Danish Order of Freemasons

The Danish Order of Freemasons (Danish: Den Danske Frimurerorden ( DDFO ) ) is the umbrella organization of the regular Masonic lodges in Denmark. The Danish Masonic Order derives from Denmark's first Masonic Lodge of St. Martin, which was founded in 1743 in Copenhagen. The Masonic order is therefore considered the oldest Grand Lodge of Denmark. The Masonic order is also known by the name of the Grand Lodge of Denmark.

The Masonic Order is recognized by the world's oldest Grand Lodge, the United Grand Lodge of England, founded in London in 1717.

The Masonic order is working according to the rules of the Swedish system.

Members

The Danish Masonic Order has about 10,000 members. He owned, among others, the following royal members:. Frederick V, Friedrich VI, VIII Christian Friedrich, Friedrich Karl Christian VII, Frederick VIII, Christian X and the Prince Charles (later Haakon VII ), Harald, Gorm and Oluf of Denmark (later Count of Rosenborg).

In addition, among many others were Count Christian Conrad Danneskiold - Laurvig, Baron Carl Frederik von Blixen - Finecke, marshal Carl Ludvig Løvenskiold, Baron Johan JSE Bertouch - Lehn, Count Christian C. S. Danneskiold - Samsøe, Count Carl F. Rantzau, Count Ludvig EA Reventlow and Count Christian E. J. Ahlefeldt - Laurvig - Lehn also the architect Philip de Lange and Christian Frederik Hansen, the literary historian Knud Lyne Rahbek, the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, the physicist Hans Christian Ørsted, the painter Christoffer Wilhelm Eckerberg, the Governor-General of the Danish West Indies Peter von Scholten, the composer Friedrich Kuhlau and actor Poul Bundgaard known members of the Masonic Order.