Events from the year 1989 in Denmark.
Incumbents
* Monarch -
Margrethe II
* Prime minister -
Poul Schlüter
Events
* 26 August –
Munkeruphus north of
Copenhagen
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opens its doors to its first exhibition as an exhibition space.
* 8 September –
Partnair Flight 394 crashes into the North Sea of the Danish coast, killing all 55 people on board.
* 1 October – Denmark becomes the first country in the world to legalise
civil partnerships
A civil union (also known as a Civil partnership in the United Kingdom, civil partnership) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, primarily created to provide legal recognition for Same-sex relationship, same-sex couples. Civi ...
for same-sex couples.
* Full date unknown:
**
Tools Design, a consumer products and furniture design studio is founded.
Culture
Film
* 28 January – Both ''
Pelle the Conqueror'' and ''
Babette's Feast'' art nominated for
Best Foreign Language Film at the
46th Golden Globe Awards and ''Pelle the Conqueror'' wins the award.
Sport
* 15
Mette Jacobsen wins two bronze medals in
Women's 200 metre freestyle and
Women's 200 metre butterfly at the
1989 European Aquatics Championships.
Cycling
*
Danny Clark (AUS) and
Urs Freuler (SUI) win the
Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
*
Danny Clark (AUS) and
Jens Veggerby (DEN) win the
Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
JanuaryMarch
* 9 January
Rikke Møller Pedersenm swimmer
* 14 January –
Lærke Møller, handball player
* 26 January –
Kristoffer Hjort Storm, politician
* 26 March –
Simon Kjær, football player
AprilJune
* 8 May
Lars Eller, ice hockey player
* 31 May –
Daniel Wass, footballer
JulySeptember
* 7 August –
Søren Frederiksen, footballer
* 7 September
Alban Lendorf, ballet dancer
OctoberDecember
* 29 October
Maria Sten, actress
* 21 December –
Thorbjørn Olesen, golfer
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
* 22 January
Ellen Andersen, textile artist (born
1908)
* 3 February –
Ebbe Langberg, actor (born 1933)
* 4 February
Thorkild Hansen, author (born
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...
)
AprilJune
* 29 April
Else Schøtt, operatic soprano (born 1895)
* 17 May –
Finn Juhl, architect and designer (born 1912)
* 26 June
Thorkil Kristensen, politician (born
1899
Events January
* January 1
** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...
)
JulyAugust
* 2 July –
Hilmar Baunsgaard, politician, former Danish prime minister (born 1920)
* 30 July –
Lily Broberg, actress (born 1923)
OctoberDecember
* 27 October
Kjeld Philip
Kjeld Løwenstein Philip (3 April 1912 in Copenhagen – 27 October 1989) was a Danish economist and politician representing the Danish Social Liberal Party. He was Trade Minister from 1957 to 1960 as member of the Cabinet of H. C. Hansen I ...
, politician (born
1912
This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15.
In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...
)
See also
*
1989 in Danish television
References
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Denmark
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Years of the 20th century in Denmark
1980s in Denmark