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1987 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1987 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch - Margrethe II
Prime minister - Poul Schlüter

Sports

Badminton

Triton BK Aalborg wins Europe Cup.
15 March Morten Frost wins gold in men's singles and Kirsten Larsen wins gold in women's singles at the 1987 All England Open Badminton Championships.

Cycling

February – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise.
March – Rolf Sørensen wins the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race in Italy.
May/June – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan.
Danny Clark (AUS) and Tony Doyle (GBR) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Unknown date Hans-Henrik Ørsted wins gold in Men's individual pursuit at the 1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Football

14 October – Denmark qualifies for UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany by defeating Wales in their last game in Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying and thereby winning the group one point ahead of Czechoslovakia.

Swimming

1623 Benny Nielsen wins a silver medal in Men's 200 metre butterfly and a bronze medal in Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1987 European Aquatics Championships

Births

January{{ndash}}April

16 January – Morten Madsen, professional ice hockey forward
21 January – Lisbet Jakobsen, rower
3 march – Lasse Nielsen, footballer
7 April – Søren Rieks, footballer
9 April Sara Petersen, athlete
28 April Stephanie Corneliussen, actress

May{{ndash}}July

26 May – Madeleine Dupont, curler from Hvidovre
5 June – Magnus Troest, footballer
13 July – Andreas Bube, middle-distance runner
27 July – Thomas Enevoldsen, professional footballer

October{{ndash}}December

10 October – Nicklas Pedersen, footballer
15 October – Kevin Conboy, footballer
18 October – Freja Beha Erich, fashion model
22 October – Mikkel Hansen, handball player
7 November Natalie Madueño,actress
30 November – Christian Offenberg, footballer
23 December – Martin Christensen, footballer
30 December – Jeanette Ottesen, swimmer

Deaths

16 March Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, architect (born 1929)
4 July Bengt Strömgren, astronomer (born 1908)
11 December Aage Thaarup, fashion designer (born 1906)
14 December – Mogens Lassen, architect (born 1901)
29 December – Ellen Louise Mertz, Denmark's first female geologist (born 1896)

References

"Margrethe II {{!}} queen of Denmark".
"Lisbet Jakobsen Bio, Stats, and Results".
(20 November 2016). "Jeanette OTTESEN - Olympic Swimming {{!}} Denmark".

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