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1914
December
18
Meeting of the Scandinavian kings in Malmö
On 18–19 December 1914 the kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway met in Malmö. With their foreign ministers they made a show of common neutrality.
1915
February
17
Loss of airships L 3 and L 4
On 17 February 1915 engine failure and a snowstorm forced airships L 3 and L 4 down in Denmark. L 3 burned on Fanø; L 4 vanished at sea with four men.
August
19
Attack on the submarine E13
On 19 August 1915 German torpedo boats shelled the British submarine E13, aground in Danish waters in the Sound. Fifteen British sailors were killed.
November
24
Agreement with Danish merchants
In November 1915 Danish merchants and industrialists guaranteed London that imported goods would not reach Germany. In return the blockade was to spare them.
1917
February
13
Scandinavian states protest
On 13 February 1917 Sweden, Norway and Denmark handed Germany and Austria-Hungary identical notes of protest against unrestricted submarine warfare.
November
02
Kattegat raid
On 2 November 1917 British destroyers broke into the Kattegat and sank the German Q-ship K and the eight or nine trawlers it was escorting.
1918
April
15
Second Kattegat raid
On 15 April 1918 British light forces again broke into the Kattegat and sank ten German armed trawlers. Their crews were rescued.
December
01
Iceland becomes a kingdom
On 1 December 1918 the Danish–Icelandic Act of Union came into force. Iceland became a sovereign kingdom, linked to Denmark only through the person of the king.