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The funeral of King Frederik IX of Denmark took place 50 years ago - on 24 January 1972 - in Roskilde Cathedral, where many hundred guests took leave of the popular monarch.
I have compiled this guestlist from various press reports and footage. When it comes to foreign royalty, I think the list is complete, but there may have been a few more Danish relatives in the church who flew under the radar.

Queen Ingrid of Denmark
Queen Margrethe of Denmark
Prince Henrik of Denmark
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
Prince Joachim of Denmark
Prince Knud of Denmark
Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
Prince Gorm of Denmark
Princess Margaretha of Denmark
Prince Georg of Denmark
Princess Anne of Denmark

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan

Margrave Max of Baden

King Baudouin of the Belgians
Queen Fabiola of the Belgians
(Prince Albert attended a memorial service in Brussels on the day of the funeral)

Princess Margrethe of Bourbon-Parma

Christian Castenskiold

Prince Asrate Kassa of Ethiopia

Duke Elie of Decazes and Glücksbierg
Duchess Solange of Decazes and Glücksbierg

The Duke of Edinburgh
Alexander Ramsay of Mar
Mrs. Ramsay of Mar
(Princess Anne, Princess Margaret, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, Princess Alexandra, the Duchess of Gloucester and the Earl Mountbatten of Burma attended a memorial service in London on the day of the funeral)

King Constantine of the Hellenes
Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes
Princess Irene of Greece
Prince Peter of Greece
Princess Eugénie of Greece
Prince Michael of Greece

Prince Ernst August of Hannover

Prince Gholam Reza Pahlavi of Iran

King Umberto of Italy

Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg
Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg

Hereditary Prince Aloys-Konstantin of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Hereditary Princess Anastasia of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Duke Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchess Barbara of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Prince Rainier of Monaco
Princess Grace of Monaco

Count André de Laborde de Monpezat
Countess Renée de Laborde de Monpezat
Count Etienne de Laborde de Monpezat
Count Jean-Baptiste de Laborde de Monpezat

Prince Moulay Abdullah of Morocco

Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands

King Olav of Norway
Crown Prince Harald of Norway
Crown Princess Sonja of Norway

Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia

Princess Tatiana Radziwill, Mrs. Fruchaud

Count Ingolf of Rosenborg
Countess Inge of Rosenborg
Count Christian of Rosenborg
Countess Anne Dorte of Rosenborg
Count Oluf of Rosenborg
Countess Dorrit of Rosenborg
Count Valdemar of Rosenborg
Countess Floria of Rosenborg
Count Flemming of Rosenborg
Countess Ruth of Rosenborg
Count Christian of Rosenborg
Countess Karin of Rosenborg

Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Princess Benedikte of Denmark
Hereditary Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Princess Margareta of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe
Princess Feodora of Schaumburg-Lippe

Duke Peter of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Duchess Marie Alix of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

The Count of Barcelona
The Countess of Barcelona
(Prince Juan Carlos and and Princess Sofia paid a condolence visit to the Danish royal family a few days before the funeral)

King Gustaf Adolf of Sweden
Princess Sibylla of Sweden
Prince Bertil of Sweden
John Ambler
Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler
Count Sigvard Bernadotte
Countess Marianne Bernadotte
Count Michael Bernadotte
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte
Countess Kerstin Bernadotte
Prince Carl Bernadotte
(Crown Prince Carl Gustaf attended a memorial service in Stockholm on the day of the funeral)

Prince Bhanubandhu Yugala of Thailand

Ivar Vind
Alexandra Vind (née Countess of Rosenborg)

President Urho Kekkonen of Finland
President Kristján Eldjárn of Iceland
President Zalman Shazar of Israel
President Gustav Heinemann of West Germany