Gorm of Denmark

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Prince Gorm of Denmark

Prince Gorm Christian Frederik Hans Harald of Denmark (born February 24, 1919 at Jaegersborghus in Gentofte , Copenhagen ; † December 26, 1991 in Copenhagen) was a member of the Danish royal family and thus a member of the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , a branch line of the House of Oldenburg .

Origin and family

Prince Gorm was the fourth child of Prince Harald of Denmark and his wife Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg . His paternal grandparents were the Danish King Frederick VIII and Queen Louise . Prince Gorm had four siblings. His sister Caroline-Mathilde and her husband Prince Knut formed the heir to the throne couple from 1947 until 1953 when the succession regulation was changed in favor of Queen Margrethe II, who is now reigning . Prince Gorm's parents initially owned Jaegersborghus, a stately mansion in the Copenhagen suburb of Gentofte. The family later lived in a villa in the residential district of Ryvangen in Copenhagen.

Life

After graduating from Østersøgades Gymnasium, Prince Gorm did his military service with the royal bodyguard . Then he went through the officer school of the Danish army. In later years he worked as a businessman and farmer.

During the time of the German occupation in Denmark in World War II , Prince Gorm went to Sweden and joined the Danska brigaden (German "Danish Brigade"). This military unit was led by Danish officers and had the goal of liberating Denmark from German occupation. Prince Gorm thus took a completely different path in World War II than his mother, Princess Helena , who came from Germany and who sympathized with the German occupiers and was therefore expelled from the country for two years at the end of the war.

Prince Gorm led a quiet and withdrawn life. He remained unmarried and has no offspring. He was a bearer of the Elephant Order .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prince Gorm in Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (The Great Danish Encyclopedia) (Danish).
  2. ^ Bramsen, Bo: Huset Glücksborg. Europe's svigerfader and hans efterslægt. Copenhagen 2002. Volume 2, p. 347.
  3. ^ Bramsen, Bo: Huset Glücksborg. Europe's svigerfader and hans efterslægt. Copenhagen 2002. Volume 2, pp. 405-407.
  4. ^ Bramsen, Bo: Huset Glücksborg. Europe's svigerfader and hans efterslægt. Copenhagen 2002. Volume 2, pp. 346-347.
  5. ^ Biography portal Olifanten.dk (Danish), accessed on November 17, 2013.
  6. ↑ Prince Gorm in Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (The Great Danish Encyclopedia) (Danish).
  7. ↑ Den Danske Brigade in Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (The Great Danish Encyclopedia) (Danish).
  8. ^ Bramsen, Bo: Huset Glücksborg. Europe's svigerfader and hans efterslægt. Copenhagen 2002. Volume 2, pp. 351-352.
  9. ↑ Prince Gorm in Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (The Great Danish Encyclopedia) (Danish).
personal data
SURNAME Gorm of Denmark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gorm Christian Frederik Hans Harald of Denmark (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish member of the royal family
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Jaegersborghus, Gentofte , Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1991
Place of death Copenhagen