1990 in Denmark
Events from the year 1990 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Margrethe II
- Prime minister - Poul Schlüter
Events
- 2 February - Squatters are evicted from the Black Horse, a former roadside inn, on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen after four years.
The arts
- 26 March – At the 62nd Academy Awards, Kaspar Rostrup's Waltzing Regitze is among the five films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film but the Oscar goes to the Italian Cinema Paradiso.
Sports
Badminton
- 8-14 April – With five gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 12th European Badminton Championships in Moscow, Soviet Union.
- 24 28 March 1990 Denmark Open
- *Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen wins gold in men's single by defeating Morten Frost in the final
- * Lotte Olsen and Dorte Kjær win gold in women's double by defeating Gillian Gowers and Gillian Clark in the final.
- * Thomas Lund and Pernille Dupont win gold in mixed double by defeating Henrik Svarrer and Marlene Thomsen in the final.
Cycling
- 24 March - Søren Lilholt wins 1990 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen.
- 14 October - Rolf Sørensen wins 1990 Paris–Tours.
Soccer
Births
- 14 March – Şaban Özdoğan, footballer
- 23 April – Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen, football player
- 1 June – Kennie Chopart, footballer
- 11 July – Caroline Wozniacki, tennis player
- 22 September – Peter Ankersen, footballer
Deaths
- 19 June - Steen Eiler Rasmussen, architect and writer
- 18 December Grethe Glad, fashion designer and educator
- 30 December Albert Mertz, painter
Full date unknown
- Harald Salomon, medallist and sculptor