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2019 in Denmark
Events in the year
2019 in
Denmark
.
Incumbents
Monarch
âÂÂ
Margrethe II
Prime Minister
âÂÂ
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
(until June 27)<br />
Mette Frederiksen
(from June 27)
Events
2 January âÂÂ
Great Belt Bridge rail accident
: A
DSB
express passenger train is hit by a semi-trailer from a passing cargo train on the western bridge of the
Great Belt Fixed Link
in Denmark, killing eight people and making it the
deadliest rail accident in the country
since 1988.
10âÂÂ27 January âÂÂ
2019 World Men's Handball Championship
â co-hosted with Germany
26 May â The
2019 European Parliament election
5 June âÂÂ
2019 Danish general election
27 June â The
Cabinet of Mette Frederiksen
is presented.
16 August âÂÂ; The government of
Denmark
rejects the suggestion that the United States might purchase
Greenland
.
The arts
Film
Music
Sport
Badminton
27 January
Anders Antonsen
wins gold in Men's Single at the
2019 Indonesia Masters
.
17 February – Denmark wins the
2019 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships
by defeating Germany 3–0 in the final.
1924 February
Viktor Axelsen
wins gold in Men's Single and
Mia Blichfeldt
wins gold in Women's Single at the
2019 Spain Masters
.
24âÂÂ31 March –
Viktor Axelsen
wins Men's Single at
2019 India Open
.
25 August
Anders Antonsen
wins silver in
men's single
at the
2019 BWF World Championships
.
15
2019 Denmark Open
takes place in Odense.
Canoe and katak
2528 June Denmark wins one gold medal and one bronze medal in
Canoe sprint at the 2019 European Games
.
2528 July Denmark wins three gold medals and two silver medals at the
2019 Canoe Marathon European Championships
-
2125 August Denmark wins one bronze medal at the
2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
.
1720 October Denmark wins three gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal at the
2019 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships
.
Cycling
6 February
Kenny De Ketele
(BEL) and
Moreno De Pauw
(BEL) win the
Six Days of Copenhagen
six-day track cycling race
.
27 February – 3 March – Denmark wins one silver medal and two bronze medals at the
2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
39 April âÂÂ
Jakob Fuglsang
wins
2019 LiègeâÂÂBastogneâÂÂLiège
.
16 June âÂÂ
Jakob Fuglsang
wins the
Critérium du Dauphiné
.
29 September âÂÂ
Mads Pedersen
wins gold in
Men's road race
at the
2019 UCI Road World Championships
.
16–20 October –
2019 UEC European Track Championships
17 October â Denmark wins gold in
Team Pursuit
at the
2019 UEC European Track Championships
.
17 October – Denmark wins a gold medal in
Team Pursuit
.
20 October
Amalie Dideriksen
and
Julie Leth
wins a gold medal for Denmark in
Women's Madison
.
Lasse Norman Hansen
and
Michael Mørkøv
wins a gold medal for Denmark in
Men's madison
.
Equestrian sports
1925 Denmark wins two gold medals and three bronze medals at the
2019 FEI European Championships
.
Golf
8 December –
Rasmus Højgaard
wins
AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open
on the
2020 European Tour
.
Handball
27 January – Denmark wins the
2019 World Men's Handball Championship
in handball by defeating Norway 31–27 in the final.
Sailing
25 May
Anne-Marie Rindom
wins gold in
laser radial
at the European championships in Portp.
24 July
Anne-Marie Rindom
wins a gold medal in
Lazer Radial
at the world championships in Sakaiminato.
30 October –
Anne-Marie Rindom
wins the
2019 Women's World Sailor of the Year Award
.
Tennis
8 June –
Holger Rune
wins the
2019 French Open â Boys' Singles
.
Deaths
5 May
-
Ib Glindemann
, jazz composer and bandleader (born 1934)
10 June –
Ib Nørlund
, composer (born 1931)
31 December
Eva Sørensen
, sculptor and ceramist (born
1940
)
19 August
Lars Larsen
, businessman, company founder (born
1948
)
See also
2019 European Parliament election
2019 in Danish music
2019 in the European Union
References
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