1981 in Denmark

Events from the year 1981 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II
• Prime minister – Anker Jørgensen

Events

• 8 December – The 1981 Danish parliamentary election is held.

Sports

Badminton

• Gentofte BK wins Europe Cup.

Cycling

• Albert Fritz (FRG) and Patrick Sercu (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 9 February – Kristian Pless, tennis player
• 5 March Helle Frederiksen, triathlete
• 31 March Mattias Tesfaye, politician

AprilJune

• 30 May – Lars Møller Madsen, handball player
• 9 June – Kasper Søndergaard, handball player

JulySeptember

• 1 August – Hans Lindberg, handball player
• 1 September – Michael Maze, table tennis player
• 6 September – Søren Larsen, footballer

OctoberDecember

• 6 October – Thomas Troelsen, music producer
• 28 October – Elvira Lind, film director
• 24 November Mads Rasmussen, rower
• 4 December – Brian Vandborg, cyclist

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 17 February – Ellen Gottschalch, actress (born 1894)
• 27 March – Preben Kaas (born 1930)

JulySeptember

• 4 July – Niels Erik Nørlund, mathematician (died 1885)
• 30 September – Flemming Weis, composer (born 1909)

OctoberDecember

• 21 November – Ejner Federspiel, actor (born 1896)
• 28 November – Arthur Jensen, actor (born 1897)
• 20 November Knud Ejler Løgstrup, philosopher (died 1905)
• 4 December Ole Sarvig, poet (born 1921)

See also

• 1981 in Danish television

References