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
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
- 27 April Olaf Wieghorst, painter
- 18 July Elsa Gress, author
- 29 July Gertie Wandel, textile artist
- 5 November - C. F. Møller, architect