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. 16 April – Princess Margrethe, the future Queen Margrethe II, is born to Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid of Sweden. 8 September Grundtvig's Church is inaugurated in Copenhagen.
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) 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 21 April Erik Hagens, painter and illustrator 27 April Kaspar Rostrup, filmmaker (died 2025)
OctoberDecember 9 October Bodil Nyboe Andersen, governor of the Bank of Denmark (died 2025) 24 October Jørgen Boberg, painter and illustrator (died 2009) 15 November Ulf Pilgaard, actor (died 2024) 3 December Palle Jacobsen, ballet dancer (died 2009)
Deaths JanuaryMarch 28 January – Heinrich Dohm, painter of portraits, genre works and religious paintings (born 1875) 17 February Julius Paulsen, painter (born 1860) 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) 10 September Gerda Madvig, painter and sculptor (born 1868) 28 July Gerda Wegener, illustrator and painter (died 1885)
OctoberDecember 10 December – Christian Schrøder, film actor (born 1869) 19 December – Charlotte Norrie, nurse and women's rights activist (born 1855)
References