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Kings¹
899 - 936
Gorm ("the Old")
(b. c.855 - d. 936)
936 - 940
Knud I
(b. c.890 - d. 940)
940 - 1 Nov 986
Harald I ("Bluetooth")
(b. c.910 - d. 986)
1 Nov 986 - 992
Svend I (1st time)("Forkbeard") (b. c.965 - d. 1014)
992 - 995
Erik Björnsson Segersäll
(b. c.930 - d. 995)
995 - 2 Feb 1014
Svend I (2nd time)
(s.a.)
3 Feb 1014 - 1018
Harald II
(b. c.989 - d. 1019)
1018 - 12 Nov 1035
Knud II (Canute II "the Great") (b. 995 - d. 1035)
12 Nov 1035 - 8 Jun 1042 Hardeknud (Cnute III "the
Hardy") (b. 1018 - d. 1042)
8 Jun 1042 - 25 Oct 1047 Magnus I ("the Good")
(b. c.1024 - d. 1047)
1042 - 25 Oct 1047
Svend Estridsen -Regent(in Jutland)(b. c.1019 - d. 1076)
25 Oct 1047 - 29 Apr 1076 Svend II
(s.a.)
29 Apr 1076 - 17 Apr 1080 Harald III
(b. c.1041 - d. 1080)
17 Apr 1080 - 10 Jul 1086 Knud IV (Canute IV "the Saint")
(b. c.1043 - d. 1086)
10 Jul 1086 - 18 Aug 1095 Oluf I
(b. c.1052 - d. 1095)
18 Aug 1095 - 10 Jul 1103 Erik I
(b. c.1056 - d. 1103)
1103 - 17 Jan 1131
Knud VI
(b. 1096 - d. 1131)
- with co-ruler -
1104 - 25 Jun 1134
Niels Svendsen
(b. c.1064 - d. 1134)
- with co-ruler -
1134 - 24 Jun 1134
Magnus II Nielsen af Slesvig (b. 1106
- d. 1134)
26 Jun 1134 - 1135
Harald IV
(b. 1080 - d. 1135)
1135 - 18 Sep 1137
Erik II
(b. c.1090 - d. 1137)
18 Sep 1137 - 27 Aug 1147 Erik III ("the Lame")
(b. c.1100 - d. 1147)
1140 - 1143
Oluf II
(b. c.1114 - d. 1143)
- with co-ruler-
1140 - 1143
Oluf Haraldsen
(b. c.1114 - d. 1143)
27 Aug 1146 - 23 Oct 1157 Svend III
(b. c.1127 - d. 1157)
(to 1154 in Sjaelland and Skåne)
1146 - 1151
Knud VII
(b. c.1130 - d. 1157)
(in opposition in Jutland and Fyn)
1154 - 12 May 1182
Valdemar I ("the Great")
(b. 1131 - d. 1182)
(co-ruler to 23 Oct 1157)
1164 - 1175
Prince Prislaw of the Obotrites (d. 1175)
(co-ruler in Laaland/Mecklenburg)
1168 - 1177
Magnus III (in rebellion)
(d. 1190)
1175 - 20 Oct 11183 Prince
Kanut of the Abodrites
(co-ruler in Laaland/Mecklenburg)
25 Jun 1170 - 12 Nov 1202 Knud VII
(b. 1163 - d. 1202)
(co-ruler to 12 May 1182)
1182
Harald Skraenk (in rebellion)
12 Nov 1202 - 28 Mar 1241 Valdemar II ("the Victorious")
(b. 1170 - d. 1241)
- with two co-rulers -
1218 - 28 Nov 1231
Valdemar Valdemarsen
(b. 1209 - d. 1231)
1232 - 10 Aug 1250
Erik IV
(b. 1216 - d. 1250)
(co-ruler to 28 Mar 1241)
28 Mar 1241 - 10 Aug 1250 Knut Valdemarsen -Co-ruler
(b. 1211 - d. 1260)
(1st time)
10 Aug 1250 - 29 Jun 1252 Abel
(b. 1218 - d. 1252)
10 Aug 1250 - 29 Jun 1252 Knut Valdemarsen -Co-ruler
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
29 Jun 1252 - 28 May 1259 Christoffer I
(b. 1219 - d. 1259)
29 Jun 1252 - 28 May 1259 Knut Valdemarsen -Co-ruler
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
28 May 1259 - 1259
Erik Abelsen (in rebellion) (b.
c.1240 - d. 1272)
28 May 1259 - 22 Nov 1286 Erik V
(b. 1249 - d. 1286)
28 May 1259 - 15 Oct 1260 Knut Valdemarsen -Co-regent
(s.a.)
(4th time)
28 May 1259 - 1266
Margarethe Sambiria (f) -Regent (b. 1230 - d.
1282)
22 Nov 1286 - 13 Nov 1319 Erik VI
(b. 1274 - d. 1319)
22 Nov 1286 - 1289
Valdemar af Slesvig -Regent
(d. 1312)
13 Nov 1319 - 7 Jun 1326 Christoffer II (1st time)
(b. 1276 - d. 1332)
- with co-ruler -
1321 - 1326
Erik Christoffersen
(b. 1307 - d. 1332)
7 Jun 1326 - 23 Feb 1330 Valdemar III
(b. 1315 - d. 1364)
7 Jun 1326 - 23 Feb 1330 Gerhard Graf von Holstein-
(b. c.1292 - d. 1340)
Rendsburg -Regent
23 Feb 1330 - 2 Aug 1332 Christoffer II (2nd time)
(s.a.)
2 Aug 1332 - 22 Jun 1340 Regency
- Gerhard Graf von Holstein-
(s.a.)
Rendsburg (in Jutland and Fyn)
- Johann Graf von Holstein-Plön
(d. 1359)
(in Sjaelland and Skåne)
22 Jun 1340 - 24 Oct 1375 Valdemar IV Christoffersøn
(b. 1320 - d. 1375)
24 Oct 1375 - May 1376 Niels Jønsøn
(chairman of state council)
May 1376 - 3 Aug 1387 Oluf II Haakonsson
(b. 1370 - d. 1387)
3 Aug 1387 - 10 Aug 1387 Magnus Nielssøn
(chairman of state council)
10 Aug 1387 - 24 Jan 1396 Margrethe I -Queen
(b. 1353 - d. 1412)
(styled: Denmarks Lady and Master, and
most mighty Guardian of the whole Realm)
24 Jan 1396 - 23 Jun 1439 Erik VII
(b. 1382 - d. 1459)
(Erik XIII of Sweden, Erik II of Norway)
23 Jun 1439 - 25 Jul 1439 Hans Laksmand (Laxmand) (d. 1443)
(chairman of state council)
25 Jul 1439 - 9 Apr 1440 Christoffer af Bayern -Regent
(b. 1416 - d. 1448)
(continues as king Christoffer III)
9 Apr 1440 - 5 Jan 1448 Christoffer III
(s.a.)
6 Jan 1448 - 28 Sep 1448 Tuve Nielsen
(d. 1472)
(chairman of state council)
28 Sep 1448-21/22 May 1481 Christian I (Christiern I)
(b. 1426 - d. 1481)
(elected 1 Sep 1448)
22 May 1481 - 3 Feb 1483 Jens Brostrup
(d. 1497)
(chairman of state council)
3 Feb 1483 - 20 Feb 1513 Hans
(b. 1455 - d. 1513)
20 Feb 1513 - 22 Jul 1513 Birger Gunnersen
(b. 1440 - d. 1519)
(chairman of state council)
22 Jul 1513 - 13 Apr 1523 Christian II (Christiern II)
(b. 1481 - d. 1559)
26 Mar 1523 - 10 Apr 1533 Frederik I
(b. 1471 - d. 1533)
(proclaimed in dissidence; deposed Christian II)
10 Apr 1533 - 29 Jul 1536 Torben Bille
(d. 1552)
(chairman of state council)
29 Jul 1536 - 1 Jan 1559 Christian III
(b. 1503 - d. 1559)
(proclaimed in dissidence 19 Aug 1535)
1 Jan 1559 - 14 Apr 1588 Frederik II
(b. 1534 - d. 1588)
14 Apr 1588 - 9 Mar 1648 Christian IV
(b. 1577 - d. 1648)
9 Mar 1648 - 16 Jul 1648 Christian Thomesen Sehersted
-Regent
16 Jul 1648 - 19 Feb 1670 Frederik III
(b. 1609 - d. 1670)
19 Feb 1670 - 4 Sep 1699 Christian V
(b. 1646 - d. 1699)
4 Sep 1699 - 12 Oct 1730 Frederik IV
(b. 1671 - d. 1730)
12 Oct 1730 - 6 Aug 1746 Christian VI
(b. 1699 - d. 1746)
6 Aug 1746 - 14 Jan 1766 Frederik V
(b. 1723 - d. 1766)
14 Jan 1766 - 13 Mar 1808 Christian VII
(b. 1749 - d. 1808)
13 Mar 1808 - 3 Dec 1839 Frederik VI
(b. 1768 - d. 1839)
3 Dec 1839 - 20 Jan 1848 Christian VIII
(b. 1786 - d. 1848)
20 Jan 1848 - 15 Nov 1863 Frederik VII
(b. 1808 - d. 1863)
15 Nov 1863 - 29 Jan 1906 Christian IX
(b. 1818 - d. 1906)
29 Jan 1906 - 14 May 1912 Frederik VIII
(b. 1843 - d. 1912)
14 May 1912 - 20 Apr 1947 Christian X
(b. 1870 - d. 1947)
(under occupation 9 Apr 1940 - 5 May 1945)
19 Oct 1942 - 15 May 1943 Crown Prince Frederik -Regent
(b. 1899 - d. 1972)
20 Apr 1947 - 14 Jan 1972 Frederik IX
(s.a.)
Queen¹
14 Jan 1972 -
Margrethe II
(b. 1940)
Chancellors (Rikskansler)
1699 - 21 Jul 1708
Conrad, greve von Reventlow (b.
1644 - d. 1708)
1708 - 1721
Christian Christophersen Sehested (b. 1666 - d. 1740)
Grand Chancellor (Storkansler)
1721 - 17 Oct 1730
Ulrik Adolf, greve Holstein (b.
1664 - d. 1737)
Ministers of State (Statsministres)
17 Oct 1730 - 12 May 1735 Ivar Eriksen Rosencrantz
(b. 1674 - d. 1745)
12 May 1735 - 29 Jan 1763 Johan Ludvig, greve Holstein
(b. 1694 - d. 1763)
1751 - 13 Sep 1770
Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorf (b. 1712 - d. 1772)
(from 1767, greve von Bernstorff av Wotersen)
13 Sep 1770 - 17 Jan 1772 Johann Friedrich Struensee
(b. 1737 - d. 1772)
(from 1771, greve Struensee)
Jan 1772 - 1784
Ove Jørgensen Høegh-Guldberg
(b. 1731 - d. 1808)
1784 - 21 Jun 1797
Andreas Peter,
(b. 1735 - d. 1797)
greve von Bernstorff til Sartow
22 Jun 1797 - 1810
Christian Gunther,
(b. 1769 - d. 1835)
greve von Bernstorff
1810 - 1814
Frederik, greve Moltke
(b. 1754 - d. 1836)
1814
Fredrik Julius Kaas
(b. 1758 - d. 1827)
1814 - 24 Aug 1818
Joachim Godske, greve Moltke (b. 1746
- d. 1818)
til Stridfeld
1818 - 1824
Heinrich Ernst, greve von
(b. 1747 - d. 1831)
Schimmelmann
1824 - 1842
Otto Joachim, greve Moltke
(b. 1770 - d. 1853)
til Stridfeld og Walkendorf
1842 - 22 Mar 1848
Poul Christian Stemann
(b. 1764 - d. 1855)
Prime ministers
22 Mar 1848 - 27 Jan 1852 Adam Wilhelm, greve Moltke
(b. 1785 - d. 1864) Non-party
27 Jan 1852 - 21 Apr 1853 Christian Albrecht Bluhme
(b. 1794 - d. 1866) Con
(1st time)
21 Apr 1853 - 12 Dec 1854 Anders Sandoe Ørsted
(b. 1788 - d. 1860) Con
12 Dec 1854 - 18 Oct 1856 Peder Georg Bang
(b. 1797 - d. 1861) Con
18 Oct 1856 - 13 May 1857 Carl Christofer Georg Andrae
(b. 1812 - d. 1893) Non-party
13 May 1857 - 2 Dec 1859 Carl Christian Hall (1st time)
(b. 1812 - d. 1888) NL
2 Dec 1859 - 8 Feb 1860 Carl Edvard Rotwitt
(b. 1812 - d. 1860) FF
8 Feb 1860 - 24 Feb 1860 Carl Frederik Axel Bror
(b. 1822 - d. 1873) Con
Blixen-Finecke (acting)
24 Feb 1860 - 31 Dec 1863 Carl Christian Hall (2nd time)
(s.a.)
NL
31 Dec 1863 - 11 Jul 1864 Ditlev Gothard Monrad
(b. 1811 - d. 1887) NL
11 Jul 1864 - 6 Nov 1865 Christian Albrecht Bluhme
(s.a.)
Con
(2nd time)
6 Nov 1865 - 28 May 1870 Christian Emil, greve
(b. 1817 - d. 1896) Con
Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs
28 May 1870 - 14 Jul 1874 Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman,
(b. 1815 - d. 1892) Con
greve Holstein
14 Jul 1874 - 11 Jun 1875 Christian Andreas Fonnesbech
(b. 1817 - d. 1880) Con
11 Jun 1875 - 7 Aug 1894 Jakob Brønnum Scavenius
Estrup (b. 1825 - d. 1913) Rp
7 Aug 1894 - 23 May 1897 Kjeld Thor Tage Otto von
(b. 1839 - d. 1923) Rp
Reedtz-Thott
23 May 1897 - 27 Apr 1900 Hugo Egmont Hørring
(b. 1842 - d. 1909) Rp
27 Apr 1900 - 24 Jul 1901 Hannibal Sehested til Broholm
(b. 1842 - d. 1924) Rp
24 Jul 1901 - 15 Jan 1905 Johan Hendrik Deuntzer
(b. 1845 - d. 1918) LP-V
15 Jan 1905 - 11 Oct 1908 Jens Christian Christensen
(b. 1856 - d. 1930) LP-V
11 Oct 1908 - 16 Aug 1909 Niels Thomasius Neergaard
(b. 1854 - d. 1936) LP-V
(1st time)
16 Aug 1909 - 28 Oct 1909 Johan Ludvig Carl Christian,
(b. 1839 - d. 1912) LP-V
greve Holstein-Ledreborg
28 Oct 1909 - 4 Jul 1910 Carl Theodor Zahle (1st time)
(b. 1866 - d. 1946) RV
4 Jul 1910 - 21 Jun 1913 Klaus Berntsen
(b. 1844 - d. 1927) LP-V
21 Jun 1913 - 30 Mar 1920 Carl Theodor Zahle (2nd time)
(s.a.)
RP
30 Mar 1920 - 5 Apr 1920 Carl Julius Otto Liebe
(b. 1860 - d. 1929) Non-party
5 Apr 1920 - 5 May 1920 Michael Petersen Friis
(b. 1857 - d. 1949) Non-party
5 May 1920 - 23 Apr 1924 Niels Thomasius Neergaard
(s.a.)
LP-V
(2nd time)
23 Apr 1924 - 13 Dec 1926 Thorvald August Marinus Stauning
(b. 1873 - d. 1942) SD
(1st time)
13 Dec 1926 - 28 Apr 1929 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
(b. 1876 - d. 1943) KF
28 Apr 1929 - 4 May 1942 Thorvald August Marinus Stauning
(s.a.)
SP
(2nd time)
4 May 1942 - 10 Nov 1942 Vilhelm Buhl (1st time)
(b. 1881 - d. 1954) SD
10 Nov 1942 - 5 May 1945² Erik Julius Christian Scavenius (b. 1877
- d. 1962) Non-party
5 May 1945 - 8 Nov 1945 Vilhelm Buhl (2nd time)
(s.a.)
SD
8 Nov 1945 - 13 Nov 1947 Knud Kristensen
(b. 1880 - d. 1962) LP-V
13 Nov 1947 - 27 Oct 1950 Hans Hedtoft (1st time)
(b. 1903 - d. 1955) SD
27 Oct 1950 - 30 Sep 1953 Erik Eriksen
(b. 1902 - d. 1972) LP-V
30 Sep 1953 - 29 Jan 1955 Hans Hedtoft (2nd time)
(s.a.)
SD
1 Feb 1955 - 19 Feb 1960 Hans Christian Svane Hansen
(b. 1906 - d. 1960) SD
21 Feb 1960 - 3 Sep 1962 Viggo Kampmann
(b. 1910 - d. 1976) SD
(acting to 21 Feb 1960)
3 Sep 1962 - 18 Feb 1968 Jens Otto Krag (1st time)
(b. 1914 - d. 1978) SD
18 Feb 1968 - 9 Oct 1971 Hilmar Baunsgaard
(b. 1920 - d. 1989) RV
9 Oct 1971 - 5 Oct 1972 Jens Otto Krag (2nd time)
(s.a.)
SD
5 Oct 1972 - 18 Dec 1973 Anker Jørgensen (1st time)
(b. 1922)
SD
18 Dec 1973 - 13 Feb 1975 Poul Hartling
(b. 1914 - d. 2000) LP-V
13 Feb 1975 - 10 Sep 1982 Anker Jørgensen (2nd time)
(s.a.)
SD
10 Sep 1982 - 25 Jan 1993 Poul Schlüter
(b. 1929)
KF
25 Jan 1993 - 27 Nov 2001 Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
(b. 1943)
SD
27 Nov 2001 - 5 Apr 2009
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
(b. 1953)
LP-V
5 Apr 2009 - 3 Oct 2011 Lars Løkke
Rasmussen (b. 1964)
LP-V
3 Oct 2011 - Helle
Thorning-Schmidt (f) (b. 1966)
SD
German Plenipotentiaries
9 Apr 1940 - Nov 1942
Cecil von Renthe-Fink
(b. 1885 - d. 1964) NSDAP
Nov 1942 - 5 May 1945 Werner Best
(b. 1903 - d. 1989) NSDAP
Commanders of German Troops
9 Apr 1940 - 30 Jun 1940 Leonhard Kaupisch
(b. 1878 - d. 1945)
30 Jun 1940 - 26 Sep 1942 Erich Lüdke
(b. 1882 - d. 1946)
26 Sep 1942 - 26 Jan 1945 Hermann von Hanneken
(b. 1890 - d. 1981)
27 Jan 1945 - 5 May 1945 Georg Lindemann
(b. 1884 - d. 1963)
Head of the Allied Military Administration
5 May 1945 - Aug 1945 Richard Henry
Dewing (U.K.) (b. 1891 - d. 1981)
Chairmen of the Free Danish Council³
30 Sep 1940 - 15 May 1942 Karl Gustav Anker-Petersen (b. 1898 - d. 1956)
(acting; in London exile)
15 May 1942 - 5 May 1945 John Guido Leo Christmas Møller
(b. 1898 - d. 1948)
(acting; in London exile)
Note: Freedom Council (Frihedsråd) was formed to unify the various resistance groups in Denmark. six persons formed the council on 16 Sep 1943, which was later expanded to 15 persons. There was no leader or president. These were the members as announced after the liberation.
Freedom Council
16 Sep 1943 - 1945 Council Members
- Niels Banke (from 194.)
(b. 1907 - d. 1983)
- Carl Adolf Bodelsen (from 1944) (b. 1894 - d. 1978)
- Ole Chievitz (from 1944) (b. 1883 - d. 1946)
- Mogens Fog (to 1944) (b. 1904 - d. 1990)
- Erling Foss
(b. 1897 - d. 1982)
(from 1944, in Sweden)
- Børge Houmann
(b. 1904 - d. 1994)
- Erik Husfeldt (194. - 194.) (b. 1901
- d. 1984)
- Frode Jakobsen
(b. 1906 - d. 1997)
- Alfred Jensen (194. - 194.) (b. 1903
- d. 1988)
- Flemming B. Muus
(b. 1907 - d. 1982)
- Arne Nøe-Nygaard (to 1943)
(b. 1908 - d. 1991)
- Aage Schoch (to 1944)
(b. 1898 - d. 1968)
- Arne Sørensen (from 1943)
(b. 1906 - d. 1978)
- Hans Øllgaard (from 1944)
(b. 1888 - d. 1979)
- Ole Lippmann (from 194.)
(b. 1916 – d. 2002)
- Ebbe Munck (in Stockholm) (b. 1905 – d. 1974)
- John Christmas Møller
(b. 1894 – d. 1948)
(in London)
- Thomas Døssing (in Moscow)
(b. 1887 – d. 1947)
¹Full style of the ruler:
(a) 18 Oct 1487 - 13 Apr 1523: Med Guds Nåde Danmarks Sveriges
Norges Vendes og Gotes Konge, Hertug i Slesvig Holsten Stormarn og Ditmarsken,
Greve i Oldenborg og Delmenhorst ("with the Grace
of God, of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Wends and Goths King, Duke in
Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn and Ditmarschen, Count in Oldenburg and Delmenhorst");
(b) 21 Aug 1524 - 19 Feb 1670: Med Guds Nåde Danmarks
Norges Vendes og Gotes Konge, Hertug i Slesvig Holsten Stromarn og Ditmarsken,
Greve i Oldenborg og Delmenhorst ("with the Grace of God, of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and
Goths King, Duke in Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarschen, Count in Oldenburg and
Delmenhorst");
(c) 19 Feb 1670 - 22 Mar 1777: af Guds Nåde, Konge til Danmark og Norge,
de Venders og Goters, Hertug til Slesvig, Holsten, Stormarn og Ditmersken,
Greve i Oldenborg og Delmenhorst ("by the Grace of God, King
to Denmark and Norway, the Wends and Goths, Duke to Schleswig, Holstein,
Stormarn and Ditmarschen, Count in Oldenburg and Delmenhorst");
(d) 22 Mar 1777 - 7 Feb 1814: af Guds Nåde Konge
til Danmark og Norge, de Venders og Goters, Hertug til Slesvig, Holsten,
Stormarn, Ditmarsken og Oldenborg ("by the Grace of God, King
to Denmark and Norway, the Wends and Goths, Duke to Schleswig, Holstein,
Stormarn, Ditmarschen, and Oldenburg");
(e) 7 Feb 1814 - 9 Jun 1815: Af Guds Nåde Konge til Danmark, de
Venders og Goters, Hertug til Slesvig, Holsten, Stormarn, Ditmarsken, Oldenborg
og Pommern, Fyrste til Rügen ("by the Grace of God, King to Denmark, the Wends and Goths, Duke to Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarschen, Oldenburg and Pomerania,
Prince of Rugen");
(f) 9 Jun 1815 - 1 Dec 1918: Af Guds Nåde Konge til
Danmark, de Venders og Goters, Hertug til Slesvig, Holsten, Stormarn, Ditmarsken,
Lauenborg og Oldenborg
("by the Grace of God, King to Denmark, the Wends and Goths, Duke to Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarschen, Oldenburg and Pomerania,
Prince of Rugen");
(g) 1 Dec 1918 - 17 Jun 1944: af Guds Nåde Konge til Danmark og
Island, de Venders og Goters, Hertug til Slesvig, Holsten, Stormarn, Ditmarsken,
Lauenborg og Oldenborg ("by the Grace of God, King to Denmark,
of Iceland, the Wends and Goths, Duke to Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarschen, Lauenburg, and Oldenburg");
(h) 17 Jun 1944 - 15 Jan 1972: Af Guds Nåde, Konge/Dronning
til Danmark, de Venders og Goters ("by the Grace of God, King/Queen
of Denmark, the Wends and the Goths");
(i) from 15 Jan 1972: af Guds Nåde Danmarks Dronning ("by the Grace of God Queen of
Denmark").
²Prime Minister Scavenius and his government laid down their functions 29 Aug 1943. From then the Germans governed Denmark alone. However, Scavenius and his government constitutionally still were Denmark's government until 1945.
³External resistance against the Germans started immediately in 1940, the Danish diplomatic representatives abroad refusing to recognize the new situation created by the occupation. The most important among them was Henrik Kauffmann, the Minister to the U.S., who, in 1941, placed Greenland under American protection. This was soon followed by the establishment, in London, of a Danish Council, acting as a representative of the Free Danish. The Council had no Chairman for most of the war. It was only in the last month before the liberation that Frode Jacobsen (s.a.)(the founder of the Council) emerged as de facto leader. The Council continued to function for some time after liberation.
Noble title: Greve = Count
Territorial Disputes: Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute Denmark's claim
that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm; Faroese
continue to study proposals for full independence; sovereignty
dispute with Canada over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere
Island and Greenland; Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark,
Iceland, and the UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement
in the Rockall area) remains dormant.
Party abbreviations: KF = Konservative Folkeparti (Conservative People's Party
(center-right, former Højre, est.1915); LP-V = Danmarks Liberale Parti "Venstre" (Liberal Party
of Denmark "Left", moderate-liberal, est.1870 as Agrarian Party);
RP
= Radikale Parti (Radical Party); RV = Radikale Venestre (Radical
Left [Social Liberal] Party, social-liberal, est.1905); SD
= Socialdemokratiet i Danmark (Social Democracy in Denmark, social-democratic);
- Former parties: Con = Højre (Conservative Party, 1848-1866);
FF
= Bondevennernes Selskab (Society of the Friends of Farmers, agrarian, 1846-72); NL = Nationalliberale (National Liberal, liberal 1830s-c.1880); NSDAP
= Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German
Workers Party, Nazi fascist, authoritarian, Germany nationalist); Rp =
Højre (Right Party, conservative, 1881-1915)
Anholt Island
May 1809 - 15 Jan 1814 British occupation.
British Commandants
3 May 1809 - 17 May 1810 Edward Nicolls (b. 1779 – d. 1865)
(Governor and Commandant)
Aug 1810 - Sep 1812 James Wilkes Maurice (b. 1775 – d. 1857)
7 Sep 1812 - 24 Apr 1813 T.B. Campbell
Apr 1813 - 15 Jan 1814 ....
Bornholm Island
17 Jun 1645 - 29 Oct 1645 Swedish occupation.
15 Mar 1658 - 9 Dec 1658 Swedish occupation.
9 Apr 1940 - 9 May 1945 German occupation (subordinated
to Denmark
occupation forces).
9 May 1945 - 5 Apr 1946 Soviet occupation.
Swedish Commanders
17 Jun 1645 - 29 Oct 1645 John Burdon
15 Mar 1658 - 8 Dec 1658 Johan Printzenskold
(b. 1618 - d. 1658)
German Commandants
Oct 1940 - May 1941
Georg West
(b. 1872 - d. 19..)
May 1941 - Oct 1942 Hans Köhler
(b.
1902 - d. 1949)
Oct 1942 - Aug 1943 Eduard Rabe
(b.
1890 - d. 19..)
Aug 1943 - Jul 1944 Joachim von Rosenberg
(b. 1891 - d. 1944)
Jul 1944 - Apr 1945 Robert Wilhelm Moraht (b. 1884 - d. 1956)
Apr 1945 - 9 May 1945 Gerhard von Kamptz
(b. 1902 - d. 1998)
Soviet Military Governors
9 May 1945 - 22 May 1945 P.D. Strebkov
22 May 1945 - 13 Jul 1945 Fyodor Fyodorovich Korotkov
(b. 1902 - d. 1973)
13 Jul 1945 - 5 Apr 1946 Aleksandr V. Jakushev
Jutland
8 Nov 1657 - 26 Feb 1658 Jutland peninsula occupied
by Sweden.
Aug 1864 - Oct 1864 Most
of the Jutland peninsula occupied by Prussia.
Swedish Military Governor
8 Nov 1657 - 26 Feb 1658 Jakob Kasimir de la Gardie
(b. 1629 - d. 1658)
Prussian Military Governor
Aug 1864 - Oct 1864 Ernst
Eduard Vogel von Fackenstein (b. 1797 - d. 1885)
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