1940 in Denmark
Introduction 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.
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)* 17 February  Julius Paulsen, painter (born 1880)* 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===OctoberDecember===* 24 October  Jørgen Boberg, painter and illustrator (died 2009)* 3 December – Palle Jacobsen, ballet dancer (died 2009)
Deaths ===JanuaryMarch===* 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  Henrik Grønvold, painter (born 1858)* 25 May – Marie Krøyer, painter (born 1867)===JulySeptember===* 27 July   Gerda Wegener, painter (born 1886)===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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