1993 in Denmark

The following is a list of events that occurred in the year 1993 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Margrethe II
• Prime minister - Poul Schlüter (until January 25), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

Sports

Badminton

• Lillerød BK wins Europe Cup.
• 1721 March Jon Holst-Christensen and Thomas Lund win gold in men's double and Jon Holst-Christensen and Grete Mogensen win gold in mixed double at the 1993 All England Open Badminton Championships.
• 31 May 6 June Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals at the 1993 IBF World Championships.

Cycling

• 18 April — Rolf Sørensen wins the Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic road cycling race.
• 1 May — Rolf Sørensen wins the Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop.
• July 3–25 — 1993 Tour de France
• 8 July – Jesper Skibby wins the 5th stage.
• 10 July — Bjarne Riis wins the 7th stage.
• July 25 — Bjarne Riis finishes in fifth place in the 1993 Tour de France.
• 6 October — Rolf Sørensen wins the Milano–Torino road cycling race.
• Rolf Sørensen (DEN) and Jens Veggerby (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
• Unknown date Jens Veggerby wins gold in UCI Motor-paced at the 1993 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Football

• 20 May OB wins the 1992–93 Danish Cup by defeating AaB Fodbold 20 in the final.

Other

• 12 February — Gert Bo Jacobsen becomes WBO welterweight champions in boxing.
• 5 December — Denmark wins silver the 1993 World Women's Handball Championship in Norway after being defeated 23–22 by Germany in the final.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 9 January – Nicolai Brock-Madsen, footballer
• 10 January – Jens Jønsson, footballer
• 28 February – Emmelie de Forest, singer
• 12 March – Jeppe Tverskov, footballer
• 16 March – Andreas Cornelius, footballer

AprilJune

• 14 April – Josephine Skriver, model
• 20 April – Viktor Bromer, swimmer
• 7 May – Isabella Arendt, Conservative politician
• 8 May – Nicolaj Thomsen, footballer
• 14 May – Nicole Broch Larsen, golfer
• 18 May – Rikke Iversen, handball player
• 27 May – Julie Brochorst Andersen, actress
• 6 June – Alba August, actress
• 21 June – Caroline Brasch Nielsen, model

JulySeptember

• 6 July – Bassel Jradi, footballer
• 12 July – Lukas Lerager, footballer
• 13 July – Linnea Berthelsen, actress
• 22 August - Benny Jamz, rapper
• 3 September Ida Praetorius. ballet dancer

OctoberDecember

• 5 October – Kevin Magnussen, racing driver
• 22 October – Jessica Dinnage, actress
• 8 November – Emil Nielsen, footballer
• 22 December – Hedvig Rasmussen, rower

Deaths

• 6 January Richard Mortensen, painter (born 1910)
• 26 January - Robert Jacobsen, painter and sculptor (born 1912)
• 7 April Tonny Ahm, badminton player (born 1914)
• 30 May - Henry Heerup, painter and sculptor (born 1907)
• 15 October – Dan Turèll, writer (born 1946)
• 29 October Aage Dons, author (born 1903)
• 30 October Pauli Jørgensen, football player (born 1905)

See also

• 1993 in Danish television

References