2025 in Denmark

Events in the year 2025 in Denmark.

Incumbents

8 January2 February The 2025 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia, Denmark and Norway.
January During a debate about Trump talk about taking over Greenland. Danish People's Party Anders Vistisen in the EU parliament gave a speech in which he said: "It is not for sale. Let me put it into words you might understand, Mr. Trump: fuck off." His speech later went viral on Social Media,

11 March 2025 Greenlandic general election: The centre-right opposition Democrats win a plurality of votes in the Inatsisartut.

925 May 2025 IIHF World Championship in Denmark and Sweden.
13 May Kasso, the third facility in the world that produces e-methanol, opens near Aabenraa.

1 July
* The 2025 Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union begins.
* The conscription of women into the Danish Defence through a lottery system comes into effect.
3 July Denmark begins its rotating presidency of the European Union.

15 August A passenger train derails after colliding with a slurry tanker at a level crossing near Tinglev, killing one person and injuring 27 others.
26 August Denmark summons American charge d'affaires Mark Stroh over allegations of US covert operations to promote separatism and annexation in Greenland.
27 August – The Danish and Greenlandic governments issue an official apology for historic abuses against Greenlandic women, including forced contraception.

2 September – The Supreme Court rules that Ahmed Samsam, a Danish national of Syrian origin who was convicted and imprisoned on charges of traveling to Syria to join Islamic State, was an informant for both the Danish Security and Intelligence Service and the Danish Defence Intelligence Service.
22 September – Unidentified drones are seen flying over Copenhagen Airport, resulting in major disruptions to aviation.
24 September – Unidentified drones are seen flying over Aalborg Airport, resulting in major disruptions to aviation.
26 September – Unidentified drones are seen flying over Air Base Karup, resulting in the closure of Midtjyllands Airport, which shares the same runway as the base.

3 November The HySynergy low-carbon hydrogen plant is inaugurated in Fredericia.
5 November An Afghan national is arrested on suspicion of plotting to procure weapons for attacks against Jewish targets in Germany.
18 November 2025 Danish local elections

10 December The government announces an agreement to provide 300,000 kroner in individual compensation beginning in April 2026 to Greenlandic women who were given contraception against their knowledge or consent from 1960 to 1991.
18 December The Danish Defence Intelligence Service formally accuses Russia of carrying out a series of cyberattacks that caused water outages in 2024 and other disruptions on the eve of the 2025 Danish local elections.
21 December US president Donald Trump appoints Jeff Landry as his special envoy to Greenland, prompting the Danish government to summon the US ambassador the next day.
30 December PostNord will stop delivering letters in Denmark.

19 January Viktor Axelsen wins gold in men's single at India Open.
1216 February Denmark wins the 2025 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships.
2 March Viktor Axelsen wins gold in men's single at German Open.
8 June Anders Antonsen wins gold in men's single at Indonesia Open.
23 October Anders Antonsen wins gold in men's single at the French Open.
2 November Mia Blichfeldt wins gold in women's single at the 2025 Hylo Open.

1216 February Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships.
16 February Mads Pedersen wins the Tour de la Provence for the second year in a row.
23 February Jonas Vingegaard wins the 2025 Volta ao Algarve.
30 March Mads Pedersen wins Gent–Wevelgem for the second year in a row and the third time in his career.
20 April Mattias Skjelmose wins the 2025 Amstel Gold Race.

1 February Denmark defeats Serbia in the first round of the 2025 Davis Cup.
20 April Holger Rune wins the 2025 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell by defeating Carlos Alcaraz 76, 62 in the final.

2 January Jytte Abildstrøm, actress.
4 January Peter Brandes, painter and sculptor
25 January Ole Neumann, child actor known for playing Lille Per in the Far til fire series
26 March Kjeld Nørgaard, actor known for voicing Kaj on Kaj & Andrea

11 August Peter Lund Madsen, neurologist, author, and entertainer
23 August Per Holst, film director and producer
2 September Morten Arnfred, filmmaker
6 September Birthe Wesselhøft, artist
17 September Hans Enoksen, Greenlandic politician, prime minister, member and speaker of the Inatsisartut
25 September Karen Olsen Beck, Danish-born Costa Rican diplomat and politician, first lady of Costa Rica .
29 September Jørgen Leth, filmmaker, poet and sports commentator