1983 in Denmark

Events from the year 1983 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Margrethe II
• Prime minister - Poul Schlüter

Events

Sports

Football

• 21 September – Denmark achieves an important 1–0 win against England in Wembley Stadium in Group 3 of the UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying. Denmark's goal is scored by Allan Simonsen.
• 16 November – Denmark qualifies for UEFA Euro 1984 by defeating Greece 2–0 in their last qualification game and thus winning Group 3 one point ahead of England.

Badminton

• 2 May The 1983 IBF World Championships takes place in Copenhagen.
• Steen Fladberg and Jesper Helledie win gold in men's doubles
• Steen Fladberg and Pia Nielsen win gold in mixed doubles.
• Gentofte BK wins Europe Cup.

Cycling

• 13 July Kim Andersen wins Stage 12 of the 1983 Tour de France.
• Gert Frank (DEN) and Patrick Sercu (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 20 March – Thomas Kahlenberg, Former footballer

AprilJune

• 17 April – Thomas Kristensen, footballer
• 23 April – Leon Andreasen, footballer
• 15 May – Anne Lolk Thomsen, rower
• 17 May – Simon Mathew, pop singer
• 18 May – Agnete Kirk Thinggaard, dressage rider
• 23 May – Joachim Persson, badminton player
• 23 May – Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard, professional footballer
• 31 May – Kim Aabech, footballer
• 6 June – Michael Krohn-Dehli, footballer

JulySeptember

• 7 July Jakob Poulsen, former professional footballer
• 24 July Carsten Mogensen, badminton player
• 27 August Thomas Mikkelsen, footballer
• 27 August Frederik Nielsen, tennis player
• 31 August Lasse Svan Hansen, handball player
• 18 September – Rasmus Würtz, footballer

OctoberDecember

• 4 October Karsten Lauritzen, politician
• 23 November – Kamilla Rytter Juhl, badminton player
• 19 December – Mia Rosing, model

Deaths

• 7 April Elna Pandurom actress and operetta singer (died 1882)
• 16 September Andreas Friis, painter (born 1890)
• 24 September – Lis Møller, journalist and politician (born 1918)
• 29 November – Aage Rasmussen, photographer and track and field athlete (born 1889)
• 10 November – Carl Erik Soya, author and dramatist (born 1896)

See also

• 1983 in Danish television

References