Storm on the Stock Exchange

Storm on the Stock Exchange
Date11 February 1918
Location
Caused bySocial inequality and high unemployment
MethodsDirect action
Resulted inLeaders fined, some prison sentences received
Parties
Lead figures

Andreas Fritzner
Poul Gissemann
Jørgen Mortensen
Alfred Mogensen
Christian Christensen

Number
35,000-40,000

The Storm on the Stock Exchange (Danish: Stormen på Børsen) was a violent attack on the Børsen (Denmark's stock exchange) in Copenhagen on 11 February 1918. The attack was organized by unemployed syndicalists.