1988 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II
• Prime minister – Poul Schlüter

Events

• 10 May The 1988 Danish general election takes place.
• 3 November – The old main post office in Købmagergade, Copenhagen, is robbed by what is later to become known as Blekinge Street Gang. One policeman is killed in the robbery.

Culture

Architecture

Film

• 23 May – Bille August's film Pelle the Conqueror wins the Palme d'Or at the 41st Cannes Film Festival.

Literature

Music

Classical music

• 27 November – Frederik Magle's Cantata for choir and chamber orchestra We Are Afraid (Vi er bange) is premiered in Grundtvig's Church, Copenhagen.

Sports

• 17 September – 2 October – Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul: 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.

Badminton

• Triton BK Aalborg wins silver at Europe Cup.
• 20 March Ib Frederiksen wins gold in men's singles at the 1988 All England Open Badminton Championships.
• 10–18 April – With five gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 11th European Badminton Championships in Kristiansand, Norway.

Cycling

• 21 July Johnny Weltz wins Stage 19 of the 1988 Tour de France.
• 21–25 August Denmark wins two bronze medals at the 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
• Roman Hermann (LIE) and Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) wins the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Football

• 10–25 June – Denmark participates in the UEFA Euro 1988 but does not make it beyond the initial group stage after finishing last in Group A.

Motorsports

• 1988 Danish speedway season

Births

January{{ndash}}March

• 2 January – Nadia Nadim, footballer
• 9 January – Michael Lumb, footballer
• 12 January – Mads Conrad-Petersen, badminton player
• 16 January – Nicklas Bendtner, footballer
• 7 February – Nicki Bille Nielsen, footballer
• 9 February – Lotte Friis, swimmer
• 17 February – Alex Vargas, singer
• 8 March Jacob Neestrup, football coach

July{{ndash}}September

• 10 July Maja Alm, runner
• 19 July Mie Augustesen, handball player
• 25 July – Hedegaard, DJ and music producer
• 12 August MØ, singer
• 18 September – Lukas Forchhammer, singer, songwriter and actor
• 21 September – Jacob Barsøe, rower

October{{ndash}}December

• 18 October – Mads Glæsner, swimmer
• 23 October – Nicolaj Agger, footballer
• 19 December – Niklas Landin Jacobsen, handball player

Deaths

• 27 April Olaf Wieghorst, painter (born 1899)
• 18 July Elsa Gress, author (born 1919)
• 29 July Gertie Wandel, textile artist (born 1894)
• 5 November – C. F. Møller, architect (born 1898)

References

References

1. "Margrethe II {{!}} queen of Denmark".
2. "Frontmand fra Blekingegadebanden er død". Ekstra Bladet.
3. "Golden palm for Bille August". Mediatheque.
4. magle.dk. "Frederik Magle - Scrapbook".