2019 in Denmark
Events in the year 2019 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Margrethe II[1]
- Prime Minister – Lars Løkke Rasmussen (until June 27)
Mette Frederiksen (from June 27)
Events
- 2 January – Great Belt Bridge rail accident: A DSB express passenger train is hit by a semi-trailer from a passing cargo train on the western bridge of the Great Belt Fixed Link in Denmark, killing eight people and making it the deadliest rail accident in the country since 1988.[2][3]
- 10–27 January – 2019 World Men's Handball Championship – co-hosted with Germany
- 26 May – The 2019 European Parliament election
- 5 June – 2019 Danish general election
- 27 June – The Cabinet of Mette Frederiksen is presented.
- 16 August –; The government of Denmark rejects the suggestion that the United States might purchase Greenland.[4]
The arts
Music
Sport
Badminton
- 17 February – Denmark wins the 2019 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships by defeating Germany 3–0 in the final.
- 19–24 February – Viktor Axelsen wins gold in Men's Single and Mia Blichfeldt wins gold in Women's Single at the 2019 Spain Masters.
- 24–31 March – Viktor Axelsen wins Men's Single at 2019 India Open.
- 25 August – Anders Antonsen wins silver in men's single at the 2019 BWF World Championships.
- 15– 2019 Denmark Open takes place in Odense.
Cycling
- 27 February – 3 March – Denmark wins one silver medal and two bronze medals at the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 39 April – Jakob Fuglsang wins 2019 Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
- 16 June – Jakob Fuglsang wins the Critérium du Dauphiné.
- 29 September – Mads Pedersen wins gold in Men's road race at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships.
- 16–20 October – 2019 UEC European Track Championships
- 17 October — Denmark wins gold in Team Pursuit at the 2019 UEC European Track Championships.
- 17 October – Denmark wins a gold medal in Team Pursuit.
- 20 October
- Amalie Dideriksen and Julie Leth wins a gold medal for Denmark in Women's Madison.
- Lasse Norman Hansen and Michael Mørkøv wins a gold medal for Denmark in Men's madison.
Golf
- 8 December – Rasmus Højgaard wins AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Openn.
Handball
- 27 January – Denmark wins the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship in handball by defeating Norway 31–27 in the final.
Sailing
- 30 Oc tober – Anne-Marie Rindom wins the 2019 Women's World Sailor of the Year Award.
Tennis
- 8 June – Holger Rune wins the 2019 French Open – Boys' Singles.
Deaths
- 5 May - Ib Glindemann, jazz composer and bandleader (born 1934)[5]
- 10 June – Ib Nørlund, composer (born 1931)
- 31 December – Eva Sørensen, sculptor and ceramist (born 1940)
- 19 August – Lars Larsen, businessman, company founder (born 1948)
See also
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References
- "Margrethe II | queen of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- Christoffersen, Jonas Stenbæk; Thomsen, Peter; Nielsen, Jens (2 January 2019). "Togpersonale uden skyld i den værste ulykke i over 30 år" [Train crew not responsible for worst accident in over 30 years]. Berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- "6 killed in train accident on Danish bridge". CNN. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- "Greenland: Trump warned that island cannot be bought from Denmark", BBC News, 16 August 2019, retrieved 16 August 2019
- Dødsfald: Kapelmester, filmkomponist Ib Glindemann (84) (in Danish)
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