National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark
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National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti | |
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Religion | Church of Denmark (official) |
Colors | Red, White |
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The National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti; DNSAP) was the largest Nazi Party in Denmark before and during the Second World War.
History
The party was founded on 16 November 1930, after the success of the Nazis in the German Reichstag elections of that year. The party mimicked the National Socialist German Workers' Party (
The party had other differences with the Germans; as Danish nationalists, they wanted the Danish border to grow to the south to take in the whole of the historical
The party was initially led by Cay Lembcke, although they attracted no more than a few hundred members under his leadership and failed to gain even minor support in the elections of 1932.
Lembcke was replaced in 1933 by
DNSAP supported Hitler's invasion and subsequent occupation of Denmark on 9 April 1940. A transition to Nazi government in Denmark was considered by the German administrator,
A rare victory for the DNSAP was its role in organizing the recruitment for
After the end of the
Storm Afdeling
The D.N.S.A.P. had its own Storm Troopers — the S.A. (Danish: Storm Afdeling) whose normal service dress was a brown shirt with black breeches and black top boots, a black tie and a black brassard with white swastika. Headgear could be either a black peaked cap or black forage cap. On the peaked cap was a two-part badge consisting of the nation cockade of Denmark and a runic "S" and "A" within white circle. "Full dress" uniform consisted of a brown tunic, black breeches, Sam Browne belt and a cross strap worn with a khaki shirt and tie, and forage cap. On duty, guards wore a Danish army steel helmet with a runic S.A. badge.[4]
Electoral performance
Upper house (Landsting)
Election | Votes | % | Seats |
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1936 | 2,012 | (#8) | 0 / 76
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1939 | 15,889 | (#7) | 0 / 76
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1943 | 14,407 | (#5) | 0 / 76
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Parliament (Folketing)
Election | Votes | % | Seats |
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1932 | 757 | 0.1 (#8) | 0 / 149
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1935 | 16,257 | 1.0 (#8) | 0 / 149
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1939 | 31,032 | 1.8 (#8) | 3 / 149
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1943 | 43,309 | 2.1 (#6) | 3 / 149
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See also
References
- Citations
- ^ Lauridsen 2002, p. 520.
- ^ a b c d Littlejohn 1987a, p. [page needed].
- ^ Hurd 2011, pp. 83–84.
- ^ Littlejohn 1987b, pp. 276–277.
- Bibliography
- Hurd, Madeleine (2011). Bordering the Baltic: Scandinavian Boundary-Drawing Processes, 1900-2000. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3643107787.
- Littlejohn, David (1987a). Foreign Legions of the Third Reich. Volume 1. United States of America: R. James Publishing. ISBN 0-912138-17-3.
- Littlejohn, David (1987b). Foreign Legions of the Third Reich. Volume 2. United States of America: R. James Publishing. ISBN 0-912138-22-X.
- Lauridsen, John T (2002). Dansk nazisme 1930-45 - og derefter (in Danish). Gyldendal. ISBN 9788702005486.