1999 in Denmark

Events from the year 1999 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II
• Prime minister – Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

Events

The arts

Architecture

Film

• 10 January – Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration wins the award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th New York Film Critics Circle Awards.
• 24 January – The Celebration is nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Golden Globe Awards but the award goes to the Brazilian Central Station.
• 21 February – Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's Mifune's Last Song wins the Jury Grand Prix at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.
• 21 March – Anders Thomas Jensen's short comedy film Election Night wins an Oscar for Best Short Subject at the 71st Academy Awards.

Literature

Music

• 6 November – Lys pÃ¥ din vej by Frederik Magle is premiered at the christening of prince Nikolai of Denmark in Fredensborg Palace.

Sports

Badminton

• 914 March Peter Gade wins gold in men's singles at the 1999 All England Open Badminton Championships.
• 1023 May Denmark wins a gold medal and four bronze medals at the 1999 IBF World Championships.

Cycling

• May – Michael Sandstød wins Four Days of Dunkirk.
• Tayeb Braikia (DEN) and Jimmi Madsen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Football

• 13 May Ab wins the 1998–99 Danish Cup by defeating AAB 21 in the final.
• 8 September – Denmark qualifies for UEFA Euro 2000 by defeating Italy 3–3 in their last match in Group 1 of the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying.

Other

• 6 March – Wilson Kipketer wins silver in Men's 800 metres at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Maebashi, Japan.
• 26 June Denmark wins two silver medals at the 1999 World Taekwondo Championships.
• 26 July – 1 August Mette Jacobsen wins a gold medal in the Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 1999 European Aquatics Championships
• 29 August – Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain.
• 2 September – Hans Nielsen wins the 1989 Individual Speedway World Championship in Munich, Germany.
• 24 October – Thomas Bjørn wins Sarazen World Open on the 1999 European Tour.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 22 March Oliver Christensen, football player
• 31 March
• Jens Odgaard, football player
• Jonas Røndbjerg, ice hockey player

AprilJune

• 25 June Morten Hjulmand, football player

JulySeptember

• 30 July – Victor Torp, footballer
• 22 July Alma Agger, singer
• 28 August – Prince Nikolai of Denmark, royal
• 14 September – Count Richard von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, royal

OctoberDecember

• 29 December Andreas Skov Olsen, football player

Deaths

• 8 January Peter Seeberg, author (born 1925)
• 14 February – Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen, painter and illustrator (born 1912)
• 14 March – Abraham Kurland, olympic wrestler (born 1912)
• 9 May – Ole Søltoft, actor (born 1941)

See also

• 1999 in Danish television

References