Frihedsmuseet

Frihedsmuseet, or "The Museum of Danish Resistance," is a Copenhagen museum dedicated to the Danish Resistance effort against Nazi occupation from 1940 to 1945. It is regarded as one of the most beautiful historical sites in Denmark.

The Danish Resistance Movement was an underground movement that fought the German occupation of Denmark during WWII. Members of the gang were involved in a variety of unlawful actions, including publishing unauthorized publications, spying, and sabotage. Until 1944, resistance agents killed an estimated 400 Danish Nazis, informers, and collaborators. Danish leaders backed the resistance movement after the war.

The museum is a branch of the Danish National Museum, which was founded in 1807 and has significantly extended its displays as more recent history has unfolded. All of the exhibits in the chronological display at Frihedsmuseet are available in both Danish and English. Frihedsmuseet intends to teach future generations about the far-reaching and still palpable repercussions of war.