HM The Queen, the Royal Family, Nordic Heads of State and other invited guests attended a service at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady on 11 September 2022 in connection with the 50th Jubilee of Her Majesty’s Accession to the Throne.

The Queen was greeted in front of the church by the bishop of the Diocese of Copenhagen, Peter Skov-Jakobsen, and accompanied to the chancel by parish council chairman Jeppe Hedaa.

The Crown Prince Family arrives at the Church of Our Lady.

TRH Prince Joachim og Princess Marie arrive at the Church of Our Lady together with TH Prince Nikolai, Prince Felix, Prince Henrik and Princess Athena.

HRH Princess Benedikte and HM Queen Anne-Marie arrive at the Church of Our Lady.

HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and HM Queen Silvia of Sweden arrive at the Church of Our Lady.

HM King Harald V of Norway and HM Queen Sonja of Norway arrive at the Church of Our Lady.

HE The President of Finland Sauli Niinistö and Mrs Jenni Haukio arrive at the Church of Our Lady.

HE The President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and Mrs Eliza Jean Reid arrive at the Church of Our Lady.

The service began with the Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir and a procession of clergy. During the service, works were also performed by the Church of Our Lady Choir and by the Greenlandic choir Aavaat, which represented the northern part of the realm with a Greenlandic hymn.

The Royal Family has a tradition of often visiting the Church of Our Lady and participating in religious ceremonies that are of national and international interest. Historically, there has been a strong connection to the Church of Our Lady, which provided its interior for all of the coronations of queens and kings from 1449 until 1648, while Christian the 4th was both christened and buried in the church. In more recent times, the Church of Our Lady has been the setting for the 25th jubilee of Christian the 10th’s accession to the throne in 1937 and, most recently, the Crown Prince Couple’s wedding in 2004.

The foundation stone of the existing church was laid by Frederik the 6th in 1817, and the Church of Our Lady, as we know it today, was consecrated on Whitsunday 1829.