List of Danish monarchs

This is a list of Danish monarchs, that is, the kings and queen regnants of Denmark.

This includes: The House of Oldenburg held the Danish Crown between 1448 and 1863, when it passed to the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a cadet branch of the same house, patrilineally descended from King Christian III of Denmark.

Until 1864 Denmark was also united in a personal union with the duchies of Holstein and Saxe-Lauenburg (1815–1864), and in a political and personal union with the Duchy of Schleswig.

The exact date of origin of the Kingdom of Denmark is not established, but names of Danish kings begins to emerge in foreign sources from the 8th century and onwards.

Danish and Nordic legendary stories, chronicles and sagas often have accounts of Danish kings and dynasties stretching further back in time than the 7th century, but the historicity of the content and interpretations of these stories are often put to doubt.

Royal Banner of the Kings of Denmark (circa 1300s).
The Sigtrygg Runestones of the " House of Olaf " was raised after king Sigtrygg by his mother. 934 AD.
King Cnut I (Harthacnut) . 17th century engraving.