1980 in Denmark
Events from the year 1980 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Margrethe II
- Prime minister - Anker Jørgensen
Sports
- July 19 - July 3 — Denmark at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow: 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals.
Badminton
- 23 March Lene Køppen wins gold in women's single at the 1980 All England Open Badminton Championships.
- 27 May 1 June Denmark wins four bronze medals at the 1980 IBF World Championships.
- 17-20 April — With two gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 7th European Badminton Championships in Groningen, Netherlands.
- Hvidovre BK wins silver at Europe Cup.
Cycling
Births
January–February
- 1 January - Karina Jacobsgaard, tennis player
- 16 January - Lars Bak, bicycle racer
- 29 January - Peter Løvenkrands, footballer
- 1 February – Ellen Trane Nørby, politician
- 17 February – Eva Dyrberg, former tennis player
- 28 February - Christian Poulsen, football player
March–June
- 21 March Marit Bjørgen, cross-country skier
- 28 March Rasmus Seebach, singer
- 31 March Martin Albrechtsen, footballer
- 5 April Rasmus Quist Hansen, rower
- 12 April Peter Plaugborg, actor
- 5 May Martin Retov, football coach and former player
- 30 June Morten Skoubo, footballer
July–September
- 11 July – Mathias Boe, badminton player
- 11 August – Jerry Lucena, Danish-Filipino footballer
- 17 August – Christian Keller, footballer
- 7 September – Rikke Skov, handball player
- 30 September – Jakob Michelsen, football manager
October–December
- 8 October - Kasper Bøgelund, footballer
- 23 October Jesper Nøddesbo, handballer
- 25 October - Ditte Jensen, freestyle swimmer
- 28 October - Agnes Obel, musician
- 2 November - Thomas Bredahl, guitarist
- 13 November - Morten Messerschmidt, politician
Deaths
- 18 April - Poul Kjærholm, furniture designer
- 3 September - Dirch Passer, actor
- 6 September Gustav Weinreich, woodcarver and furniture maker
- 13 December Svend Olsen, weightlifter