| On June 29, 2019, Queen Margrethe of Denmark visited Hvidsten town to attend the memorial service held in connection with the 75th anniversary of the execution of eight members of the resistance group Hvidsten Group (Hvidstengruppens) in Ryvangen, North of Copenhagen. The Hvidsten Group (Hvidstengruppen) was a Danish resistance group during World War II. On March 11, 1944, the majority of the group were arrested by the Gestapo. Eight of its members were sentenced to death on June 26 and executed in Ryvangen on June 29, 1944. |
