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.
• 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)

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