Events in the year 2019 in

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Incumbents

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Margrethe II Margrethe II (; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is Queen of Denmark. Having reigned as Denmark's monarch for over 50 years, she is Europe's longest-serving current head of state and the world's only incumbent fema ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

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Lars Løkke Rasmussen Lars Løkke Rasmussen (; born 15 May 1964) is a Danish politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2022. He previously served as the 25th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019. He was the lead ...

Events

* 2 January – Great Belt Bridge rail accident: A DSB express passenger train is hit by a semi-trailer from a passing cargo train on the western bridge of the

Great Belt Fixed Link The Great Belt Bridge ( da, Storebæltsbroen) or Great Belt fixed link ( da, Storebæltsforbindelsen) is a multi-element fixed link crossing the Great Belt strait between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen. It consists of a road suspen ...

in Denmark, killing eight people and making it the deadliest rail accident in the country since 1988. * 10–27 January –

2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 26th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Denmark and Germany from 10 to 27 January 2019. It was the first IHF World Men's Handball Championship to include more t ...

– co-hosted with Germany * 26 May – The

2019 European Parliament election The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peopl ...

* 5 June –

2019 Danish general election General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing; 175 in Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place ten days after the European Parliament ...

* 27 June – The

Cabinet of Mette Frederiksen Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets * Fili ...

is presented. * 16 August –; The government of

rejects the suggestion that the United States might purchase

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is ...

The arts

Film

Music

Sport

Badminton

* 17 February – Denmark wins the

2019 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships The 2019 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 13–17 February 2019 and organised by Badminton Europe and Denmark's Badminton Union. Qualification Direct qualifiers * (host country) Qualification ...

by defeating Germany 3–0 in the final. * 24–31 March – Viktor Axelsen wins Men's Single at 2019 India Open.

Cycling

* 27 February – 3 March – Denmark wins one silver medal and two bronze medals at the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships * 39 April –

Jakob Fuglsang Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (born 22 March 1985) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Before turning professional for , he was a mountain biker racing for Team Cannondale–Vredestein, winning the Under ...

wins

2019 Liège–Bastogne–Liège The 2019 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 28 April 2019 in Belgium. It was the 105th edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the 20th event of the 2019 UCI World Tour. It was won by Jakob Fuglsang. ...

. * 16 June –

wins the

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is part ...

. * 29 September – Mads Pedersen wins gold in Men's road race at the

2019 UCI Road World Championships The 2019 UCI Road World Championships was the 92nd edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It took place between 22 and 29 September 2019 in the historic county of Yorkshire, United Ki ...

. * 16–20 October –

2019 UEC European Track Championships The 2019 UEC European Track Championships was the tenth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, between 16 and 20 October 2019. The event was organ ...

* 17 October — Denmark wins gold in

Team Pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

at the

. ** 17 October – Denmark wins a gold medal in

. ** 20 October *** Amalie Dideriksen and Julie Leth wins a gold medal for Denmark in

Women's Madison A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or Adolescence, adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female hum ...

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Lasse Norman Hansen Lasse Norman Hansen (born 11 February 1992) is a Danish professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . During his track cycling career, he has won five medals (including two golds) at the Summer Olympic Games ...

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Michael Mørkøv Michael Mørkøv Christensen (; born 30 April 1985) is a Danish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the brother of racing cyclists Jacob and Jesper Mørkøv. Career Born in Kokkedal, Mørkøv started as a t ...

wins a gold medal for Denmark in Men's madison.

Golf

* 8 December –

Rasmus Højgaard Rasmus Højgaard (born 12 March 2001) is a Danish professional golfer who won his first European Tour event at the 2019 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, becoming the third youngest player to win on the European Tour. Amateur career Højgaard first ...

wins AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Openn.

Handball

* 27 January – Denmark wins the

in handball by defeating Norway 31–27 in the final.

Sailing

* 30 Oc tober – Anne-Marie Rindom wins the 2019 Women's World Sailor of the Year Award.

Tennis

* 8 June – Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune wins the

2019 French Open – Boys' Singles Holger Rune won the boys' singles tennis title at the 2019 French Open, defeating Toby Kodat in the final, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–0. Tseng Chun-hsin was the defending champion, but chose not to participate. Seeds Draw Finals Top h ...

Deaths

* 5 May -

Ib Glindemann Ib Niels Carl Glindemann Nielsen (September 27, 1934 – April 5, 2019) was a Danish jazz musician and the leader of the Ib Glindemann Orchestra (a big band modeled after the Stan Kenton Orchestra). Saxophonist Stan Getz frequently appeared with ...

, jazz composer and bandleader (born 1934)Dødsfald: Kapelmester, filmkomponist Ib Glindemann (84)
* 10 June – Ib Nørlund, composer (born 1931)

References

Links

* {{Year in Europe, 2019 Years of the 21st century in Denmark

2010s in Denmark