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.

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
• 14 February Eva Sørensen, sculptor and ceramist
• 25 February – Thue Christiansen, greenlandic politician
• 29 March – Allan Botschinsky, jazz trumpeter

AprilJune

• 16 April – Princess Margrethe, the future Queen Margrethe II
• 21 April Erik Hagens, painter and illustrator
• 27 April Kaspar Rostrup, filmmaker

OctoberDecember

• 9 October Bodil Nyboe Andersen, governor of the Bank of Denmark
• 24 October Jørgen Boberg, painter and illustrator
• 15 November Ulf Pilgaard, actor
• 3 December Palle Jacobsen, ballet dancer

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 28 January – Heinrich Dohm, painter of portraits, genre works and religious paintings
• 17 February Julius Paulsen, painter
• 13 March – Gustav Frederik Holm, Arctic explorer, naval officer
• 28 March Henrik Grønvold, painter
• 25 May – Marie Krøyer, painter

JulySeptember

• 27 July Gerda Wegener, painter

OctoberDecember

• 10 December – Christian Schrøder, film actor
• 19 December – Charlotte Norrie, nurse and women's rights activist