1994 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II
• Prime minister – Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

Events

• 1 January – Capital punishment in Denmark is officially outlawed in all cases.
• 5 April – 3 die and 2 are injured in the Aarhus University shooting.
• 29 April – Danish forces within the United Nations Protection Force take part in Operation Bøllebank in response to the Bosnian War.
• 27 May – The first European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns is held Aalborg, resulting in the Aalborg Charter.
• 9 June – The 1994 European Parliament election in Denmark are held, electing 16 members to the European Parliament.
• 7 July – The 1994 Faroese general election is held.
• 21 September – The 1994 Danish general election is held.
• 27 September – Following the general election, the Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet is formed.
• 25 October – Danish peacekeeping forces conduct Operation Amanda, a United Nations Protection Force mission within the Bosnian War.

Arts

• The 11th Robert Awards are held. Bille August'sThe House of the Spirits wins Best Danish Film and Best Screenplay.

Sports

Badminton

• Lillerød BK wins Europe Cup.

Cycling

• 2 July – 1994 Tour de France
  • 10 July – Bo Hamburger wins the 8th stage
  • 16 July – Bjarne Riis wins the 13th stage
• 19 August – Jesper Skibby wins the 1994 Ronde van Nederland.
• 2128 August Alex Pedersen wins gold in the Men's amateur road race at the 1994 UCI Road World Championships.
• September – Rolf Sørensen wins the Paris–Brussels road cycling race.
• Kurt Betschart (SUI) and Bruno Risi (SUI) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Football

• 12 May Brøndby IF wins the 1993–94 Danish Cup by defeating Næstved BK 31 after penalties in the final.

Other

• 10–17 April – With two gold medals, three silver medals and four bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the second best nation at the 14th European Badminton Championships in Den Bosch, Netherlands.
• September 1 – Erik Gundersen wins the 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship.
• 25 September – Denmark wins gold at the 1994 European Women's Handball Championship in Germany by defeating host country 27–23 in the final.

Births

January{{ndash}}March

• 31 January – Kenneth Zohore, footballer
• 10 February – Simone Christensen, BMX rider

April{{ndash}}June

• 20 April – Line Kjærsfeldt, badminton player
• 14 May – Pernille Blume, swimmer
• 9 June – Viktor Fischer, footballer

July{{ndash}}September

• 15 August – Lasse Vigen Christensen, footballer
• 12 September – Amalie Thomsen, canoeist

October{{ndash}}December

• 23 October – Nanna Koerstz Madsen, golfer
• 30 November – Ida Villumsen, canoeist
• 16 December Philip Zinckernagel, footballer

Deaths

• 13 April – Jørgen Buckhøj, actor (born 1935)
• 28 June – Ulrik Neumann, actor (born 1918)
• 25 September – Paul Høm, artist (born 1905)
• 7 October – Niels Kaj Jerne, immunologist (born 1911)

References

References

1. "Margrethe II: queen of Denmark".
2. "Poul Nyrup Rasmussen: Biography & Facts".
3. (23 June 2017). "Simone Christensen".
4. "Line Kjærsfeldt Bio, Stats, and Results".
5. "Pernille Blume Bio, Stats, and Results".
6. (14 June 2017). "Amalie Thomsen".
7. (11 April 2017). "Nanna Koerstz Madsen".
8. (26 June 2016). "Ida Villumsen".