Danish People's Defence

[1] Dansk Folkeværn functioned as the political propaganda arm of the Schalburg Corps,[1] and was open to both men and women.

[2] Dansk Folkeværn was formally working independently of the Schalburg Corps, though they shared the same address,[1] and Dansk Folkeværn was described by one of its leaders as "Schalburg Corps' Group II".

[2] Many of Frits Clausen's former supporters in the National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark (DNSAP) were recruited.

For example, a group led by Max Arildskov called Landstormen, which had broken away from the DNSAP after Clausen's poor results in the March 1943 election.

[citation needed] In December, Arildskov put his men at the disposal of the Schalburg Corps as regular soldiers, but only around 50 were accepted.