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== Marriage ==
{{further|Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Princess Ingrid of Sweden}}
[[File:The newly married royal couple running through the city.jpg|thumb|The newly married royal couple at their arrival in [[Copenhagen]] in 1935]]
The question of Ingrid's marriage was a hot topic of conversation in the 1920s. She was matched with various foreign royalties and was seen by some as a possible wife for the heir apparent to the British throne, the [[Edward VIII|Prince of Wales]], who was her second cousin.<ref name="dfat">{{cite web|url=http://www.info.dfat.gov.au/info/historical/HistDocs.nsf/(LookupVolNoNumber)/18~128|title=Historical documents - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|publisher=info.dfat.gov.au|access-date=15 September 2015|archive-date=5 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205183909/http://www.info.dfat.gov.au/info/historical/HistDocs.nsf/(LookupVolNoNumber)/18~128|url-status=live}}</ref> Her mother, Margaret of Connaught, and the then-Prince of Wales' father, King George V, were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Queen Victoria. In 1928, Ingrid met the Prince of Wales in London. However, no engagement took place.<ref name="dfat2">{{cite web|url=http://www.info.dfat.gov.au/info/historical/HistDocs.nsf/(LookupVolNoNumber)/18~140|title=Historical documents - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|publisher=info.dfat.gov.au|access-date=15 September 2015|archive-date=5 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205183917/http://www.info.dfat.gov.au/info/historical/HistDocs.nsf/(LookupVolNoNumber)/18~140|url-status=live}}</ref> She was also considered as a match for [[Prince George, Duke of Kent|Prince George of the United Kingdom]], the fourth son of King George V. 

On 15 March 1935, shortly before her 25th birthday, her engagement to [[Frederik IX of Denmark|Frederik, the Crown Prince of Denmark and Iceland]], who was 11 years her senior, was announced. They had gotten engaged in private in the beginning of February.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Mandal, Marcus (director) |date=1999 |title=Frederik – Konge til alle tider |type=Television production |language=Danish |url=https://www.dr.dk/drtv/se/frederik-_-konge-til-alle-tider_431914 |access-date=6 April 2024 |location= |publisher=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]}}</ref> They were related in several ways. As descendants of [[Oscar I of Sweden]], they were third cousins. Through [[Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden]], they were third cousins. And finally through [[Paul I of Russia]], Frederik was a fourth cousin of Ingrid's mother.

The couple was married in [[Stockholm Cathedral]] on 24 May 1935 by the Archbishop of Uppsala, [[Erling Eidem]]. Ingrid wore the veil of Irish lace her late mother, [[Princess Margaret of Connaught]], had worn at her wedding 30 years earlier. The veil has since been worn by all of Ingrid's female descendants as well as her granddaughter-in-law [[Mary Donaldson]]. She wore a crown of [[Myrtus|myrtle]] from a shrub her mother had brought with her from [[Osborne House]] in England to [[Sofiero Palace]] in Sweden. Carrying a sprig of myrtle in your wedding bouquet is a tradition that maintains to this day in the Swedish royal family and, with Ingrid, has continued into the Danish royal family when she brought cuttings from the shrub at Sofiero to be planted at [[Fredensborg Palace]]. Ingrid's second cousins [[Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen|Princess Ragnhild]] and [[Princess Astrid of Norway]] served as bridesmaids while Count Gustaf Bernadotte of Wisborg, son of [[Folke Bernadotte]], was a page boy.

Among the guests at the wedding were Frederik's parents, [[King Christian X]] and [[Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Queen Alexandrine of Denmark]]; Ingrid's father and stepmother, [[Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf]] and [[Louise Mountbatten|Crown Princess Louise of Sweden]]; and Ingrid's grandparents, [[King Gustaf V of Sweden]] and the [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn|Duke of Connaught and Stathearn]]; as well as [[Leopold III of Belgium|The King]] and [[Astrid of Sweden|Queen of the Belgians]] and [[Olav V of Norway|The Crown Prince]] and [[Märtha of Sweden|Crown Princess of Norway]].

The Swedish royal barge [[Vasaorden (barge)|Vasaorden]] transported the couple to [[HDMY Dannebrog (A540)|Dannebrog]], the Danish royal yacht, on 24 May. Two days later, they arrived in Copenhagen aboard the yacht before leaving for a honeymoon to Rome. Her wedding was one of the greatest media events of the day in Sweden in 1935, and received so much attention that the media were criticised for it. {{Citation needed|date=November 2012}} Ingrid also appeared on the radio in 1935 and read a poem, something that was also given much attention. {{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}