Queen Margrethe II presented H.C. Ørsted Gold Medal

On November 27, 2020, Queen Margrethe presented H.C. Ørsted Gold Medal to Professor Charles Marcus at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek art museum in Copenhagen. The medal was awarded on the basis of recommendations from Danish universities and research institutions, and the professional assessment was made by a committee of five members of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Princess Benedikte took part in an online meeting of the Girl Scouts Council

On November 26, 2020, Princess Benedikte took part in an online meeting of the Girl Scouts Council (Pigespejdernes Fællesråd)from Christian VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg. The Princess was chair at the meeting, where, among other things, action plans were discussed with input from the Danish Scout Corps. Upcoming activities of the world scout organization WAGGGS were also discussed.

Crown Princess Mary took part in an online summit on young people’s wellbeing

On November 26, 2020, Crown Princess Mary took part in an online summit on young people’s wellbeing during the corona pandemic. The Crown Princess recorded a video yesterday afternoon. The video was shown during the online summit. The Ministry of Education and Research and the Ministry of Culture hosted a large number of industries, stakeholders and experts during the summit to develop new ideas for actions to be taken for young people.