Events in the year 2023 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
January
February
March
April
- 15 April A 13-year-old girl named Filippa disappears from the village Kirkerup. On the 16th, the girl is found alive in the house of a 32-year-old man in Svenstrup, Korsør. On the 18th, the man is charged on several counts, including rape. On the 24th, the man is also charged for the 2016 unsolved murder of Emilie Meng.
- 24 April A delayed government budget (') for 2023 is agreed upon between the Danish government, the Green Left, the Liberal Alliance, the Social Liberal Party, and the Danish People's Party.
- 30 April Leader of the Trade Union Confederation Lizette Risgaard resigns, following allegations of sexual harassment.
May
- 1 May International Workers' Day is held in the light of Risgaard's resignation and the Trade Union Confederation's refusal to invite Social Democrats due to their in abolishing Store Bededag.
- 3 May A new national warning system is tested by the Emergency Management Agency and the police with civil defense sirens sounding nationwide.
- 5 May Great Prayer Day (Store Bededag) is held for the last time, after 337 years as an official holiday.
- 12 May During a debate in the Folketing about Rigsfællesskabet, Greenlandic MP Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (Siumut) speaks in Greenlandic, refusing to switch to Danish when other MPs ask her questions in that language. This sets off a public debate about which working languages to use in parliament. Speaker Søren Gade (V) says that Høegh-Dam had notified the Presidium of the Folketing an hour in advance, when she sent them an email transcript of the speech, along with a Danish translation. According to the Folketing's website, there is no rule against an MP speaking Greenlandic or Faroese, but it is customary for the MP to translate their statement into Danish afterwards.
- 15 May Forewarned truck blockades of roads against the introduction of a new truck duty (afgift) causes major traffic havoc nationwide.
June
- 1517 June Folkemødet (), an annual political festival, takes place on Bornholm.
July
August
September
October
- Jakob Ellemann-Jensen announces his resignation as leader of Venstre and his departure from Danish politics.
November
December
Culture
Film
Sports
Badminton
Canoe and karak
Cycling
Football
Golf
Handball
Motorsports
Tennis
Other
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
- 1 January Lise Nørgaard, writer, journalist, and creator of Matador (born 1917)
- 21 January
- Ritt Bjerregaard, former politician, minister of education, and lord mayor of Copenhagen (born 1941)
- Susi Hyldgaard, jazz singer (born 1963)
- 31 January Henrik Nordbrandt, poet (born 1945)
- 3 February Michael Juul Sørensen (), radio host (born 1949)
- 6 February
- Inge Krogh, politician (born 1920)
- Greta Andersen, swimmer (born 1927)
- 18 February Britt Bendixen, dance instructor and TV personality (born 1942)
- 24 February Lars-Viggo Jensen (), racing driver (born 1945)
- 28 February Jens Kristian Hansen (), former politician and minister for public works (born 1926)
- 8 March – Josua Madsen, drummer in the band Artillery (born 1978)
- 11 March Erik Rud Brandt, fashion designer and businessman (died 1943)
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