1901-1945

It is generally believed that the introduction of Germanic troops on the territory of Denmark in 1940 took place without any serious obstacles to the Danish side. Indeed, the German invasion of the country occurred rapidly and by the end of April 9 Denmark was under the complete control of the armed forces of Nazi Germany. Go into the war with Germany, just as it did at the same time neighboring Norway, Denmark did not. However, in reality, during the first hours of the invasion of Germanic troops met fierce resistance units of the Danish army in southern Jutland and in several other places.

Russian revolutionary Lenin didn’t make much of an impression on Copenhageners, but the seed for many of his agricultural programmes was planted here. Lenin’s first visit to Copenhagen was in 1907 to attend the meeting of the Russian Socialist Economist Worker’s Party, which had been banned in their home country. Lenin’s second visit to Denmark was in September 1910.

Demonstrations demanding an eight-hour working day and strikes against the hight cost of basic products, fall salaries and a wave of unemployment accompany history of Denmark between 1918-1920, i.e. at the beginning of the World Wars.

There was a new Folketing election in April 1901. The close election contest has resulted in a complete ministry defeat. The conservative have got only 8 mandats, the moderate liberals have got 15, “the wild” – 2; with these 23 or 25 dubious supporters the government had to oppose the left, acting in rather close coordination and consisting from that moment of 75 radicals and 14 social-democrats. The social-democrats got 43.000 votes that election.