Many young Danish theologians went to Wittenberg starting in 1517, listened to Luther's theses and, in 1536, brought the Reformation to our country. This is why the Danes, unlike the people of many countries in Eastern and Central Europe, became Lutherans and not Calvinists.

Luther exerted a strong influence on Denmark. Suddenly Danish theologians were preaching in Danish and translating the Bible into Danish.

I smoke wherever there's an ashtray.

I have always had a dread of becoming a passenger in life.

There are indeed ways for a queen to say what she thinks.

I believe that the fact that I am religious brings me closer to anyone with a different faith.

Under the constitution, as the Danish queen I am bound to the Lutheran faith, but that does not exclude people of other faiths.