2019 in Denmark

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Last updated January 04, 2024

Events in the year 2019 in Denmark .

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

Film

Music

Sport

Badminton

27 January – Anders Antonsen wins gold in Men's Single at the 2019 Indonesia Masters.
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.

Canoe and katak

25–28 June Denmark wins one gold medal and one bronze medal in Canoe sprint at the 2019 European Games.
25–28 July Denmark wins three gold medals and two silver medals at the 2019 Canoe Marathon European Championships-
21–25 August Denmark wins one bronze medal at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
17–20 October Denmark wins three gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal at the 2019 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships.

Cycling

6 February – Kenny De Ketele (BEL) and Moreno De Pauw (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
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.

Equestrian sports

19–25 – Denmark wins two gold medals and three bronze medals at the 2019 FEI European Championships.

Golf

8 December – Rasmus Højgaard wins AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open on the 2020 European Tour.

Handball

27 January – Denmark wins the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship in handball by defeating Norway 31–27 in the final.

Sailing

25 May – Anne-Marie Rindom wins gold in laser radial at the European championships in Portp.
24 July – Anne-Marie Rindom wins a gold medal in Lazer Radial at the world championships in Sakaiminato.
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)

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Denmark competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Danish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games throughout the modern era, except for the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Danish team consisted of 120 athletes, 79 men and 41 women, across sixteen sports.

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Anders Antonsen is a Danish badminton player. He won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys singles event, and at the same year was awarded the European Young Player of the Year. Together with the national team, he won the European Men's Team Championships in 2016 and 2018; also European Mixed Team Championships in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Antonsen was the champion at the 2019 Minsk European Games, 2021 European Championships, the silver medalist at the 2017 European Championships, and the 2019 World Championships, and the bronze medalist at the 2021 World Championships.

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Events in the year 2018 in Denmark.

Denmark competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Danish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.

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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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[1] "Margrethe II | queen of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[2] 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.

[3] "6 killed in train accident on Danish bridge". CNN. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[4] "Greenland: Trump warned that island cannot be bought from Denmark", BBC News, 16 August 2019, retrieved 16 August 2019

[5] Dødsfald: Kapelmester, filmkomponist Ib Glindemann (84) (in Danish)

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