2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum

A referendum on changing the Danish Act of Succession, the rules governing the succession to the Danish throne, was held in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland on 7 June 2009, simultaneously with the election to the European Parliament, in Denmark proper.^[1]

The law, which passed with 85% of the popular vote,^[2] eliminates male-preference primogeniture in favour of absolute primogeniture, resulting in sons losing precedence over daughters in the line of succession. The law did not affect anyone in the line of succession at the time of the referendum: the Queen's two children are both male, as is the Crown Prince's eldest child, born in 2005. However, had the referendum not been successful, Prince Vincent, who was born in 2011, would have been higher in the line of succession than his elder sister Princess Isabella, born in 2007.

^ Hüttemeier, Christian (6 October 2008). Vi skal stemme om tronfølgen Archived 9 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved on 6 October 2008.
^ "Denmark votes to change royal succession rules". Deutsche Welle. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.

[1] Hüttemeier, Christian (6 October 2008). Vi skal stemme om tronfølgen Archived 9 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved on 6 October 2008.

[Denmark_votes_to_change_royal_succession_rules-2] "Denmark votes to change royal succession rules". Deutsche Welle. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.

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