Based on a combination of performativity and historicity royal Danish ceremonilality is analysed with a special regard to coronation ceremonies as a manifestation of the idea of godgiven royal power. Point of departure is the coronation of Christian 4. in 1596 and the theme of stagings of power is investigated up to the 18. century. Particilarly three fields of reference are exposed - the Christian, the Antique, and the Norse - in a context of European notions and manifestations of royal and state power. Three approaches are especially significant: Divine Monarchy, Divine Monarch, The long Baroque.