1987 in Denmark
Events from the year 1987 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Margrethe II
- Prime minister - Poul Schlüter
Sports
Badminton
- Triton BK Aalborg wins Europe Cup.
- 15 March Morten Frost wins gold in men's singles and Kirsten Larsen wins gold in women's singles at the 1987 [All England Open Badminton Championships].
Cycling
- February – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise.
- March – Rolf Sørensen wins the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race in Italy.
- May/June – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan.
- Danny Clark and Tony Doyle win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
- Unknown date Hans-Henrik Ørsted wins gold in UCI [Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|Men's individual pursuit] at the 1987 UCI Track [Cycling World Championships].
Football
- 14 October – Denmark qualifies for UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany by defeating Wales in their last game in Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying and thereby winning the group one point ahead of Czechoslovakia.
Swimming
- 1623 Benny Nielsen wins a silver medal in Creating Swimming at the [1987 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly|Men's 200 metre butterfly] and a bronze medal in Swimming at the 1987 [European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly|Men's 100 metre butterfly] at the 1987 [European Aquatics Championships]
Births
JanuaryApril
- 16 January – Morten Madsen, professional ice hockey forward
- 21 January – Lisbet Jakobsen, rower
- 3 march – Lasse Nielsen, footballer
- 7 April – Søren Rieks, footballer
- 9 April Sara Petersen, athlete
- 28 April Stephanie Corneliussen, actress
MayJuly
- 26 May – Madeleine Dupont, curler from Hvidovre
- 5 June – Magnus Troest, footballer
- 13 July – Andreas Bube, middle-distance runner
- 27 July – Thomas Enevoldsen, professional footballer
OctoberDecember
- 10 October – Nicklas Pedersen, footballer
- 15 October – Kevin Conboy, footballer
- 18 October – Freja Beha Erich, fashion model
- 22 October – Mikkel Hansen, handball player
- 7 November Natalie Madueño,actress
- 30 November – Christian Offenberg, footballer
- 23 December – Martin Christensen, footballer
- 30 December – Jeanette Ottesen, swimmer
Deaths
- 16 March Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, architect
- 4 July Bengt Strömgren, astronomer
- 11 December Aage Thaarup, fashion designer
- 14 December - Mogens Lassen, architect
- 29 December - Ellen Louise Mertz, Denmark's first female geologist