Kongehusets digitale julekalender 2021.
Dansk
”Hvorfor skal vi se på kjoler?” udbryder Nissefar lidt undrende, da Juleenglen præsenterer ham for en guldrobe, der det sidste stykke tid har været udstillet i en montre på Christiansborg Slot. I sin vildeste fantasi havde Nissefar ikke tænkt sig, at det næste spor efter tidligere regenter i Kongerækken ville være en beklædningsgenstand.
”Men kjolen må da næsten have tilhørt en dronning” siger Nissefar til sig selv, da han kravler rundt på glasmontren, som han heldigvis ikke sætter fedtfingre på. For papnisser sviner ikke, så Nissefar har frit slag til at nærstudere kjolen, som ifølge Juleenglen i sin tid blev bragt til Sverige som et krigsbytte. Endda flere hundrede år efter, at den blev brugt. Selvom Nissefar ikke kan regne, så lægger han helt ekstraordinært to og to sammen. For kjolen må have tilhørt en betydningsfuld person i Norden, siden svenskerne ville have fingre i den. Derfor når han frem til, at det må være Margrete 1.!
Og det er ganske rigtigt. Den næste i rækken er Valdemar Atterdags yngste datter Margrete. Juleenglen fortæller, at da Kong Valdemar døde, var alle hans sønner også døde. Derfor ledte man efter en ny regent blandt børnebørnene, og her lykkedes det Margrete at spille sin søn, Oluf 2., ind med hende som formynder, selvom det egentlig var aftalt, at det var Margretes søsters søn, der skulle være konge. Da Kong Oluf døde som bare 16-årig, lykkedes det atter Margrete at bevare magten. Kun en uge efter Olufs død blev hun udnævnt til "fuldmægtig frue og husbond, Danmarks riges formynder". Tilsvarende titel opnåede Margrete også kort tid efter i Norge og Sverige. I 1396 fik hun indsat sin unge pommerske slægtning hertug Bugislav som konge af Danmark, og med dette som udgangspunkt blev Kalmarunionen oprettet i 1397, hvor de tre nordiske riger forenedes under én konge – og her var Margrete 1. indtil sin død den faktiske regent.
English
“Why do we have to look at dresses?” exclaims Elf Father, a little perplexed, when the Christmas Angel shows him a golden dress that has been on display in a showcase at Christiansborg Palace in recent times. In his wildest fantasy, Elf Father had not imagined that the next clue about former sovereigns in the Royal Lineage would be an article of clothing.
“But the dress must have almost belonged to a queen,” says Elf Father to himself, as he crawls around on the glass case, which, luckily, he hasn’t smudged up with dirty fingers. Because cardboard elves don’t leave a mess behind, Elf Father has free rein to conduct a close examination of the dress, which, according to the Christmas Angel, was once taken away to Sweden as war booty – even hundreds of years after it was used. Although Elf Father can’t count, he quite extraordinarily puts two and two together. The dress must have belonged to a very important person in Scandinavia, since the Swedes wanted to get their fingers on it. So, he concludes that it must be Margrethe l!
And that’s absolutely correct. Next in the lineage is Valdemar Atterdag’s youngest daughter, Margrethe. The Christmas Angel says that when King Valdemar died, all of his sons had already died. So, there was a search for a new sovereign among the grandchildren, and, here, Margrethe succeeded at getting her young son Olaf II into play, with her as regent, even though it had originally been agreed that Margrethe’s sister’s son should be king. When King Olaf died at the age of just 16, Margrethe once again succeeded in holding on to power. Only a week after Olaf’s death, she was appointed as “sovereign lady and lord, guardian of the kingdom of Denmark.” Margrethe acquired similar titles in Norway and Sweden shortly afterwards. In 1396, she got her young Pomeranian relative duke Boguslaw installed as king of Denmark. And, with that as the starting point, the Kalmar Union was established in 1397, uniting the three Nordic kingdoms under one king – with Margrethe I continuing on as the actual regent until her death.