| Svend Glendau | |
| Birth Name: | Svend Severinsen |
| Birth Date: | 1910 3, df=y[1] |
| Birth Place: | Tim præstegaard, Denmark |
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| Death Date: | [2] |
| Death Cause: | Execution by firing squad |
| Resting Place: | Ryvangen Memorial Park[3] |
| Occupation: | Policeman |
| Known For: | Executed as member of the Danish resistance movement |
| Website: | Web site: Modstandsdatabasen . Copenhagen . . Svend Glendau . Resistance Database . 2015-05-27 . da . |
Svend Glendau (12 March 1910 – 27 February 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.
Glendau's membership of the resistance was betrayed to Gestapo by Jørgen Børge Axel Lorenzen, leader of the Lorenzen Group[4] and on 13 January 1945 Glendau was arrested.[1]
On 27 February 1945 Glendau and nine other resistance members were executed[2] in Ryvangen.
On 29 August 1945 Glendau and 105 other victims of the occupation were given a state funeral in the memorial park founded at the execution and burial site in Ryvangen where he was executed. Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.[5]
On 19 September 1947 a memorial wall in the Copenhagen Police Headquarters with the names of 157 policemen who lost their lives during the occupation including that of Glendau was inaugurated.[6]
Similarly a memorial plaque for Glendau was mounted at the police station in Antonigade 11.[6]