Frode Jakobsen (21 December 1906 in Østre Jølby,

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

– 15 June 1997 in

), was a Danish writer and politician who is remembered for his contribution to

Danish resistance The Danish resistance movements ( da, Den danske modstandsbevægelse) were an underground insurgency to resist the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Due to the initially lenient arrangements, in which the Nazi occupation autho ...

activities during the German

occupation of Denmark At the outset of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself neutral. For most of the war, the country was a protectorate and then an occupied territory of Germany. The decision to occupy Denmark was taken in Berlin on 17 December ...

in the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. In 1941, Jakobsen formed ''Ringen'' or the Ring, a secret resistance organisation. In 1943, became one of the key members of the

Danish Freedom Council The Danish Freedom Council ( da, Danmarks Frihedsråd) was a clandestine body set up in September 1943 in response to growing political turmoil surrounding the occupation of Denmark by German forces during the Second World War. Background Techni ...

which coordinated resistance activities against the Germans until Denmark was liberated.Frode Jakobsen : I Danmarks frihedsråd
. Henrik Stampe Jensen. Retrieved 18 April 2008. After the war he became a member of the Danish Social Democrats party until 1973. In his book ''I Danmarks Frihedsråd'', he recounts how he helped to bring several resistance organisations together to work towards Denmark's liberation.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jakobsen, Frode Danish resistance members 1906 births 1997 deaths Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians People from Morsø Municipality