Events from the year 1983 in Denmark.

Incumbents

* Monarch -

Margrethe II Margrethe II (; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024. Having reigned for exactly ...

* Prime minister - Poul Schlüter

Events

Sports

Football

* 21 September –

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

achieves an important 1–0 win against

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Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium, currently branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE Limited, EE for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Sta ...

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of the

UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying The qualifying round for the 1984 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into seven groups; three of four teams and four of five teams. The qualifying round was played at various times between May 1982 and December 1983, wi ...

. Denmark's goal is scored by Allan Simonsen. * 16 November –

qualifies for

UEFA Euro 1984 The 1984 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in France from 12 to 27 June 1984. It was the seventh UEFA European Championship, a competition held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. At the time, only eight countries ...

by defeating

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

2–0 in their last qualification game and thus winning Group 3 one point ahead of England.

Badminton

* 2 May The

1983 IBF World Championships The 1983 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in 1983 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Medalists Medal table Events References External links First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
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takes place in Copenhagen. ** Steen Fladberg and Jesper Helledie win gold in men's doubles **Steen Fladberg and Pia Nielsen win gold in mixed doubles. * Gentofte BK wins Europe Cup.

Cycling

* 13 July Kim Andersen wins Stage 12 of the 1983 Tour de France. * Gert Frank (DEN) and Patrick Sercu (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

JanuaryMarch

* 20 March – Thomas Kahlenberg, Former footballer

AprilJune

* 17 April – Thomas Kristensen, footballer * 23 April – Leon Andreasen, footballer * 15 May –

Anne Lolk Thomsen Anne Lolk Thomsen (born 15 May 1983) is a Danish rower. She competed in the women's lightweight double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially bra ...

, rower * 17 May –

Simon Mathew Simon Mathew (born 17 May 1984) is a Danish pop singer. He is the brother of teen-pop singers Rebekka Mathew and Sabina Mathew.Agnete Kirk Thinggaard, dressage rider * 23 May – Joachim Persson, badminton player * 23 May – Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard, professional footballer * 31 May – Kim Aabech, footballer * 6 June – Michael Krohn-Dehli, footballer

JulySeptember

* 7 July Jakob Poulsen, former professional footballer * 24 July

Carsten Mogensen Carsten Mogensen (born 24 July 1983) is a former badminton player from Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the Badminton at the 2015 European Games, 2015 European Games, two time European Badminton Championships, European champions winning in 2 ...

, badminton player * 27 August Thomas Mikkelsen, footballer * 27 August Frederik Nielsen, tennis player * 31 August Lasse Svan Hansen, handball player * 18 September – Rasmus Würtz, footballer

OctoberDecember

* 4 October Karsten Lauritzen, politician * 23 November – Kamilla Rytter Juhl, badminton player * 19 December – Mia Rosing, model

Deaths

* 16 September Andreas Friis, painter (born

1890 Events January * January 1 – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa. * January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House. * January 11 – 1890 British Ultimatum: The Uni ...

) * 24 September –

Lis Møller Lis Møller (22 December 1918 – 24 September 1983) was a Danish journalist and Conservative People's Party politician who was elected to the Folketing for two non-consecutive periods. She joined the Young Conservatives when she was aged 15 and ...

, journalist and politician (born 1918) * 29 November – Aage Rasmussen, photographer and track and field athlete (born 1889) * 10 November –

Carl Erik Soya Carl Erik Soya, (30 October 1896 – 10 November 1983), also known by the single appellation Soya, was a Danish author and dramatist. His works were often satirical provocations against double standards and dishonesty. In 1975, Soya received Denm ...

, author and dramatist (born 1896)

References

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