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1978 in Denmark
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
JanuaryMarch
9 January
Christina Hembo
, designer
20 January –
Britt Raaby
, freestyle swimmer
14 February âÂÂ
Rie Rasmussen
, actress, film director, writer, model, and photographer
3 March âÂÂ
Nicolas Kiesa
, racing driver
10 March âÂÂ
Kim Staal
, Ice hockey player
AprilJune
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
1 May
Jakob Lange
, architect
13 May
Jeanette Varberg
. historian and curator
JulySeptember
5 July âÂÂ
Allan Simonsen
, racing driver
12 July âÂÂ
Katrine Fruelund
, handball player
22 July –
Dennis Rommedahl
, football player
24 July
Ole Yde
, fashion designer
18 September
Puk DamsgÃÂ¥rd
, journalist
OctoberDecember
1 November âÂÂ
Lise Rønne
, journalist and television presenter
23 November âÂÂ
Joachim Fischer Nielsen
, badminton player
27 December
Jim Lyngvild
, designer
Deaths
1 March âÂÂ
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
)
See also
1978 in Danish television
References