Editing Ingrid of Sweden (section)

==Crown Princess==
[[File:May 9th 1945 (10536964834).jpg|thumb|Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid on 9 May 1945, leaving [[Christiansborg Palace]] in Copenhagen after the first [[State Opening of Parliament#Equivalents in other countries|opening]] of [[Rigsdagen|Parliament]] following the end of [[German occupation of Denmark|Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark]].]]

While she was Crown Princess, she was the official patron of the [[Pigespejdernes Fællesråd Danmark|Girl Guides]] (1936), after having taken, and passed, the same tests all applicants were given. In 1940, before the occupation, she was the leader of the ''Danske Kvinders Beredskab'' (The Danish Women's war-effort society).<ref>Börge Outze & Aage Svendstorp (in Swedish): 5 år i bojor. Danmark under ockupationen 1940–1945 (5 years in chains. Denmark during the occupation) Aktiebolaget boktryck (1945) Hälsingborg</ref> During the German occupation of Denmark in [[World War II]], Ingrid, with her personal courage and integrity, influenced the Danish Royal House and its conduct in relation to the occupation forces, and won great popularity as a symbol of silent resistance and public patriotic moral. She showed solidarity toward the Danish population, and could often be seen on her bicycle or with her baby carriage on the streets of Copenhagen during the war. Her open defiance of the occupation forces made her grandfather, King Gustav of Sweden, worry about the risks, and in 1941, he sent a demand to her to be more discreet "for the sake of the dynasty" and its safety, but she reacted with anger and refused to obey, and she had the support of her spouse, who shared her views. One display of defiance shown by Ingrid was her positioning of the flags of Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom in the window of the nursery at [[Amalienborg]], the royal residence in the centre of Copenhagen.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}