Frihedsmuseet

The museum first opened on 15 October 1957 and was a gift from the resistance movement to the Danish state. From the very beginning, the Museum of Danish Resistance has been owned by the National Museum of Denmark and that is still the case today. The museum’s view as to how the Danish resistance fighters should be portrayed is something that has changed over time. From being presented as a single unit of anonymous patriots, today there is much more focus on the idea that the struggle was not a single, unified movement. Rather, it consisted of many different groups which spanned from the far left all across the political spectrum to the far right. 

The archive of the Museum of Danish Resistance can be visited by appointment. Only part of the documents have been digitized for download. But such download is only open for residents i Denmark. Foreign residents need to fill in and sign a user agreement and enquire with the archives by mail.