1940 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1940 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian X^[1]
Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning

Events

9 April – Operation Weserübung takes place, beginning the occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany.^[2]
16 April – Princess Margrethe, the future Queen Margrethe II, is born to Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid of Sweden.

Sports

Badminton

7 November - Lillerød Badminton Club is founded in Lillerød

Football

Kjøbenhavns Boldklub wins their eighth Danish football championship by winning the 1939–40 Danish Championship League.

Births

JanuaryMarch

12 January Helle-Vibeke Erichsen, artist and illustrator (died 2016)
14 February Eva Sørensen, sculptor and ceramist (died 2019)
17 February Julius Paulsen, painter (born 1880)
25 February – Thue Christiansen, greenlandic politician (died 2022)
29 March – Allan Botschinsky, jazz trumpeter (died 2020)

AprilJune

16 April – Princess Margrethe, the future Queen Margrethe II^[3]
21 April Erik Hagens, painter and illustrator

OctoberDecember

24 October Jørgen Boberg, painter and illustrator (died 2009)
3 December – Palle Jacobsen, ballet dancer (died 2009)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

28 January – Heinrich Dohm, painter of portraits, genre works and religious paintings (born 1875)
13 March – Gustav Frederik Holm, Arctic explorer, naval officer (born 1849)
28 March Henrik Grønvold, painter (born 1858)
25 May – Marie Krøyer, painter (born 1867)

JulySeptember

27 July Gerda Wegener, painter (born 1886)

OctoberDecember

10 December – Christian Schrøder, film actor (born 1869)
19 December – Charlotte Norrie, nurse and women's rights activist (born 1855)^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: Christian X king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 17 June 2019 . en.
Web site: 2. Verdenskrig. Gyldendal. 2009-11-18.
Web site: Margrethe II queen of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.
Web site: Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Charlotte Norrie . www.kvinfo.dk . 3 December 2019 . 15 May 2003.