Denmark 1814 to the Present

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Royal births and baptisms documented by a consortium of Danish institutions
Illustrated with church book records, medallions, and related objects.
(1671-1870; facsimiles, images and commentary)

Digitized 19th- and 20th-century manuscripts from the Danish Royal Library.
(Facsimiles)

The Jewish Pogrom of Odense in the Autumn of 1819.
Background and historical sources from the Provincial Archive of Funen.
(12 September 1819; facsimiles and commentary in Danish)

A "pictorial atlas" by the Frenchman Paul Gaimard illustrating his journeys to Scandinavia.
(1838-1840; facsimile images)
(Click on "Danmark" and "Færøyene" from the left frame.)

A searchable and growing database of selected parishes made available by the Danish State Archives at Arkivalier online.
(1814-1891; facsimiles -- may require a plug-in)

A series of searchable databases covering:
Census records;
Emigration records;
Immigration records (Danish interface only);
Other databases.
(19th century to the present)

Source documents from the Danish women's movement.
Click on links within the commentary for source documents
(1850-1920; Danish commentary linking to transcriptions)

A beautifully accessible search database for full text of the newspaper Illustreret Tidende.
(1859-1924; searchable facsimile pages)

A virtual exhibit by the Local History Archive of Central Sjælland
With quotes from -- and links to -- primary documentation.
(1873-present; Danish facsimiles and transcriptions)
Laws, letters, memoirs, statistics, and more.
(1873-present; Danish facsimiles and transcriptions)

Covering some important events and figures of the twentieth century.
(1900-present; sound recordings -- requires RealAudio and a soundcard)

Released by the Niels Bohr Archive.
The meeting in Copenhagen between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg is considered a defining moment in the development of the atomic bomb.
Link to documents is found at the bottom of the page
(1941-1962; facsimiles, transcriptions and translations)

A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
(1939-1945; transcriptions and translations)
A collection of documents related to WWII.
From the Avalon Project.
Official (mainly U.S.) government histories, source documents, and other primary references.
(1939-1945; English transcriptions and translations)
Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
(1938-1945; translations)

Virtual exhibit of the Nazi occupation
Presented by the Museum of Danish Resistance.
(1939-1945; facsimiles)

(5 June 1953; Danish transcription)
(5 June 1953 with revisions to 1992; English translation)

Folketinget / Danish Parliament:

(1997-present; Danish transcriptions).

Documents from various ministries of the Danish government.
(Transcriptions and translations)

A database of full-text PDF files for download.
Digitized by the Dansk Institut for Gymnasiepædagogik.
For an overview of topics, click on "Category Search."
(1775-1962; facsimiles)

Danish kings and their history.
Mostly secondary information and commentary, but with a time-table and images that could be valuable.
(1448-1863; Danish-language commentary and images)
A short update of monarchs 1863 to the present is on a separate page.

Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.
(Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)

A website sponsored by the Usenet newsgroup "soc.culture.nordic" in form of a chronology, but with links to primary documents and a chronological list of Danish
monarchs.
(430-1993; English transcriptions and commentary)

A bilingual website with Danish or English access, including such pages as:
Personal accounts and letters of soldiers,
documents from various wars and occupations,
and a photo gallery.
(1563-1945; Danish facsimiles & transcriptions, English translations)

A well-annotated documentation of ships and the men aboard them.
Also available in the Danish original.
(1801-2001; transcriptions, commentary, bibliographies, data lists)
An inventory of the naval vessels by category.
(1860-1990; data lists)

A cooperative Danish-Swedish project covering sources from both sides of the "Sound."
Pictures, postcards, maps, letters, guides to archival sources.
(1200-1913; facsimiles and guides)

From Den Digitale Byport of the Danish Centre for Urban History.
With aspect searches (by chronology, civic function, location, architect, etc.).
(13th-19th centuries; annotated facsimiles of illustrations, photos and architectural plans)


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