King Frederick is making a state visit to Japan. A program point, according to the palace expert, is worth noting.

There are various types of visits that the king, the royal couple, or members of the royal family can make. Learn about them here:

*State visits*

The most comprehensive official visit that the king or the royal couple can make. A state visit assumes that the monarch participates in the visit as the head of state – just as the visit also assumes that it is the head of state who receives.

According to the royal family's website, "the main purpose of a Danish state visit is to establish, strengthen, and promote relations between the countries and to develop social, economic, and cultural relations."

A state visit is the most pompous of the types of visits that can be made. In connection with a state visit, there is usually an order exchange, if the country being visited or visited has an order system. With a state visit, there is also a state dinner and a return dinner.

Usually, only one state visit is made to a country during a government term.

*Investiture visits*

A level below a state visit, as an investiture visit is less formal and not as protocol-laden as a state visit. The name emphasizes that it is a type of visit that occurs in connection with a change of reign.

Not all countries have an investiture visit made to them, but primarily countries that Denmark has close, diplomatic relations with.

*Official visits – including business and cultural initiatives*

Can be made by one or more members of the royal family – and not only by the monarch.

Official visits also include business and cultural initiatives, which do not take place within the framework of a state visit.

There are no limits to the number of official visits that the royal couple or members of the royal family can make to a country during a government term.

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