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1943 in Denmark

Explore 8 historical events and records for Denmark in 1943.

Historical records for Denmark in 1943

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August

Scavenius Government

Scavenius, Erik ยท Copenhagen ยท Prime Minister of Denmark ยท Government / Government of Denmark

The Scavenius Government ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Denmark.

October

Aage Bohr Wartime Escape

Bohr, Aage Niels ยท Copenhagen ยท Nuclear Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Leaves occupied Denmark with his family through Sweden, interrupting his university studies and beginning several years of wartime scientific work abroad.

Escape from Occupied Denmark

Bohr, Niels Henrik David ยท Copenhagen ยท Theoretical Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Escapes German-occupied Denmark and reaches Sweden after the worsening danger to Danish Jews makes continued work in Copenhagen untenable.

December

Nobel Prize in Medicine

Dam, Henrik Carl Peter ยท Stockholm ยท Biochemist ยท Science / Medicine

Shares the medicine prize for discovering vitamin K.

Vitamin K Discovery Recognition

Dam, Henrik Carl Peter ยท Stockholm ยท Biochemist ยท Science / Medicine

Receives recognition for research connecting nutrition with blood coagulation.

Los Alamos Scientific Consultant

Bohr, Niels Henrik David ยท Los Alamos ยท Theoretical Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Arrives at Los Alamos with Aage Bohr as a consultant, using the security name Nicholas Baker while advising scientists working on nuclear-fission weapon physics.

Manhattan Project Scientific Assistant

Bohr, Aage Niels ยท Los Alamos ยท Nuclear Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Accompanies Niels Bohr to Los Alamos and works as his assistant and secretary while sharing discussions connected with fission physics and the Manhattan Project.

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British Atomic Project Adviser

Bohr, Niels Henrik David ยท London ยท Theoretical Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Travels from Sweden to Britain and becomes a scientific adviser connected with the Anglo-American atomic project while continuing to consider its international consequences.

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