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1940
Events from the year 1940 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Christian XChristian X king of Denmark https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-X Encyclopedia Britannica 17 June 2019 en
Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
9 April – Operation Weserübung takes place, beginning the occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany.http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Diverse_historie/Anden_Verdenskrig/2._Verdenskrig 2. Verdenskrig Gyldendal 2009-11-18
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
thumb|120px|Margrethe II of Denmark.
thumb|120px|Ulf Pilgaard.
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 IIMargrethe II queen of Denmark https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margrethe-II Encyclopedia Britannica 16 June 2019 en
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)Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Charlotte Norrie https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1129/ www.kvinfo.dk 3 December 2019 15 May 2003
References
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