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1940s; 1950s; 1960s; See also: Other events of 1940 List of years in Denmark: Events from the year 1940 in Denmark. Incumbents. Monarch – Christian X [1]
The Prime Minister of Denmark is the head of government of the Kingdom of Denmark and leader of the Cabinet. The Prime Minister is formally appointed by the Monarch, who is head of state. The first four heads of government were titled premierminister (lit. ' prime minister '), between 1855 and 1920 the title was Konseilspræsident (lit.
39th Cabinet of Denmark: Date formed: 8 July 1940 () Date dissolved: 4 May 1942 () People and organisations; Head of state: Christian X: Head of government: Thorvald Stauning: No. of ministers: 12: Ministers removed: 3: Total no. of members: 14: Member party: Social Democrats Venstre Conservative People's Party Social Liberal Party: Status in ...
Pages in category "1940 in Denmark" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "1940s in Denmark" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1940 in Denmark;
From 1918 until 1944, Iceland was self-governing, but the Danish king (King Christian X) was the head of state of both Denmark and Iceland. The United Kingdom occupied Iceland on 10 May 1940 to pre-empt German occupation, turning it over to the then-neutral United States in July 1941, before the latter's entry into the war in December 1941.
The war became a disaster for two reasons: Primarily, because Denmark's new powerful ally, the Netherlands, remained neutral as Denmark was the aggressor and Sweden the defender. Secondly, the Belts froze over in a rare occurrence during the winter of 1657–1658, allowing Charles X Gustav of Sweden to lead his armies across the ice to invade ...
Erik Julius Christian Scavenius (Danish pronunciation: [skæˈve̝ˀnius]; 13 July 1877 – 29 November 1962) was the Danish foreign minister from 1909 to 1910, 1913 to 1920 and 1940 to 1943, and prime minister from 1942 to 1943, during the occupation of Denmark until the Danish elected government ceased to function.