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Jan 1, 1337
Union of Kalmar unites Denmark, Sweden and Norway under a single monarch. Denmark is the dominant power.
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Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.
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- Denmark becomes constitutional monarchy; two-chamber parliament established.
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Denmark signs 10-year non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany.
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- A determined campaign by the Danish resistance prompts Germany to take over full control of Danish affairs. Thousands of Danish Jews manage to escape to Sweden.
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Germany surrenders and occupation ends. Denmark recognises Iceland's independence, which had been declared in 1944.Postwar recovery
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Faroe Islands granted self-government within the Danish state.
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- Constitutional change leads to a single-chamber parliament elected by proportional representation; female accession to the Danish throne is permitted; Greenland becomes integral part of Denmark.
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- Greenland referendum approves plans to seek more autonomy from Denmark and a greater share of oil revenues off the island's coast.
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- Denmark plans to set up an Arctic military command and task force because the melting ice cap is opening access to Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
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Denmark hosts UN climate change summit. Great hopes are invested in the Copenhagen summit but it ends without a legally binding global treaty being agreed.
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- A Somali man is charged with trying to kill the Danish artist whose drawing of the Muslim prophet Muhammad in 2005 sparked riots around the world.
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- Three men are charged with planning to attack the offices of a newspaper which printed cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. A fourth is released and a fifth is held in Sweden.
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Denmark approves underwater tunnel from Lolland island to the German island of Fehmarn, at a cost of $5.9bn. It will be built in 2014-2020 and speed up transport links between Scandinavia and continental Europe.