Landbrug og industri i Danmark 1896 -1965. Nye beregninger af BFI inden for de varefremstillende sektorer

Resumé

Denmark 1896-1965: New Figures for Gross Factor Income in Agriculture and Manufacturing IndustryBased on new calculation techniques the figures presented in this article extend and improve the set of data used in previous research efforts carried out in order to describe and analyse Danish economic development in the 20th century. Manufacturing is specified within different trades; annual input quotas are estimated as far backwards as 1924; data regarding the years of German occupation 1940-1945 are established; and values in constant prices are calculated by more modern procedures. The results serve to substantiate a revised view on the role of manufacturing industries in the Danish process of economic growth. The article stresses the sector’s importance for total output as well as for export trade as early as the First World War. Similarly, it emphasizes its gradual succession as the primary growth engine and dynamic core of the economy in general, slowly superseding the agri-industrial development block.