← 1939 1938 1937 1940 in Denmark → 1941 1942 1943
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1940 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year1940 in Denmark.

• Monarch –Christian X^[1]
• Prime minister –Thorvald Stauning

• 9 April –Operation Weserübung takes place, beginning theoccupation of Denmark byNazi Germany.^[2]
• 16 April –Princess Margrethe, the future Queen Margrethe II, is born toCrown Prince Frederik andCrown Princess Ingrid of Sweden.

• 7 November –Lillerød Badminton Club is founded inLillerød

• Kjøbenhavns Boldklub wins their eighth Danish football championship by winning the1939–40 Danish Championship League.

• 12 January –Helle-Vibeke Erichsen, artist and illustrator (died2016)
• 14 February –Eva Sørensen, sculptor and ceramist (died2019)
• 17 February –Julius Paulsen, painter (born1880)
• 25 February –Thue Christiansen, greenlandic politician (died2022)
• 29 March –Allan Botschinsky, jazz trumpeter (died2020)

• 16 April –Princess Margrethe, the future Queen Margrethe II^[3]
• 21 April –Erik Hagens, painter and illustrator

• 24 October –Jørgen Boberg, painter and illustrator (died2009)
• 3 December –Palle Jacobsen, ballet dancer (died2009)

• 28 January –Heinrich Dohm, painter of portraits, genre works and religious paintings (born1875)
• 13 March –Gustav Frederik Holm, Arctic explorer, naval officer (born1849)
• 28 March –Henrik Grønvold, painter (born1858)
• 25 May –Marie Krøyer, painter (born1867)

• 27 July –Gerda Wegener, painter (born1886)

• 10 December –Christian Schrøder, film actor (born1869)
• 19 December –Charlotte Norrie, nurse and women's rights activist (born1855)^[4]

• 1940 in Denmark
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