Editing Frederik X (section)

==Early life and education==
[[File:En dronning med farverig stil.jpg|thumb|Prince Frederik as an infant in the arms of his mother, 1968]]

Frederik was born by emergency [[caesarean section]] at [[Rigshospitalet]], the [[Copenhagen University Hospital]] in [[Copenhagen]], on 26 May 1968 at 23:50<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2018 |title=Se historisk foto fra kronprins Frederiks fødsel i farver for første gang: Såååå stor! |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/se-historisk-foto-fra-kronprins-frederiks-foedsel-i-farver-foerste-gang-saaaaaaaa |access-date=15 March 2023 |website=DR |language=da-DK |archive-date=10 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110081859/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/se-historisk-foto-fra-kronprins-frederiks-foedsel-i-farver-foerste-gang-saaaaaaaa |url-status=live}}</ref> to the then [[Margrethe II|Princess Margrethe]] (later Queen Margrethe II), oldest daughter of [[King Frederik IX]] and heir presumptive to the Danish throne, and [[Prince Henrik of Denmark|Prince Henrik]]. At the time of his birth, his maternal grandfather was on the throne of Denmark and his matrilineal great-grandfather, [[Gustaf VI Adolf]], was on the throne of Sweden.<ref name="Jones 2022 p. 387">{{cite book |last=Jones |first=B. |title=Dictionary of World Biography: Ninth edition |publisher=ANU Press |series=ANU Lives Series in Biography |year=2022 |isbn=978-1-76046-552-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-RCfEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA387 |page=387}}</ref><ref name="Paxton 2016 p. 855">{{cite book |last=Paxton |first=J. |title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1972-73: The Encyclopaedia for the Businessman-of-the-World |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |series=The Statesman's Yearbook |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-230-27101-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l43JDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA855 |page=855}}</ref>

He was baptised on 24 June 1968, at [[Holmen Church]], in Copenhagen.<ref name="kongeligedaab">{{cite book|first1=Lone|last1=Hindø|first2=Else|last2=Boelskifte|title=Kongelig Dåb. Fjorten generationer ved Rosenborg-døbefonten|trans-title=Royal Baptisms. Fourteen generations at the Rosenborg baptismal font|publisher=Forlaget Hovedland|year=2007|isbn=978-87-7070-014-6|language=da|pages=119–123}}</ref> He was named Frederik after his maternal grandfather, King Frederik IX, continuing the Danish royal tradition of the heir apparent being named either Frederik or Christian.{{efn|His middle names honour his paternal grandfather, André de Laborde de Monpezat; his father, Prince Henrik; and his maternal great-grandfather, [[Christian X of Denmark|Christian X]]. Frederik's godparents were his maternal aunt, the [[Queen Anne-Marie of Greece|Queen of the Hellenes]]; his paternal uncle, Count Etienne de Laborde de Monpezat; his extended relatives, [[Prince Georg of Denmark]] and [[Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium|Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg]]; and friends of his parents, Baron Christian de Watteville-Berckheim and [[Birgitta Hillingsø|Birgitta Juel Hillingsø]].}} He became [[Crown Prince of Denmark]] when his mother ascended to the throne on 14 January 1972. Frederik's only sibling is [[Prince Joachim of Denmark]].<ref name="Skou 2010 p. 218">{{cite book |last=Skou |first=K.R. |title=Dansk politik A-Å |publisher=Lindhardt og Ringhof |year=2010 |isbn=978-87-11-41132-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWj1YCNSfhIC&pg=PT218 |language=da |page=218}}</ref>

Frederik attended primary school at [[Krebs School|Krebs' Skole]] between 1974 and 1981, as a private pupil at [[Amalienborg|Amalienborg Palace]] from 1974 to 1976, and from the third form again at Krebs' Skole.<ref name="CV1">{{cite news |title=Kronprinsens curriculum vitae |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/kronprinsens-curriculum-vitae |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=DR |date=6 August 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114142250/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/kronprinsens-curriculum-vitae |archive-date=14 January 2024 |language=da-DK}}</ref> From 1982 to 1983, he attended the {{ill|École des Roches|fr}}, a boarding school in [[Normandy]], France.<ref name="CV1" /> In 1986, Frederik graduated from [[Øregård Gymnasium]].<ref name="CV1" /> In addition to Danish, he is fluent in French (his father's language), English, and German.<ref name="GuardianProfile">{{cite news |title=Crown Prince Frederik: the former party prince who will be Denmark's next king |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/31/crown-prince-frederik-the-former-party-prince-who-will-be-denmarks-next-king |access-date=1 January 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=31 December 2023 |archive-date=31 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231231411/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/31/crown-prince-frederik-the-former-party-prince-who-will-be-denmarks-next-king |url-status=live}}</ref>

In the autumn of 1989, Frederik began studying [[Political Science|political science]] at [[Aarhus University]].<ref name="PF" /> As part of his education, he spent the 1992–1993 academic year at [[Harvard University]], where he studied political science under the name Frederik Henriksen. Whilst at Harvard, he participated in the [[The Phoenix – S K Club|Phoenix – SK Club]], and lived in a [[Rent control|rent-controlled]] apartment.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Week|publisher=National Review |date=24 October 1994 |volume=46 |issue=20 |pages=10–24}}</ref> Frederik is the first Danish royal to complete a university education.<ref name="GuardianProfile" />