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

The German invasion of Denmark (German: Operation Weserübung – Süd), was the German attack on Denmark on 9 April 1940, during the Second World War. The...

June 1940) was the invasion of Denmark and Norway by Nazi Germany during World War II. It was the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. In the early...

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...

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...

Ulf Pilgaard (15 November 1940 – 28 October 2024) was a Danish actor. Pilgaard was born in Skive, Denmark on 15 November 1940. The son of a priest, he...

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...

Statistics of Danish War Tournament in the 1940/1941 season. Source: [citation needed] Source: [citation needed] Source: [citation needed] Boldklubben...

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...

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...

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

OPROP! (Opraab! in correct 1940-Danish; Opråb! in correct modern Danish; transl. proclamation, exclamation) was a German airborne propaganda leaflet dropped...

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 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...

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...

Carina, which is the feminine of “loved” or “dear” in both Latin and Italian. Anna Karina (1940–2019), Danish-French actress Karina, or Elda Neyis Mosquera...

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

House of Oldenburg is a German dynasty whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia...

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...

In Jensen, Albert (ed.). Leksikon for det 21. århundrede (in Danish). Retrieved 25 September 2016. "Arbejderhistorisk bladliste 1931-1940" (in Danish)...

(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...

Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti; DNSAP) was the largest Nazi Party in Denmark before and during the...

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

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

Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Ανδρέας; romanized: Andréas; 2 February [O.S. 21 January] 1882 – 3 December 1944) was the seventh child and...

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

associated to Denmark in a personal union with the Danish king. Iceland established its own flag, declared its neutrality and asked Denmark to represent...

in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Greece, several northern German states, Russia and the United Kingdom. It takes its name from the family seat in...