# List of honours of Denmark awarded to heads of state and royalty

This article serves as an index – as complete as possible – of all the honorific orders or similar decorations awarded by Denmark, classified by Monarchies chapter and Republics chapter, and, under each chapter, recipients' countries and the detailed list of recipients.

## Awards
### Monarchies
#### European monarchies
##### Danish Royal Family

Official website pages (click on "Decorations"): Margrethe - Henrik - Frederik - Mary - Joachim - Marie - Benedikte
* King Frederik X:
** Knight of the Order of the Elephant (14 January 1972)
** Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
* Queen Mary:
** Knight of the Order of the Elephant (9 May 2004)
** Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog (26 May 2024)
* Queen Margrethe:
** Knight of the Order of the Elephant (20 April 1947)
** Grand Commander of the Order of Dannebrog
* Prince Joachim of Denmark:
** Knight of the Order of the Elephant (14 January 1972)
** Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
* Princess Marie of Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (24 May 2008)
* Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (17 November 1995)
* Princess Benedikte of Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (20 April 1947)
* Count Ingolf of Rosenborg, former Prince of Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (17 February 1961)

##### British Royal Family

* King Charles III: 1974 - Knight of the Order of the Elephant - RE

##### Norwegian Royal Family

See also decorations pages (mark °): Harald, Sonja, Haakon, Mette-Marit, Mârtha Louise, Astrid & Ragnhild
* King Harald V of Norway:
** Knight with Collar of the Order of the Elephant (21 February 1958)
** Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog (28 October 1991)
* Queen Sonja of Norway: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (12 February 1973)
* Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (20 July 1991)
* Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (17 May 2014)
* Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (21 January 2022)
* Princess Märtha Louise of Norway: Knight of the Order of the Elephant° (13.10.1992)

##### Swedish Royal Family

* King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden:
** Knight with Collar of the Order of the Elephant (12 January 1965) - Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog (10.4.1975)
* Queen Silvia of Sweden: Knight with Collar of the Order of the Elephant (3 September 1985)
* Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (14 July 1995)
* Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (6 January 1973)

##### Dutch Royal Family

* King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (31 January 1998)
* Queen Máxima of the Netherlands: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (17 March 2015)
* Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (29 October 1975)

##### Belgian Royal Family

* King Philippe of Belgium: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (28 May 2002)
* Queen Mathilde of Belgium: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (28 March 2017)
* King Albert II of Belgium:
** Knight of the Order of the Elephant (18 June 1968)
* Queen Paola of Belgium: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (16 May 1995)

##### Luxembourgish Grand-Ducal Family

* Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (20 October 2003)
* Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (20 October 2003)

##### Spanish Royal Family

* Juan Carlos I of Spain: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (17 March 1980)
* Queen Sofía of Spain: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (17 March 1980)
* Felipe VI of Spain: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (6 November 2023)
* Queen Letizia of Spain: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (6 November 2023)

#### Asian monarchies
##### Jordanian Royal Family

* Dowager Queen Noor al-Hussein: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (27 April 1998)
* Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, son of Queen Alia of Jordan, half-brother of Abdullah II of Jordan: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (27 April 1998)
* Prince Muhammad bin Talal, eldest younger brother of King Hussein I of Jordan: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog

##### Thai Royal Family

* King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (7 February 2001)
* Queen Sirikit of Thailand: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (6 September 1960)
* Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, 2001

##### Japanese Imperial Family

* Emperor Emeritus Akihito of Japan: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Elephant (8 August 1953)
* Empress Emerita Michiko of Japan: Member of the Order of the Elephant (2 June 1998)
* Emperor Naruhito of Japan: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (16 November 2004)
* Masahito, Prince Hitachi: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (28 September 1965)

### Former Monarchies
#### Greek Royal Family

* Constantine II, former King of the Hellenes: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (4 January 1962)
* Anne-Marie, former Queen of the Hellenes, Princess of Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (20 April 1947)
* Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (14 January 1997)
* Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Constantine II's sister: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (11 September 1964)
* Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Prince Christopher's son: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (11 September 1964)

#### Iranian Imperial Family

* Former Empress Farah Pahlavi of Iran: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (3 May 1963)

### Republics
#### Brazil

* Former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (3 May 1999)
* President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (12 September 2007)

#### Bulgaria

* former President Petar Stoyanov: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (17 October 2000)
* President Georgi Parvanov: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (29 March 2006)
* Zorka Petrova Parvanova, his wife: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (2006)

#### Egypt

* former President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (19 February 1986)

#### Finland

* former President Martti Ahtisaari: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (7 September 1994)
* President Tarja Halonen: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (3 April 2001)

#### France

* Former President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974-1981): Knight of the Order of the Elephant (12 October 1978)

#### Greece

* President Karolos Papoulias: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (24 May 2006)

#### Iceland

* former President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (25 February 1981)
* President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (18 November 1996)

#### Latvia

* former President Guntis Ulmanis: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (18 March 1997)

#### Poland

* Former President Lech Wałęsa: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (5 July 1993)

#### Mexico

* President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (18 February 2008)
* Margarita Zavala, his wife: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (18 February 2008)

#### Portugal

* former President António Santos Ramalho Eanes: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (25 June 1984)

#### Romania

* former President Emil Constantinescu: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (23 May 2000)
* former President Ion Iliescu: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (16 March 2004)

#### Slovakia

* President Ivan Gašparovič: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (October 2012)
* Silvia Gašparovičová, his wife: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (October 2012)

#### Slovenia

* former President Milan Kučan: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (10 October 2001)

#### South Korea

* President Lee Myung-bak: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (11 May 2011)