Danes are cheering their new king Frederik X, but republicanism is stirring

There will be protests at the coronation in Copenhagen, but support for the royals remains high in Denmark

When the Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen appears on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen on Sunday afternoon to announce the new monarch, she is expected to be met by a sea of cheering faces.

But one figure in the crowd who will not be showing support for new king Frederik X as he takes the reins from his mother, Queen Margrethe II, who is abdicating after 52 years, is Mads Rundstrøm.