What is List of Danish monarchs?
{{Infobox monarchy |realm=Denmark |image=Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark in 2018.jpg |caption=Frederik X in 2018 |royal_title=King/Queen |incumbent=[[Frederik X of Denmark|Frederik X]] |incumbentsince=14 January 2024 |first_monarch='''''Unknown'''''<br /><small>([[7th century]] or before)</small> }} This is a '''list of [[Denmark|Danish]] monarchs''' since 950 <small>(note that the actual list of kings of Denmark goes more than 200 years further back than that)</small> {| class=wikitable !Ruler!!Reign!!Notes / Also known as !Picture |- |[[Gorm the Old]]||c. 936 to 958/964||Son of Cnut or Harthacnut (Airde Conut) that was a<br />king of [[Northumbria]] and later king of [[Denmark]]<br />in the begining of the [[10th century]] |[[File:Gorm-the-old.jpg|thumb]] |- |[[Harald I Bluetooth|Harald I ''Bluetooth'']]||962/63/64-985||The [[Bluetooth|wireless network]] was named after him<br />Pledge the whole nation to [[christianity]] in [[965]] |[[File:HaraldusBlaatand.jpg|thumb]] |- |[[Sweyn I of Denmark|Sweyn Forkbeard]] (Sweyn I)||985/86-1014||fell off his [[horse]] at the age of 50 |[[File:Sweyn Forkbeard.jpg|thumb]] |- | [[Harald II of Denmark|Harald II]]||1014-1018|| |[[File:Painting of Harald II of Denmark (ca. 1880).jpg|thumb]] |- |[[Canute|Canute the Great]]||1018-1035||King of England, Denmark, Norway and parts of Sweden |[[File:Canute and Ælfgifu cropped (Canute).jpg|thumb]]<br /><small>(first contemporary portrait of a Danish king)</small> |- |[[Harthacanute|Harthacnute]]||1028-1042 ||also [[List of English monarchs|King of England]] |[[File:Harthacnut - MS Royal 14 B VI.jpg|thumb]] |- |[[Magnus I of Denmark|Magnus I Olafsson]]||1042-1047||also King of [[Norway]] |[[File:Magnusstenen 6.jpg|thumb]] |- |[[Sweyn II of Denmark|Sweyn II]]||1047-1076||'''Every''' following Danish monarch are descended from him |[[File:Svend Estridsen - 1911 portrait bust.jpg|thumb]] |- |[[Harald III of Denmark|Harald III]]||1076-1080||''the soft'' |[[File:Albert Haelwegh, Harald III.png|thumb]] |- | [[Canute IV]]||1080-1086|| fir