2024 Danish royal election

Royal elections are set to be held in Denmark on 14 January 2024. Voters will elect the King of Denmark to a sixty-year term. Current Queen Margrethe II is abdicated and doesn't want run for re-election since she has served the fifty-two years.

When the new king is chosen on the ballot on 14 January by winning more than any other of valid votes cast, their term will begin on the evening.

Candidates

Confirmed

Candidate name
political party
Experience(s) Campaign logo
 
Frederik
Independent Son of Margrethe II

Disqualified

Candidate name
political party
Experience(s) Reason
 
Margrethe II
Independent Queen of Denmark (1972–2024) giveup

Polls

Poll source Fieldwork
dates
Frederik
Ind.
Margrethe II
Ind.
Others Don't know/Undecided
Government of Denmark 14 Jan 2024 18% 82%
(disqualified)

References