1940 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1940}}
Events from the year 1940 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 9 April – Operation Weserübung takes place, beginning the occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany.{{Cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Diverse_historie/Anden_Verdenskrig/2._Verdenskrig|title=2. Verdenskrig|publisher=Gyldendal|access-date=2009-11-18}}
- 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
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 12 January {{ndash}} Helle-Vibeke Erichsen, artist and illustrator (died 2016)
- 14 February {{ndash}} Eva Sørensen, sculptor and ceramist (died 2019)
- 17 February {{ndash}} Julius Paulsen, painter (born 1880)
- 25 February – Thue Christiansen, greenlandic politician (died 2022)
- 29 March – Allan Botschinsky, jazz trumpeter (died 2020)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 16 April – Princess Margrethe, the future Queen Margrethe II{{cite web |title=Margrethe II {{!}} queen of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margrethe-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 June 2019 |language=en}}
- 21 April {{ndash}} Erik Hagens, painter and illustrator
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 24 October {{ndash}} Jørgen Boberg, painter and illustrator (died 2009)
- 3 December – Palle Jacobsen, ballet dancer (died 2009)
Deaths
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 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 {{ndash}} Henrik Grønvold, painter (born 1858)
- 25 May – Marie Krøyer, painter (born 1867)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 27 July {{ndash}} Gerda Wegener, painter (born 1886)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 10 December – Christian Schrøder, film actor (born 1869)
- 19 December – Charlotte Norrie, nurse and women's rights activist (born 1855){{cite web |title=Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Charlotte Norrie |url=https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1129/ |website=www.kvinfo.dk |access-date=3 December 2019 |date=15 May 2003}}
References
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