1998 in Denmark
Events from the year 1998 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Margrethe II
- Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Events
- 14 June - The Great Belt Fixed Link opens to traffic, connecting eastern and western Denmark.
Culture
Film
- 1 May – The first Dogme 95 film, Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration, is released.
- 20 May – Dogme #2—Lars von Trier's The Idiots—is released.
- May - The Celebration wins the Prix du Jury at the 51st Cannes Film Festival.
Sports
Football
- 21 May Brøndby IF wins the 1997–98 Danish Cup by defeating F.C. Copenhagen 41 in the final.
- 10 June - 12 July - Denmark participates in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.
- * 24 June – Denmark takes the second place in Group C of the initial group stage and is on to the knockout stage.
- * 28 June Denmark defeats Nigeria 4-1 in the Round of 16.
- * 3 July – Denmark is defeated 3-2 by Brazil in the quarterfinal.
Badminton
- Kastrup Magleby BK wins the Europe Cup.
Cycling
- 8 April – Lars Michaelsen finishes second in the Gent–Wevelgem road cycling race in Belgium.
- April – Bo Hamburger wins La Flèche Wallonne.
- 29 August – Rolf Sørensen wins the 1998 Ronde van Nederland.
- Silvio Martinello and Marco Villa win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Handball
- 20 December - Denmark wins silver at the 1998 European Women's Handball Championship in the Netherlands after being defeated by Norway in the final.
Other
- 1 February – Thomas Bjørn wins Heineken Classic in Australia on the 1998 European Tour.
- 18-25 April – With five gold medals, two silver medals and six bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 16th European Badminton Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- 3 September – Erik Gundersen wins the 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship.
Births
JanuaryMarch
- 23 January – Thomas Meilstrup, singer, actor and son of Gry Meilstrup.
- 31 March – Oskar Buur, soccer player
AprilJune
- 2 May Anders Dreyer, footballer
JulySeptember
- 24 July – Hugo Helmig, musician
OctoberDecember
- 29 October – Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark, eldest son and second child of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece
Deaths
- 16 February Iørn Piø, archivist
- 3 June Poul Bundgaard, actor and singer
- 5 September – Verner Panton, designer