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Since Eric also, according to another source of Adam of Bremen, invaded the Holy Roman Empire. It virtually requires Eric to have been the king of Denmark. Therefore two independent sources describe Eric as the king of Denmark. Semi-legendary kings
- Introduction↑
- Denmark 1914↑
- Securing Danish Neutrality↑
- The Interventionist State↑
- A Class Society During Wartime↑
- War and Culture: Making Sense of The War↑
- Conclusion: Longer-Term Consequences of The War?↑
In the dominant understanding of Danish history, Word War II is the only world war that matters. The German occupation beginning on 9 April 1940, the Danish government’s pragmatic reaction and the slow growth of popular resistance have formed the basis for historical narratives that have strongly impacted Danish culture and politics. For historians...
In 1912, one of Denmark’s most prominent industrialists, Alexander Foss (1858-1925), outlined a vision of a not too distant future in which manufacturing would be the country’s dominant economic sector. Unsurprisingly, his widely published future scenario met with strong opposition from representatives of agriculture. Although Denmark had witnessed...
Immediately after the outbreak of the war, Christian X, King of Denmark (1870-1947)issued a message on Denmark’s position on 1 August 1914: The message was penned by Minister of Finance, Edvard Brandes (1847-1931), but the government was, of course, well aware that solemn statements could not shield Denmark from the war. Therefore, the most urgent ...
The outbreak of the war was met with widespread anxiety in Denmark. Insecurity about the future immediately lead to a run on the gold deposit of the National Bank and already on 2 August government suspended the gold convertibility of the krone. This decision can be seen as a harbinger of the very active role the state came to play in both economic...
In February 1915 Copenhagen business associations sent a representative to the United States to study American industries and especially “the preparations they had undertaken to exploit the chances that the war situation has created for businesses of all neutral countries.” As this initiative demonstrates, the war was not just perceived as a series...
In the weeks following the outbreak of the war, war coverage dominated the Danish press. As time passed, interest waned, though more than two years into the war, in October 1916, 15-23 percent of all editorials were still dedicated to the war according to a recent analysis. Most of the reporting was based on telegrams primarily from official source...
In the summer of 1934, Denmark got its national war memorial: a large monument of French limestone situated in a memorial park on the southern outskirts of Aarhus, the country’s second-largest city. Both the reliefs and the inscriptions on the monument represent the war as fratricide, commemorating Danes who had fought on both sides of the war. The...
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 King Charles X Gustav of Sweden to lead his armies across the ice to ...
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The World War Era, 1914–1945. 1. Denmark in the world war era; 2. The consolidation of the nation state in the shadow of the world wars; 3. Ruptures within foreign and domestic politics; 4. Economic crisis and public regulation; 5. Cultural rupture and the longing for order; 6. The occupation, 1940–1945
Eric of Pomerania (c. 1381/1382 – 24 September 1459) ruled over the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439. He was initially co-ruler with his great-aunt Margaret I until her death in 1412. Eric is known as Eric III as King of Norway (1389–1442), Eric VII as King of Denmark (1396–1439) and has been called Eric XIII [b] as King of Sweden (1396 ...
Sep 13, 2017 · Author (s) Bendtsen, Bjarne Søndergaard. Denmark was declared neutral at the outbreak of the war in 1914, and in a message issued in the name of the Danish king on 1 August, the Danes were urged to refrain from commenting on or demonstrating for or against any of the warring nations.
king (930-935), Norway. Erik I (died 954, Stainmore, Eng.) was the king of Norway ( c. 930–935) and later king of Northumberland (948, 952–954). On the death of his father, Harald I Fairhair, first king of united Norway, Erik attempted to make himself sole king of Norway, defeating and slaying two of his brothers to whom vassal kingdoms had ...
