1987 in Denmark

Events from the year 1987 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Margrethe II
• Prime minister - Poul Schlüter

Events

• 8 September The 1987 Danish general election is held.

Sports

Badminton

• Triton BK Aalborg wins Europe Cup.
• 15 March Morten Frost wins gold in men's singles and Kirsten Larsen wins gold in women's singles at the 1987 All England Open Badminton Championships.

Cycling

• February – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise.
• March – Rolf Sørensen wins the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race in Italy.
• May/June – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan.
• Danny Clark (AUS) and Tony Doyle (GBR) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
• Unknown date Herning IK wins the Danish Ice Hockey Championship.
• Unknown date Hans-Henrik Ørsted wins gold in Men's individual pursuit at the 1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Football

• 14 October – Denmark qualifies for UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany by defeating Wales in their last game in Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying and thereby winning the group one point ahead of Czechoslovakia.

Swimming

• 1623 Benny Nielsen wins a silver medal in Men's 200 metre butterfly and a bronze medal in Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1987 European Aquatics Championships

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 16 January – Morten Madsen, professional ice hockey forward
• 21 January – Lisbet Jakobsen, rower
• 3 march – Lasse Nielsen, footballer

AprilJune

• 7 April – Søren Rieks, footballer
• 9 April Sara Petersen, athlete
• 28 April Stephanie Corneliussen, actress
• 26 May – Madeleine Dupont, curler from Hvidovre
• 5 June – Magnus Troest, footballer
• 1+ June Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg (died 1940 in Monaco)

JulySeptember

• 12 July – Lisbeth Torfing, politician
• 13 July – Andreas Bube, middle-distance runner
• 27 July – Thomas Enevoldsen, professional footballer

OctoberDecember

• 7 October Marie Key, singer
• 10 October – Nicklas Pedersen, footballer
• 15 October – Kevin Conboy, footballer
• 18 October – Freja Beha Erich, fashion model
• 22 October – Mikkel Hansen, handball player
• 7 November Natalie Madueño,actress
• 30 November – Christian Offenberg, footballer
• 23 December – Martin Christensen, footballer
• 30 December – Jeanette Ottesen, swimmer

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 16 March Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, architect (born 1929)

AprilJune

• 25 April Mogens Bøggild, sculptor (born 1901)

JulySeptember

• 4 July Bengt Strömgren, astronomer (born 1908)

OctoberDecember

• 11 December Aage Thaarup, fashion designer (born 1906)
• 13 November Paul Neergaard, agronomist (born 1907)
• 20 November Lilian Weber Hansen, actress (born 1911)
• 14 December – Mogens Lassen, architect (born 1901)
• 29 December – Ellen Louise Mertz, Denmark's first female geologist (born 1896)

See also

• 1987 in Danish television

References