CAOC Finderup 1993 - 2013 - Flyvevåbnets Historiske Samling

BackgroundOn the peninsula of Jutland, some 20kilometres west of Viborg, lies a sparselypopulated moor in the middle of the Kingdomof Denmark with just a few villages scatteredaround. One small village became worldfamous, when the Danish King, Erik the Fifth,was killed in the church barn of Finderup on22 nd November 1286. The village is still there.Today, the area around Finderup is a militarytraining ground, and in 1969 was selected tohouse one of NATO´s static militaryheadquarters.The Kingdom of Denmark, situated on the approaches of the Baltic Sea has, throughout time,been of strategic significance. In 1429 a toll was imposed on all shipping passing the narrowstrait of Øresund. For many years the dues paid represented a major part of the King’srevenues. However, under pressure from many major seafaring nations (England, Russia andthe United States of America) the dues were revoked in 1857.5Back to Tables of Contents