1976 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1976 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1976 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II ^[1]
• Prime minister – Anker Jørgensen

Events

Main article: 1976

Sports

• 6–7 April — With two gold medals and three silver medals, Denmark finishes as the second best nation at the 5th European Badminton Championships in Dublin, Ireland.

Date unknown

• Graeme Gilmore (AUS) and Dieter Kemper (FRG) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

January–March

• 2 February – Gudrun Bojesen ballet dancer
• 6 February – Kasper Hvidt, handballer
• 10 March – Johan Wohlert, musician

April–June

• 25 April – Kenneth Cortsen, sport management researcher ^[2]
• 26 June – Janus Friis, entrepreneur, co-founder of skype

July–September

• 28 July – Rasmus Bjerg, actor, comedian
• 29 August – Jon Dahl Tomasson, football player
• 1 September – Heidi Albertsen, model

October–December

• 13 October – Cathrine Grage, speed skater, inline skater, and cyclist
• 2 November – Andreas Mogensen, astronaut
• 14 December – Peter Gade, badminton player

Deaths

January–march

• 7 march – Tove Ditlevsen, poet and author (born 1917)

April–June

• 17 April – Henrik Dam, biochemist and physiologist (died 1895)
• 12 May – Kaj Gottlob, architect (born 1887)
• 3 June – Viggo Kampmann, politician, former prime minister (born 1910)

July–September

• 21 September – Nils Middelboe, football player (died 1887)

October–December

• 29 December – Ingeborg Frederiksen, illustrator (born 1886)

See also

• 1976 in Danish television

References

1. "Margrethe II: queen of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
2. "School of Business and Social Sciences". Asb.dk. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.