Postdoctoral researcher Troels Solgaard Andersen is the newest member of the Denmark in Exile-project. He holds a PhD in History from Aarhus University and is an expert on the history of censorship in Denmark, particularly during the German occupation from 1940 to 1945. His 2023 dissertation, A Cultural State of Emergency, investigates Danish book censorship and the exercise of internal sovereignty by the Danish government during the German occupation.

Andersen will now be working on a project that sheds light on the diverse political, social, and emotional landscape of the Danish resistance based in London during World War II. During the war, London became the hub for most continental European resistance movements, including the Danish. Unlike the more homogeneous military and intelligence officers in Stockholm, the Danish resistance in London was a heterogeneous group of individuals from all walks of life, whose affiliations did not align with conventional political or professional boundaries.

By reading existing literature against the grain in combination with primary sources, Andersen’s project will reveal how the individuals who came together in London to 'fight for Denmark' held divergent views on the tactics, strategies, and overarching goals of resistance. The project will delve into who these resistance fighters were, how they practiced resistance, their struggles over how to define and justify their efforts, and what - if anything - unified them as a community. Andersen will also map the relationships and networks they forged with organizations such as the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the Foreign Office, and the broader Danish exile communities in London and Stockholm, offering a more nuanced view of the resistance’s internal dynamics and external alliances.