1988 in Denmark

Events from the year 1988 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch - Margrethe II
Prime minister - Poul Schlüter

Events

10 May The 1988 Danish general election takes place.
3 November - The old main post office in Købmagergade, Copenhagen, is robbed by what is later to become known as Blekinge Street Gang. One policeman is killed in the robbery.

Culture

Film

23 May - Bille August's film Pelle the Conqueror wins the Palme d'Or at the 41st Cannes Film Festival.

Music

Classical music

27 November – Frederik Magle's Cantata for choir and chamber orchestra We Are Afraid is premiered in Grundtvig's Church, Copenhagen.

Sports

17 September - 2 October - Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul: 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.

Badminton

Triton BK Aalborg wins silver at Europe Cup.
20 March Ib Frederiksen wins gold in men's singles at the 1988 All England Open Badminton Championships.
10-18 April - With five gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 11th European Badminton Championships in Kristiansand, Norway.

Cycling

21 July Johnny Weltz wins Stage 19 of the 1988 Tour de France.
21–25 August Denmark wins two bronze medals at the 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Roman Hermann and Hans-Henrik Ørsted wins the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Football

10-25 June - Denmark participates in the UEFA Euro 1988 but does not make it beyond the initial group stage after finishing last in Group A.

Motorsports

1988 Danish speedway season

Births

JanuaryMarch

2 January – Nadia Nadim, footballer
9 January – Michael Lumb, footballer
12 January – Mads Conrad-Petersen, badminton player
16 January – Nicklas Bendtner, footballer
7 February – Nicki Bille Nielsen, footballer
9 February – Lotte Friis, swimmer
17 February – Alex Vargas, singer
8 March Jacob Neestrup, football coach

JulySeptember

10 July Maja Alm, runner
19 July Mie Augustesen, handball player
25 July – Hedegaard, DJ and music producer
12 August MØ, singer
18 September – Lukas Forchhammer, singer, songwriter and actor
21 September – Jacob Barsøe, rower

OctoberDecember

18 October – Mads Glæsner, swimmer
23 October – Nicolaj Agger, footballer
19 December – Niklas Landin Jacobsen, handball player

Deaths