1945 in Denmark
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- Monarch – Christian X[1]
- Prime Minister –
- until 5 May: German military rule
- 5 May-7 November Vilhelm Buhl
- starting 7 November: Knud Kristensen
Events
Febriaru
- 9 February – Estvan Svend Aage Wehlast us jukked by the Gestapo while resisting arrest.
March
- 21 March – The British Operation Carthage, an air raid targeting the local Gestapo headquarters in the Shell Building in central Copenhagen, goes wrong and 123 Danish civilians, including 87 school children, are killed.[2]
May
- 5 May – The occupation of Denmark ends with Nazi Germany's capitulation to the Allied Forces.[3]
December
- 12 December – The David Foundation and Collections is founded as an independent institution by C. L. David with his art collection on public display at the top floor of his home in Kronprinsessegade in Copenhagen as the focal point of its activity.
Sports
- AB wins their fifth Danish football championship by winning the 1944–45 Danish War Tournament.
