1940 in Denmark information

Events from the year 1940 in Denmark. Monarch – Christian X Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning 9 April – Operation Weserübung takes place, beginning the...

economy. Denmark remained neutral during World War I; Danish neutrality was violated in World War II by a rapid German invasion in April 1940. During occupation...

decision to occupy Denmark was taken in Berlin on 17 December 1939. On 9 April 1940, Germany occupied Denmark in Operation Weserübung. The Danish government and...

plenipotentiary for Icelandic affairs based in Reykjavík, and – after the German invasion of Denmark in 1940 – a regent was appointed. Because of the Kalmar...

1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1940. 1940 (MCMXL) was...

Margrethe II (Danish: [mɑˈkʁeˀtə]; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen...

The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney films Pinocchio and Fantasia. The top ten 1940 released...

against Norway. Greenland's connection to Denmark was severed on 9 April 1940, early in World War II, after Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany. On 8 April...

The Danish resistance movements (Danish: Den danske modstandsbevægelse) were an underground insurgency to resist the German occupation of Denmark during...

The history of Denmark as a unified kingdom began in the 8th century, but historic documents describe the geographic area and the people living there—the...

invasion of Denmark (1940) during World War II This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title German invasion of Denmark. If an internal...

an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia...

Anton Castenskiold (1860–1940), Royal Danish Court Chamberlain, and wife Sophie Steensen-Leth (1870–1947), both belonging to Danish Nobility. They had five...

1980, the number of people of Danish descent, defined as having at least one parent who was born in Denmark and has Danish citizenship, has remained constant...

the weapons of Denmark during World War II. This list will be for the Danish military as they were at the German invasion of Denmark (1940). You are welcome...

The Danish Social Liberal Party (Danish: Radikale Venstre lit. 'Radical Left', RV) is a social-liberal political party in Denmark. The party was founded...

1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in April 1940: The 1940 United...

actress Carl Boberg (1859–1940), Swedish poet and legislator Charles Boberg, Canadian linguist Einer Boberg (1935–1995), Danish-Canadian speech pathologist...

the German invasion of Denmark and Norway. It was a small component of the roles of Nordic countries in World War II. In April 1940, the United Kingdom occupied...

(1899–1977), Princess of Denmark through her marriage to Prince Axel Margrethe II of Denmark (born 1940), Queen-regnant of Denmark (1972-2024) This disambiguation...

within Icelandic territory. Following the invasion of Denmark on 9 April 1940 Iceland opened a legation in New York City. Iceland, however, unlike Norway, did...

Jews in Denmark goes back to the 1600s. At present, the Jewish community of Denmark constitutes a small minority of about 6,000 persons within Danish society...

the Royal Danish Army. Denmark had signed a treaty of nonaggression with Nazi Germany in 1939. Germany invoked this treaty on 9 April 1940, when it ordered...