Effective period / Period of releases: 1945 - 2010

Members: Elen Lura Haakensen, Lars Bjørnkjær, Iben Teilmann, Joel Laakso, Mette Brandt, Inkeri Vänskä, Sara Wallevik, Anton Lasine, Anne Lindeskov, Tobias Durholm, Jeppe Mørch Sørensen, Signe Ane Andersen, Tanja Birkelund, Therese Åstrand Radev, Bent Lylloff, Rixon Thomas, Sune Ranmo, Flemming Andersen, Lotte Wallevik, Jan Mortensen (2), Bjarne Nielsen, Torbjörn Kroon, Anna Gwozdz, Michael Schønwandt, Kristine Algot, Tina Træholt, Juliane von Hahn, Gunnar Lychou, Nina Reintoft, Patrick Raab, Jens Balslev, Linda Aburto Hernandez, Charlotte Rafn Welzel, Mathias Friis-Hansen, Johnny Sølvberg, Mikkel Futtrup, Michala Kisselhegn, Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir, Angelika Wagner, Ida Speyer Grøn, Kasper Thaarup, Anna Zelianodjevo, Gert-Inge Andersson, Clas Göran Sjöberg, Tomas Kvæde, Ola Nilsson (3), Nanna Hartmann Rasmussen, Emilie Eskær, Anne Egendal, Lars Husum, Pernille Hvid Larsen, Kristian Nørby, Hans Emil Sørensen, Kurt Petersen, Ida Balslev, Pelle Gravers Nielsen, Bertil Andersson (2), Per Lund Madsen, Mette Hanskov, Joakim Dam Thomsen, Kristoffer Lund Madsen, Øssur Bæk, Kim Bak Dinitzen, Maria Klingsholm, Lars Holmgaard, Alexander Øllgaard, Rikke Yde, Vladimir Landa, Henrik Goldschmidt, Ole Andersen (3), Anne-Marie Öberg, Klaus Frederiksen, Nikolaj Viltoft, Hans Kassow, Anika Telmányi, Allan Bendsen, Inge Husted Andersen, Astrid Christensen, Carina Andersson (4), Jørgen Bracht Nielsen, Asger Fredericia, Axel Jørgensen, Michael Malmgreen, Anders Grøn (2), Mads Drewsen, Björn Blöndal, Eva Kristine Vasarhelyi

For the Danish national symphony orchestra, see Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester.
Det Kongelige Kapel (English: The Royal Danish Orchestra) is believed to be the oldest orchestra in the world. Its history can be traced back to the year 1448 and the Trumpet Corps at the royal court of the Danish King Christian I. In 1770 the ensemble was relieved of its military obligations and continued as the resident orchestra of Det Kongelige Teater, the royal Danish theater in Copenhagen, a role held by the orchestra for now close to a quarter of a millennium. Today the orchestra employs around 100 musicians and is also the orchestra of Operaen, the opera house of Copenhagen. Since 1977, members of the brass section have performed as an independent ensemble under the name Det Kgl. Kapels Messingkvintet, later Royal Danish Brass.

Since 1448 all members of The Royal Danish Orchestra has been assigned a number that establishes their place in the history of the orchestra. Numbers 1, 2 and 3 were the trumpeters Walther, Andreas and Hans, who were employed in 1448.