2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum

The law did not affect anyone in the line of succession at the time of the referendum: the Queen's two children are both male, as is the Crown Prince's eldest child, born in 2005.

Jens Peter Christensen, then Professor of administrative law at the University of Aarhus and now a member of the Danish Supreme Court,[6] has described this as "a mess" and as an "overly clever" way for then–Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to signal that the government will oppose any other changes to the constitution.

In fact turnout at the preceding European Parliament elections in 2004 was so low (47.6%), that even a 77% margin in favour would not take the proposal past the 40% threshold.

The Prime Minister's Department admitted the official campaign video is an imitation of a sketch from the British comedy show Harry Enfield's Television Programme.

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen stated that the referendum "was important for gender equality" and "a strong signal that shows that we want to be a society where men and women have the same opportunities, whether it is for ordinary people or princes and princesses".