When HM The Queen goes aboard the Royal Yacht Dannebrog on 3 May 2022, it will, at the same time, be the start of a very special sailing season. That’s because, this year, it will be 90 years since the flag was raised for the first time on the Royal Yacht, which has now served for nine decades as the official and private residence of Christian X, Frederik IX and The Queen.

The Royal Yacht Dannebrog’s sailing season, among other things, takes The Queen on two summer cruises. The first begins in Helsingør Municipality on 1 June and continues on 2 June in Norddjurs Municipality with a visit to Anholt. The days of 3-4 June, The Queen concludes the first summer cruise in Aarhus Municipality, when the municipality at the same time celebrates the 50^th jubilee of The Queen’s accession to the throne. In late summer, The Queen begins the second summer cruise in Slagelse Municipality from 29 to 30 August and then continues on, first to the waters known as Smålandsfarvandet in Lolland Municipality on 31 August and then to Frederiksberg Municipality on 1 September. The Queen will also pay a visit to Tønder Municipality on 6 August as part of the postponed events marking the 100^th anniversary of the 1920 Reunification of Southern Jutland with Denmark.

When The Queen is on summer cruises, the nearly 80-meter-long Royal Yacht serves as Her Majesty’s residence. And, during this year’s two summer cruises, The Queen, in keeping with tradition, will hold receptions round about in the ports of call. More details about the summer cruises and the program items for the Reunification visit will be announced later.

In its 90 years on the sea, the Royal Yacht Dannebrog has visited the majority of the ports in Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands as well as ports in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean and along the USA’s east coast. The Royal Yacht was named by Queen Alexandrine and replaced the paddle steamer Dannebrog, which had served as the royal yacht since 1879. In addition to functioning as the official and private residence of the royal family, Dannebrog is also a training ship for compulsory service personnel and officer trainees, and the ship also takes part in maritime surveillance and sea rescue service. Over the years, the Royal Yacht Dannebrog has trained approximately 3,300 compulsory service personnel and has sailed more than 800,000 nautical miles.