2020 in Denmark

Events in the year 2020 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II
• Prime Minister – Mette Frederiksen

Events

• 100 years since the reunification between North Schleswig (South Jutland) and Denmark.
• 250 years since the introduction of Freedom of the press in Denmark-Norway.

April

• April 15 – COVID-19 pandemic: Denmark partially lifts its lockdown rules, allowing children up to age 11 to return to school.

Culture

Film

• 12 December Another Round wins the awards for Best Film, Best Director (Thomas Vinterberg), Best Screenwriter, (Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm) and Best Actor /Mads Mikkelsen) at the 33rd European Film Awards.

Sports

Badminton

• 1823 February Viktor Axelsen wins gold in Men's Single and Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen win gold in Men's Double at the 2020 Spain Masters.
• 15 March – Viktor Axelsen wins a gold medal in Men's Single at 2020 All England Open.
• 1317 October 2020 Denmark Open takes place in Odense.
• Anders Antonsen wins gold in men's single

Cycling

• 26 February Denmark wins a gold medal in Men's team pursuit at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
• 1 March Denmark wins a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
• 18 August Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig wins Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
• 11 October
• Casper Pedersen wins the 2020 Paris–Tours.
• Mads Pedersen wins the 2020 Gent–Wevelgem.

Golf

• 30 August Rasmus Højgaard wins the UK Championship on the 2020 European Tour.
• 22 November Joachim B. Hansen wins Joburg Open on the 2020 European Tour.

Handball

• 3 to 20 December – The 2020 European Women's Handball Championship is held in Denmark and Norway.

Other

• 1 February – Sarah Mahfoud is new IBF world champion in featherweight after defeating Brenda Carabajal
• 11 October – Sverri Sandberg Nielsen wins gold in men's single sculler at the 2020 European Rowing Championships.

Deaths

• 11 January – Tom Belsø, motor racing driver (b. 1942).
• 29 June – Svend Aage Rask, footballer (b. 1935).
• 20 July – Lone Dybkjær, politician (b. 1940).
• 28 July – Bent Fabric, pianist and composer (b. 1924).
• 22 August – Ulla Pia, singer (b. 1945)
• 26 November Allan Botschinsky, jazz musician
• 14 December Per Carlsen, diplomat (born 1948)

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