1940 in Denmark

Events from the year 1940 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning

Events

• 9 April – Operation Weserübung takes place, beginning the occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany.^[1]
• 16 April – Princess Margrethe, the future Queen Margrethe II, is born to Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Ingrid of Sweden.

Births

• 29 March – Allan Botschinsky, jazz trumpeter
• 16 April – Princess Margrethe, the future Queen Margrethe II
• 3 December – Palle Jacobsen, ballet dancer (died 2009)

Deaths

• 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)
• 25 May – Marie Krøyer, painter (born 1867)
• 10 December – Christian Schrøder, film actor (born 1869)

References

See also