2004 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II
• Prime minister – Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Events

• 14 May – The wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Mary Donaldson takes place in Copenhagen Cathedral, in Copenhagen.
• 26 December – Several hundreds of Danish people are among the thousands of people killed by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, at least 2,000 Scandinavians still missing in Thailand.

The arts

• 10 June – Gala concert with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Tivoli Concert Hall, celebrating Henrik, the Prince Consort of Denmark's 70th birthday, with the premiere performance of Frederik Magle's symphonic poem Souffle le vent from the Cantabile suite.

Sports

• 13–29 August — Denmark at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens: Two gold medals and six bronze medals

Badminton

• Greve Strands BK wins Europe Cup.
• 914 March – Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen wins gold in men's double at the 2004 All England Open Badminton Championships.
• 16–24 April – With three gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 19th European Badminton Championships in Geneve, Switzerland.

Football

• 20 May — FC Copenhagen wins the 2003–04 Danish Cup by defeating Aalborg BK 1–0 in the final.
• 12 June – 4 July — Denmark participates at the UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal.
• * 22 June – Denmark qualifies for the quarter-finals by drawing with Sweden in the last group stage match.
• * 27 June – Denmark is defeated by Czech Republic in the quarter-final.

Handball

• 1 February — Denmark takes bronze at the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship by defeating Croatia 31–27 in the third place play-off.
• 29 August — Denmark wins gold in the Women's handball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics by defeating South Korea in the final.
• 15 December — Denmark wins silver at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship after being defeated 27–25 by Norway in the final.

Other

• 13 June — Tom Kristensen wins the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of Audi Sport Japan Team Goh, his sixth win of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
• 5–16 May Denmark wins two bronze medals at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships.
• 25 July — Michael Rasmussen finishes 3rd in the Mountains classification in the 2004 Tour de France.
• 12 November — Mikkel Kessler becomes WBA championship ny defeating Manny Siaca in Copenhagen after taking on the match on a short notice after his stablemate, Mads Larsen, had been injured in training.

Business

• The Laundromat Cafe chain is founded in Copenhagen.
• Kuben Byg A/S purchases Værløse Air Base for redevelopment, establishing the town of Laanshøj.
• Wind turbine manufacturer NEG Micon is acquired by Vestas.
• Copenhagen Records is founded in Copenhagen.
• CEPOS, a conservative think-tank, is established.
• The Danish Centre for Design Research is created by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science.
• The EY Huset office building is completed in Aarhus.
• Warner Bros. Discovery launches Kanal 4 and Kanal 5.
• TV 2 launches TV 2 Charlie.

Births

• 20 June William Clem, footballer

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 6 February – Jørgen Jersild, composer and music educator
• 5 March
• *Hanne Budtz, politician and lawyer
• * Thorkild Bjørnvig, poet

AprilJune

• 1 May – Ejler Bille, artist
• 5 May – Kate Mundt, actress

JulySeptember

• 4 September Rasmus Nellemannm painter and graphic artist
• 14 September – Ove Sprogøe, actor

OctoberDecember

• 13 December – Jørn Larsen, painter and sculptor