2013 in Denmark
Events from the year 2013 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Margrethe II
- Prime minister – Helle Thorning Schmidt
Events
- 1 April – The Danish government launches a lockout of all the Danish teachers. The lockout lasts until 26 April.
- 28 April – Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen burns.
- 27–28 October – The St. Jude storm hit Denmark. The storm's max gust speed of 194.4 km/h was the highest ever recorded in Denmark.
Culture
Architecture
- 29 April - Henning Larsen Architects' Herpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.
- 30 May - Gehl Architects are awarded the Nykredit Architecture Prize at a ceremony in Copenhagen.
- 12 June - 3XN's Frederiksberg Courthouse in Copenhagen and Lundgaard & Tranberg's Sorø Art Museum are among the year's nine recipients of RIBA RU Awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects.
- 20 September - Henning Larsen Architects win the LEAF Awards for Best Public Building of the Year in the Education & Research and Culture categories for Campus Roskilde and Herpa respectively.
Film
- 10 February - Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt is nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 66th British Academy Film Awards.
- 30 October - Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt wins the Nordic Council Film Prize.
- 7 December - 26th European Film Awards
- * Susanne Bier's Love Is All You Need wins the award for Best Comedy.
- * Copenhagen-based Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing wins the award for Best Documentary
- 9 December - The Hunt wins the award for Best Foreign Independent Film at the British Independent Film Awards 2013.
Literature
- 30 October - Kim Leine's The Prophets of Eternal Fjord wins the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.
Media
Music
- 18 May – Emmelie de Forest wins the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö with the song Only Teardrops.
Sport
Badminton
- 17 February - Denmark wins silver at the 2013 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships after being defeated by Germany in the final.
- 5-10 March - Tine Baun wins gold in Women's Single at 2013 All England Super Series Premier.
- 511 August Denmark wins one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 2013 BWF World Championships.
- 22 October Jan Ø. Jørgensen wins gold in men's single at the 2013 French Super Series.
Cycling
- 31 January – Michael Rasmussen admits that he has used performance-enhancing drugs and methods for the most of his professional career.
- 5 February Lasse Norman Hansen and Michael Mørkøv win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Football
- 5 May – FC Copenhagen wins the 2012–13 Danish Superliga by drawing Brøndby IF 0–0 at Brøndby Stadion.
- 9 May – Esbjerg fB wins the 2012–13 Danish Cup by defeating Randers FC 1–0 in the 2013 Danish Cup Final.
Golf
- 8 September - Thomas Bjørn wins Omega European Masters on the 2013 European Tour.
- 24 November - Morten Ørum Madsen wins South African Open Championship on the 2014 European Tour.
- 8 December - Thomas Bjørn wins Nedbank Golf Challenge on the 2014 European Tour.
Handball
- 27 January - Denmark wins silver at the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship after being defeated by Spain in the final.
Motorsports
- 23 June - Tom Kristensen wins the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans for the ninth time as part of the Audi Sport Team Joest team.
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
- 12 January John Hansen, football player
- 7 February – Peter Steen, actor
- 6 March Keld Helmer-Petersen, photographer
- 19 March – Holger Juul Hansen, actor
AprilJune
- 4 April - Beatrice Palner, actress
- 22 April – Vivi Bak, actress
- 20 May – Dr Haldor Topsøe, civil engineer
- 21 May – Count Christian of Rosenborg, cousin of the Danish Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
- 6 June – Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, cellist
- 22 June – Allan Simonsen, racing driver
- 22 June – Henning Larsen, architect
JulySeptember
- 1 September – Ole Ernst, actor
OctoberDecember
- 5 October – Heidi Ryom, dancer
- 21 October - Rune T. Kidde, writer, storyteller, musician and artist
- 12 November - Kurt Trampedach, painter and sculptor
- 22 December – Hans Hækkerup, politician and former Minister of Defense