Danish Queen Margrethe delivered her traditional New Year speech

Danish Queen Margrethe delivered her traditional New Year speech from Christian IX’s Palace at Amalienborg. The larger part of her speech included the pandemic issue which is a global health crisis. There were three tupilaks on the table, which the Queen has personally received on various occasions. Tupilak means “The Ancestor’s Soul” and is a small Greenlandic figure, formed in materials such as wood, bones, teeth and antlers from reindeer.