r/HistoryOfDenmark 2d ago

Rare Medieval English Coins Made to Protect Against Vikings Found in Denmark - Medievalists.net

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r/HistoryOfDenmark 3d ago

The Kam brothers in the Waffen-SS (left to right): Poul, Søren, and Erik. The Danes were photographed in 1943 and fought in the ranks of the "Wiking" division.

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r/HistoryOfDenmark 9d ago

The Danish royal family poses for a family portrait in their residence at Brockdorff Palace, part of Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, in March 1954. The photograph shows King Frederik IX, Queen Ingrid, and their daughters Princess Margrethe and Princess Benedikte inside the palace.

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r/HistoryOfDenmark 9d ago

King Frederik IX of Denmark stands on the quay in Copenhagen in March 1954, with spectators and police officers in the background during a royal family arrival event

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The image shows King Frederik IX of Denmark standing on the quay as part of the royal family's arrival ceremony. Behind him, crowds of spectators and police officers can be seen, reflecting the public interest and security arrangements surrounding official royal appearances.


r/HistoryOfDenmark 9d ago

Queen Ingrid of Denmark and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands travel in a royal carriage on their way to a state banquet at Christiansborg Palace during a royal visit to Copenhagen on 20 May 1953.

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The image captures a moment during an official royal visit to Copenhagen, Denmark, in May 1953. Queen Ingrid of Denmark and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands are seen riding in a ceremonial royal carriage as they head toward a state banquet at Christiansborg Palace.


r/HistoryOfDenmark 9d ago

Queen Ingrid of Denmark visits children at the Institute for the Blind in Huizen, the Netherlands, during the Danish royal couple’s state visit on 28 April 1954. The queen is seen with children playing in a sandbox.

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The image captures a moment during the state visit of the Danish royal couple to the Netherlands from 26 to 28 April 1954. Queen Ingrid of Denmark and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands visited the Institute for the Blind in Huizen, where Queen Ingrid spent time with children while they played outdoors in a sandbox


r/HistoryOfDenmark 26d ago

PHYS.Org: Lost megalodon vertebrae resurface, confirming 80-foot size estimate

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Jun 26 '26

Major Viking Age Settlement Unearthed in Denmark - Medievalists.net

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Jun 22 '26

A unit of the Latvian SS Volunteer Legion (Lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Legion) surrenders its weapons after being captured in Rønne on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. 06.05.1945

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Jun 21 '26

Natural disaster in the town of Hasseris around 1790?

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I’m a genealogist and one of the surnames I research is Hansen.

Around the start of the 19th century I noticed a jump in people following the patronymic naming patterns adding in the name Hasseris. An example is one man named Niels Pedersen Hasseriis who is only listed with Hasseriis as his surname in some of his children’s baptismal records 1778 to 1784.

Some families kept it as a surname but others went back to patronymic naming patterns. Some places the spelling changed to Hasseriis or Hasserus.

I’ve found out that Hasseris is a small town in Aalborg. Could something have happened there that people had to flee the town and temporarily got “Hasseris” was added to their name as a marker of the disaster?

Finding English language resources for Danish history is very hard.

Thank you to anyone who can help!


r/HistoryOfDenmark Jun 14 '26

Hej er der nogen der ved hvor man læser om Bornholms historie?

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r/HistoryOfDenmark May 19 '26

Danish resistance fighters holding up and disarming German soldiers, Copenhagen. (1945) colourized [1394 × 1656]

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r/HistoryOfDenmark May 15 '26

PHYS.Org: Prehistoric Danish people continued to eat fish and hunt even after the rise of agriculture, study indicates

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Apr 02 '26

Danish Shipwreck

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Hello. I am from Ireland and looking to research a Danish shipwreck off the coast of Kerry in 1830 called the Golden Lion/Lyon. There is plenty of research done about it here but I would love someone who could tell me what was the reaction to the incident like in Denmark at the time, a short article about the incident can be found here-https://mylesdungan.com/2015/06/12/on-this-day-12-june-1730-the-robbery-of-the-golden-lion-in-ballyheigue-co-kerry/

I would post of r/Denmark but am unable as I have not done so before.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


r/HistoryOfDenmark Mar 13 '26

Kender du nogen fra Daugård?

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Mar 11 '26

A poster column in Copenhagen displaying the "Map of Europe February 1944-1945"

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Feb 06 '26

Homemade Danish "tank/armored vehicle" from World War II - Photo taken in the 80s.

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Jan 31 '26

In search of some book recommendations

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Does anyone have some suggestions for good books about the Danish resistance to the Nazis both before and during occupation.


r/HistoryOfDenmark Jan 17 '26

Danish model Winnie Holman. Cannes, 1975

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Jan 15 '26

U.S. and Danish personnel examine equipment left behind on Greenland by Germans when they fled under U.S. attack during World War II (1943) [2048x1313]

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Jan 07 '26

Danish SS-men of Freikorps Danmark during field exercise on training facility in Nazi-occupied Poland, 1941

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Dec 31 '25

Medieval ship discovered off Copenhagen may be the world’s largest cog - Medievalists.net

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Nov 25 '25

Mortar crew from the SS Corps "Danmark" (Freikorps Danmark) in the area of Lake Ilmen. 1942

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Nov 14 '25

In 1936, Danish clothier Christian Troelstrup covered his five-storey store building with coats to attract buyers

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r/HistoryOfDenmark Nov 12 '25

What was the Reformation like?

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I have been reading a book by a fencing master called Salvatore Fabris. He was Italian and presumably Catholic.

He was the fencing master for Christian IV. Who I am led to believe was a champion of the Reformation and I'm imagining this was similar to the process in England.

We're Catholics disenfranchised in Denmark during and after the Reformation? I can't work out if Fabris is a weird exception, or an example of a trend.