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1978 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1978 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Margrethe II
Prime minister – Anker Jørgensen

Events

19 September – The 1978 electoral age referendum, leading to a lowering of the electoral age from 20 to 18 years.

Undated

The death penalty is abolished for all crimes.

Sports

Badminton

13–15 April — With two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal, Denmark finishes as the second best nation at the 6th European Badminton Championships in Preston, England.
Gentofte BK wins Europe Cup.

Cycling

Donald Allan (AUS) and Danny Clark (AUS) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Other

2 September — Ole Olsen wins the 1978 Individual Speedway World Championship at Wembley Stadium in London.

Births

January{{ndash}}March

9 January Christina Hembo, designer
20 January – Britt Raaby, freestyle swimmer
14 February – Rie Rasmussen, actress, film director, writer, model, and photographer
3 March – Nicolas Kiesa, racing driver
10 March – Kim Staal, Ice hockey player

April{{ndash}}June

3 April – Michael Gravgaard, football player
8 April Christian Tafdrup, actor and filmmaker
22 April Ida Auken, politician
26 April Peter Madsen, footballer
30 April Joachim Boldsen, handballer
13 May Jeanette Varberg. historian and curator

July{{ndash}}September

5 July – Allan Simonsen, racing driver
12 July – Katrine Fruelund, handball player
22 July – Dennis Rommedahl, football player
24 July Ole Yde, fashion designer

October{{ndash}}December

1 November – Lise Rønne, journalist and television presenter
23 November – Joachim Fischer Nielsen, badminton player
27 December Jim Lyngvild, designer

Deaths

1 March – Arne Sørensen, politician (born 1906)
18 March Willy Hansen, cyclist (died 1906)
19 May – Carl Hansen, footballer (born 1898)
22 June – Jens Otto Krag, politician, former Danish prime minister (born 1914)

References

"Margrethe II {{!}} queen of Denmark".
"Tiden er moden for 16 års valgret". Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd.
"Countries That Have Abolished the Death Penalty Since 1976".

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