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1984 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1984 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch - Margrethe II
  • Prime minister - Poul Schlüter

Events

  • 3 January – During a severe storm in Denmark, a Maersk helicopter crashed while Esbjerg was flying to a drilling platform in the Gorem field, and three died.
  • 10 January – parliamentary elections in Denmark.
  • 12 June – Mayor Villo Sigurdsson decides to fire the unorganized firefighter Max Bleicher Hansen, who responds again with a compensation claim of 6.5 million Danish kroner.
  • 6 August – 53 percent of Danish TV viewers vote for the swan as Denmark's national bird
  • 1 October – The new natural gas network in Denmark is inaugurated
  • 4 December – The Radio Board elects Hans Jørgen Jensen as General Manager of Radio Denmark

Sports

  • 28 – 12 July August – Denmark at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles: 0 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 3 bronze medals.

Badminton

Cycling

  • Albert Fritz (FRG) and Dietrich Thurau (FRG) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
  • April – Kim Andersen wins La Flèche Wallonne.
  • Unknown date Hans-Henrik Ørsted wins gold in Men's individual pursuit at the 1984 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Football

  • 12–27 June – Denmark national football team participates at UEFA Euro 1984 in France.
    • 19 June – Denmark qualifies for the semi-finals by defeating Belgium 3–2 in their last game in Group A and thereby finishing second in the group after France.
    • 24 June – Denmark faces Spain in the semi-final and leads for most of the match after an early goal by Søren Lerby but Antonio Maceda scores three minutes before time and Denmark is subsequently defeated 6–4 after a penalty shoot-out..

Births

January{{ndash}}March

  • 14 January Mads Langer, singer

22 February Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, politician

  • 22 March – Annika Langvad, cyclist
  • April{{ndash}}June

    • 13 April – Anders Lindegaard, footballer
    • 1 May Mikkel Følsgaard, actor
    • 17 May – Simon Mathew, pop singer

    July{{ndash}}September

    • 10 July Pernille Skipper, politician
    • 13 July Esben Smed, actor
    • 5 August Kaare Dybvad, politician
    • 23 September – Mark Madsen, martial artist and wrestler

    October{{ndash}}December

    • 27 October – Emilie Ullerup, actress
    • 3 November – Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (d. 2011)
    • 2 December – Anna David, singer
    • 12 December – Daniel Agger, football player

    Deaths

    • 18 February Flemming Lassen, designer (born 1902)
    • 16 April – Simon Spies, businessman and billionaire (born 1921)
    • 21 May – Carl Petersen, politician (born 1894)
    • 22 December - Vilhelm Lauritzen, architect (born 1894)

    References

    References

    1. "Margrethe II {{!}} queen of Denmark".
    2. (25 June 2017). "Annika LANGVAD - Olympic {{!}} Denmark".
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