions of the Danish Royal Arms are used by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_unity_of_the_Realm" class="mw-redirect" title="The unity of the Realm">Kingdom</a>: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cabinet_of_Denmark" title="Cabinet of Denmark">Government</a>, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Parliament</a> and courts. The Kingdom Government and its agencies generally use a simplified version of the Royal Arms without the mantle, the pavilion and the topped royal crown.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> This simplified Royal Arms also feature on the cover of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Danish_passport" title="Danish passport">passports</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Denmark" title="List of diplomatic missions of Denmark">embassies and consulates</a> of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kingdom_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Denmark">Kingdom of Denmark</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup>
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<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian,_Crown_Prince_of_Denmark" title="Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark">Crown Prince Christian</a>
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<td>Crown Prince Christian’s coat of arms is similar to the royal coat of arms except for the heir apparent's crown and the purple mantle.
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<td align="center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Prince_Joachim_of_Denmark" title="Prince Joachim of Denmark">Prince Joachim</a>
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<td>Prince Joachim's coat of arms is similar to the royal coat of arms except the inescutcheon, which is divided with the first being that of the House of Oldenburg and second being that of the House of de Laborde de Monpezat. The crown is that of a Prince of Denmark.
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<td>Princess Marie's coat of arms is composed of the shield of arms of her husband impaled with those of her own, granted to her in 2010. A horseman, representing her maiden name Cavallier (meaning knight or horseman) is depicted Azure. The secondary charge is a combination of the Danish and French national symbols; a heart and a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fleur_de_lys" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleur de lys">fleur de lys</a>. Three red hearts (symbolising Denmark) are cut with the fleur de lys (symbolising France).
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<div class="gallerytext">Seal of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eric_V_of_Denmark" title="Eric V of Denmark">Eric V Klipping</a> (reigned 1259–86)</div>
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<div class="gallerytext">Seal of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eric_VI_of_Denmark" title="Eric VI of Denmark">Eric VI Menved</a> (reigned 1286–1319). The two eagles are references to his mother, Agnes of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a>.</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Valdemaratterdagsseglsomjunker.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of Valdemar IV Atterdag (reigned 1340–75), early 1340s"><img alt="Seal of Valdemar IV Atterdag (reigned 1340–75), early 1340s" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Valdemaratterdagsseglsomjunker.jpg/120px-Valdemaratterdagsseglsomjunker.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Valdemaratterdagsseglsomjunker.jpg/180px-Valdemaratterdagsseglsomjunker.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Valdemaratterdagsseglsomjunker.jpg/240px-Valdemaratterdagsseglsomjunker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="524" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext">Seal of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Valdemar_IV_of_Denmark" title="Valdemar IV of Denmark">Valdemar IV Atterdag</a> (reigned 1340–75), early 1340s</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Waldemar_IV_Otherday_of_Denmark_c_1375.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fresco of Valdemar IV Atterdag as king. Notice the crest on the Danish coat of arms, Saint Peter's Church, Næstved."><img alt="Fresco of Valdemar IV Atterdag as king. Notice the crest on the Danish coat of arms, Saint Peter's Church, Næstved." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Waldemar_IV_Otherday_of_Denmark_c_1375.jpg/114px-Waldemar_IV_Otherday_of_Denmark_c_1375.jpg" decoding="async" width="114" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Waldemar_IV_Otherday_of_Denmark_c_1375.jpg/171px-Waldemar_IV_Otherday_of_Denmark_c_1375.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Waldemar_IV_Otherday_of_Denmark_c_1375.jpg/228px-Waldemar_IV_Otherday_of_Denmark_c_1375.jpg 2x" data-file-width="575" data-file-height="604" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext">Fresco of Valdemar IV Atterdag as king. Notice the crest on the Danish coat of arms, Saint Peter's Church, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/N%C3%A6stved" title="Næstved">Næstved</a>.</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Erik_af_Pommerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png" class="mw-file-description" title="One of the seals of Eric VII "of Pomerania", 1398. The three Danish lions carry a Danish flag (top-left corner)."><img alt="One of the seals of Eric VII "of Pomerania", 1398. The three Danish lions carry a Danish flag (top-left corner)." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Erik_af_Pommerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png/120px-Erik_af_Pommerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Erik_af_Pommerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png/180px-Erik_af_Pommerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Erik_af_Pommerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png/240px-Erik_af_Pommerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png 2x" data-file-width="1616" data-file-height="1610" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext">One of the seals of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eric_of_Pomerania" title="Eric of Pomerania">Eric VII "of Pomerania"</a>, 1398. The three Danish lions carry a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Flag_of_Denmark" title="Flag of Denmark">Danish flag</a> (top-left corner).</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Christoffer_af_Bayerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of Christopher III "of Bavaria", 1440s"><img alt="Seal of Christopher III "of Bavaria", 1440s" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Christoffer_af_Bayerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png/120px-Christoffer_af_Bayerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Christoffer_af_Bayerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png/180px-Christoffer_af_Bayerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Christoffer_af_Bayerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png/240px-Christoffer_af_Bayerns_majest%C3%A6tssegl.png 2x" data-file-width="1489" data-file-height="1475" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext">Seal of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christopher_of_Bavaria" title="Christopher of Bavaria">Christopher III "of Bavaria"</a>, 1440s</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1449.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Sigilum secretum of Christian I, 1449"><img alt="Sigilum secretum of Christian I, 1449" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1449.png/120px-Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1449.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1449.png/180px-Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1449.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1449.png/240px-Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1449.png 2x" data-file-width="901" data-file-height="897" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Sigilum secretum</i></span> of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_I_of_Denmark" title="Christian I of Denmark">Christian I</a>, 1449</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1457-1460.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Sigilum secretum of Christian I, 1457–60"><img alt="Sigilum secretum of Christian I, 1457–60" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1457-1460.png/120px-Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1457-1460.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1457-1460.png/180px-Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1457-1460.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1457-1460.png/240px-Christian_den_F%C3%B8rstes_sekret_1457-1460.png 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="940" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Sigilum secretum</i></span> of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_I_of_Denmark" title="Christian I of Denmark">Christian I</a>, 1457–60</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:KongHans_segl_b-028.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of King Hans (reigned 1481–1513)"><img alt="Seal of King Hans (reigned 1481–1513)" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/KongHans_segl_b-028.jpg/117px-KongHans_segl_b-028.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/KongHans_segl_b-028.jpg/175px-KongHans_segl_b-028.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/KongHans_segl_b-028.jpg/233px-KongHans_segl_b-028.jpg 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="405" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext">Seal of King <a href="/enwiki/wiki/John,_King_of_Denmark" title="John, King of Denmark">Hans</a> (reigned 1481–1513)</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Christian_3_segl.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of Christian III (reigned 1534–59)"><img alt="Seal of Christian III (reigned 1534–59)" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Christian_3_segl.jpg/115px-Christian_3_segl.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Christian_3_segl.jpg/172px-Christian_3_segl.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Christian_3_segl.jpg/229px-Christian_3_segl.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext">Seal of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_III_of_Denmark" title="Christian III of Denmark">Christian III</a> (reigned 1534–59)</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Christian_den_Tredjes_v%C3%A5ben_-_Binck_1550.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Christian III as it appeared in the first Danish-language Bible, 1550"><img alt="Coat of arms of Christian III as it appeared in the first Danish-language Bible, 1550" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Christian_den_Tredjes_v%C3%A5ben_-_Binck_1550.png/86px-Christian_den_Tredjes_v%C3%A5ben_-_Binck_1550.png" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Christian_den_Tredjes_v%C3%A5ben_-_Binck_1550.png/129px-Christian_den_Tredjes_v%C3%A5ben_-_Binck_1550.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Christian_den_Tredjes_v%C3%A5ben_-_Binck_1550.png/172px-Christian_den_Tredjes_v%C3%A5ben_-_Binck_1550.png 2x" data-file-width="2313" data-file-height="3222" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christian_III_of_Denmark" title="Christian III of Denmark">Christian III</a> as it appeared in the first Danish-language Bible, 1550</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Frederick_II_of_Denmark_and_Norway.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Frederick II. Engraving by Jens Bircherod, 1581"><img alt="Coat of arms of Frederick II. Engraving by Jens Bircherod, 1581" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Coat_of_arms_of_Frederick_II_of_Denmark_and_Norway.png/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Frederick_II_of_Denmark_and_Norway.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Coat_of_arms_of_Frederick_II_of_Denmark_and_Norway.png/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Frederick_II_of_Denmark_and_Norway.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Coat_of_arms_of_Frederick_II_of_Denmark_and_Norway.png/240px-Coat_of_arms_of_Frederick_II_of_Denmark_and_Norway.png 2x" data-file-width="2052" data-file-height="1612" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Denmark" title="Frederick II of Denmark">Frederick II</a>. Engraving by Jens Bircherod, 1581</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Erik_XIV_af_Sveriges_pretentionsv%C3%A5ben.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Eric XIV of Sweden added the Norwegian and Danish arms to the Swedish national coat of arms (the two lower quarters). This was one of the main events leading to the Northern Seven Years' War."><img alt="Eric XIV of Sweden added the Norwegian and Danish arms to the Swedish national coat of arms (the two lower quarters). This was one of the main events leading to the Northern Seven Years' War." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Erik_XIV_af_Sveriges_pretentionsv%C3%A5ben.png/57px-Erik_XIV_af_Sveriges_pretentionsv%C3%A5ben.png" decoding="async" width="57" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Erik_XIV_af_Sveriges_pretentionsv%C3%A5ben.png/86px-Erik_XIV_af_Sveriges_pretentionsv%C3%A5ben.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Erik_XIV_af_Sveriges_pretentionsv%C3%A5ben.png/115px-Erik_XIV_af_Sveriges_pretentionsv%C3%A5ben.png 2x" data-file-width="1576" data-file-height="3279" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eric_XIV_of_Sweden" title="Eric XIV of Sweden">Eric XIV of Sweden</a> added the Norwegian and Danish arms to the Swedish national coat of arms (the two lower quarters). This was one of the main events leading to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Northern_Seven_Years%27_War" title="Northern Seven Years' War">Northern Seven Years' War</a>.</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Frederik_den_Andens_v%C3%A5ben_-_Lauterbach_1592.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Frederick II, 1592 engraving"><img alt="Coat of arms of Frederick II, 1592 engraving" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Frederik_den_Andens_v%C3%A5ben_-_Lauterbach_1592.png/99px-Frederik_den_Andens_v%C3%A5ben_-_Lauterbach_1592.png" decoding="async" width="99" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Frederik_den_Andens_v%C3%A5ben_-_Lauterbach_1592.png/149px-Frederik_den_Andens_v%C3%A5ben_-_Lauterbach_1592.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Frederik_den_Andens_v%C3%A5ben_-_Lauterbach_1592.png/199px-Frederik_den_Andens_v%C3%A5ben_-_Lauterbach_1592.png 2x" data-file-width="1971" data-file-height="2379" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Denmark" title="Frederick II of Denmark">Frederick II</a>, 1592 engraving</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:V%C3%A5benskjold_-_Adresseavisen_1767.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms from the first issue of Kongelig allene privilegerede Tronhiems Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger, 1767, showing the arms of Denmark, Norway and the Kalmar Union"><img alt="Coat of arms from the first issue of Kongelig allene privilegerede Tronhiems Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger, 1767, showing the arms of Denmark, Norway and the Kalmar Union" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/V%C3%A5benskjold_-_Adresseavisen_1767.png/120px-V%C3%A5benskjold_-_Adresseavisen_1767.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/V%C3%A5benskjold_-_Adresseavisen_1767.png/180px-V%C3%A5benskjold_-_Adresseavisen_1767.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/V%C3%A5benskjold_-_Adresseavisen_1767.png/240px-V%C3%A5benskjold_-_Adresseavisen_1767.png 2x" data-file-width="292" data-file-height="246" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms from the first issue of <span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Adresseavisen" title="Adresseavisen">Kongelig allene privilegerede Tronhiems Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger</a></i></span>, 1767, showing the arms of Denmark, Norway and the Kalmar Union</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_arms_of_Denmark.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal coat of arms from 1972"><img alt="Royal coat of arms from 1972" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Royal_Coat_of_arms_of_Denmark.png/114px-Royal_Coat_of_arms_of_Denmark.png" decoding="async" width="114" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Royal_Coat_of_arms_of_Denmark.png/171px-Royal_Coat_of_arms_of_Denmark.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Royal_Coat_of_arms_of_Denmark.png/227px-Royal_Coat_of_arms_of_Denmark.png 2x" data-file-width="2585" data-file-height="2728" /></a></span></div>
<div class="gallerytext">Royal coat of arms from 1972</div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands_(Sodacannic).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Faroe Islands"><img alt="Faroe Islands" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands_%28Sodacannic%29.svg/103px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands_%28Sodacannic%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="103" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands_%28Sodacannic%29.svg/154px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands_%28Sodacannic%29.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands_%28Sodacannic%29.svg/205px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands_%28Sodacannic%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="591" /></a></span></div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Arms_of_the_Palatinate_(Old).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Palatinate"><img alt="Palatinate" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Arms_of_the_Palatinate_%28Old%29.svg/104px-Arms_of_the_Palatinate_%28Old%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="104" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Arms_of_the_Palatinate_%28Old%29.svg/156px-Arms_of_the_Palatinate_%28Old%29.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Arms_of_the_Palatinate_%28Old%29.svg/209px-Arms_of_the_Palatinate_%28Old%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="460" /></a></span></div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Old_Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%98sel.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Øsel"><img alt="Øsel" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Old_Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%98sel.png/98px-Old_Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%98sel.png" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Old_Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%98sel.png/147px-Old_Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%98sel.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Old_Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%98sel.png/197px-Old_Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%98sel.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="610" /></a></span></div>
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<figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Small_coat_of_arms_of_Estonia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Small_coat_of_arms_of_Estonia.svg/130px-Small_coat_of_arms_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Small_coat_of_arms_of_Estonia.svg/195px-Small_coat_of_arms_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Small_coat_of_arms_of_Estonia.svg/260px-Small_coat_of_arms_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="365" /></a><figcaption>Small Coat of arms of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a></figcaption></figure>
<ul><li>The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Estonia" title="Coat of arms of Estonia">coat of arms of Estonia</a> and its capital, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Tallinn" title="Coat of arms of Tallinn">Tallinn</a></li>
<li>The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Schleswig" title="Coat of arms of Schleswig">coat of arms of Schleswig</a> (also represented in the coat of arms of Denmark's royal family)</li>
<li>The coats of arms of the towns of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ribe" title="Ribe">Ribe</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Varde" title="Varde">Varde</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Halmstad" title="Halmstad">Halmstad</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ystad" title="Ystad">Ystad</a>.</li>
<li>The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Schleswig#Denmark" title="Coat of arms of Schleswig">coat of arms</a> of the former <a href="/enwiki/wiki/South_Jutland_County" title="South Jutland County">South Jutland County</a></li>
<li>The coat of arms of the former <a href="/enwiki/wiki/North_Jutland_County" title="North Jutland County">North Jutland County</a></li>
<li>The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/L%C3%BCneburg_(district)#Coat_of_arms" title="Lüneburg (district)">coat of arms</a> of the German district of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/L%C3%BCneburg_(district)" title="Lüneburg (district)">Lüneburg</a></li>
<li>The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Schleswig#Germany" title="Coat of arms of Schleswig">coat of arms</a> of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein" title="Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig-Holstein</a></li>
<li>The coats of arms of the German town of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dannenberg_(Elbe)" title="Dannenberg (Elbe)">Dannenberg</a></li>
<li>The coat of arms of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Estonian_Knighthood" title="Estonian Knighthood">Estonian Knighthood</a></li>
<li>The personal arms of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh">Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh</a> contained the arms of Denmark in the first (upper left) quarter of the shield, and the sinister (left-side) supporter was based on the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Woodwose" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodwose">savage</a> from the Danish arms. He used them on account of his descent from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Greece" title="List of kings of Greece">Greek</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/House_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl%C3%BCcksburg" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg">Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg</a> branch of the Danish <a href="/enwiki/wiki/House_of_Oldenburg" title="House of Oldenburg">House of Oldenburg</a>.</li>
<li>The Danish lion and hearts is featured in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Order_of_Saints_George_and_Constantine" title="Order of Saints George and Constantine">Order of Saints George and Constantine</a> and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Order_of_Saints_Olga_and_Sophia" title="Order of Saints Olga and Sophia">Order of Saints Olga and Sophia</a>, awarded by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Greek_royal_family" title="Greek royal family">Greek royal family</a>.</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The three crowns design historically predates the Kalmar Union, but they were re-interpreted in this sense under <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eric_of_Pomerania" title="Eric of Pomerania">Eric of Pomerania</a>, who used a coat of arms quartered between the coats of arms of Denmark, Norway (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/House_of_Sverre" title="House of Sverre">House of Sverre</a>) and Sweden (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/House_of_Bjelbo" title="House of Bjelbo">House of Bjelbo</a>) plus the three golden crowns on a blue shield representing the union. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite id="CITEREFSven_Tito_Achen1972" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Sven Tito Achen (1972). "Sverige". <i>Alverdens heraldik i farver</i> (in Danish). Copenhagen: Politikens forlag. pp. 216–217. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Special:BookSources/87-567-1685-0" title="Special:BookSources/87-567-1685-0"><bdi>87-567-1685-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Sverige&rft.btitle=Alverdens+heraldik+i+farver&rft.place=Copenhagen&rft.pages=216-217&rft.pub=Politikens+forlag&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=87-567-1685-0&rft.au=Sven+Tito+Achen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACoat+of+arms+of+Denmark" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kong_Christian_stod_ved_h%C3%B8jen_mast" title="Kong Christian stod ved højen mast">Royal anthem</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Category:Denmark" title="Category:Denmark">Category</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Portal:Denmark" title="Portal:Denmark">Portal</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Denmark</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands" title="Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Greenland" title="Coat of arms of Greenland">Greenland</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Nuuk" title="Coat of arms of Nuuk">Nuuk</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mj%C3%B6lnir#Modernusage" title="Mjölnir">Tórshavn</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Copenhagen" title="Coat of arms of Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Aarhus" title="Coat of arms of Aarhus">Aarhus</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Sermersooq" title="Coat of arms of Sermersooq">Sermersooq</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland" title="Coat of arms of Iceland">Iceland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Schleswig" title="Coat of arms of Schleswig">Schleswig</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania" title="Coat of arms of Albania">Albania</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Andorra" title="Coat of arms of Andorra">Andorra</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Armenia" title="Coat of arms of Armenia">Armenia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Austria" title="Coat of arms of Austria">Austria</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_emblem_of_Azerbaijan" title="National emblem of Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_emblem_of_Belarus" title="National emblem of Belarus">Belarus</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Belgium" title="Coat of arms of Belgium">Belgium</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Bulgaria" title="Coat of arms of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Croatia" title="Coat of arms of Croatia">Croatia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Cyprus" title="Coat of arms of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="Coat of arms of the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Denmark</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Estonia" title="Coat of arms of Estonia">Estonia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Finland" title="Coat of arms of Finland">Finland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_France" title="Coat of arms of France">France</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Georgia_(country)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany" title="Coat of arms of Germany">Germany</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Greece" title="Coat of arms of Greece">Greece</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Hungary" title="Coat of arms of Hungary">Hungary</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland" title="Coat of arms of Iceland">Iceland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ireland" title="Coat of arms of Ireland">Ireland</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Emblem_of_Italy" title="Emblem of Italy">Italy</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Emblem_of_Kazakhstan" title="Emblem of Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Latvia" title="Coat of arms of Latvia">Latvia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Liechtenstein" title="Coat of arms of Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Lithuania" title="Coat of arms of Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Luxembourg" title="Coat of arms of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Malta" title="Coat of arms of Malta">Malta</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Moldova" title="Coat of arms of Moldova">Moldova</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Monaco" title="Coat of arms of Monaco">Monaco</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Montenegro" title="Coat of arms of Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands" title="Coat of arms of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_emblem_of_North_Macedonia" title="National emblem of North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Norway" title="Coat of arms of Norway">Norway</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Poland" title="Coat of arms of Poland">Poland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Portugal" title="Coat of arms of Portugal">Portugal</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Romania" title="Coat of arms of Romania">Romania</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Russia" title="Coat of arms of Russia">Russia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_San_Marino" title="Coat of arms of San Marino">San Marino</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Serbia" title="Coat of arms of Serbia">Serbia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Slovakia" title="Coat of arms of Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Slovenia" title="Coat of arms of Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Spain" title="Coat of arms of Spain">Spain</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Sweden" title="Coat of arms of Sweden">Sweden</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Switzerland" title="Coat of arms of Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_emblem_of_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="National emblem of Turkey">Turkey</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ukraine" title="Coat of arms of Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_England" title="Coat of arms of England">England</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Coat of arms of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Scotland" title="Coat of arms of Scotland">Scotland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Wales">Wales</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Vatican_City" title="Coat of arms of Vatican City">Vatican City</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Emblem_of_Abkhazia" title="Emblem of Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Northern_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_South_Ossetia" title="Coat of arms of South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Transnistria" title="Coat of arms of Transnistria">Transnistria</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land" title="Coat of arms of Åland">Åland</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands" title="Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Gibraltar" title="Coat of arms of Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Guernsey" title="Coat of arms of Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Coat of arms of the Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Jersey" title="Coat of arms of Jersey">Jersey</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Svalbard" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Svalbard">Svalbard</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Flag_of_Europe#Heraldry" title="Flag of Europe">European Union</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Flag_and_coat_of_arms_of_the_Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta" title="Flag and coat of arms of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta">Sovereign Military Order of Malta</a></li></ul>
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