Events from the year 1991 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

Undated

The arts

Architecture

Film

* May –

Lars von Trier Lars von Trier (né Trier; born 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. Beginning in the late-1960s as a child actor working on Danish television series ''Secret Summer'', von Trier's career has spanned more than five decad ...

's film Eyropa wins the Prix du Jury at the 44th Cannes Film Festival.

Literature

Music

Sports

Badminton

* 28 May The

1991 IBF World Championships The 1991 IBF World Championships ( World Badminton Championships) were held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1991. Host city selection Copenhagen and Hong Kong submitted bids to host the championships. Venue *Brøndby Arena Medalists Medal table M ...

takes place in Copenhagen. **Denmark wins one silver medal and two bronze medals.

Cycling

* 23 March –

Rolf Sørensen Rolf Sørensen (born 20 April 1965) is a former Danish professional road bicycle racer. He is currently working as a cycling commentator and agent. Born in Helsinge in Denmark, Sørensen moved to Italy at the age of 17, where he has lived sin ...

comes in second in the

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

road cycling race in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. * 7 April –

comes in 3rd in the

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races: * Tour of Flanders (men's race) The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...

. * April 21 –

comes in 3rd in the

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...

road cycling race. * September –

Brian Holm Brian Holm Sørensen (born 2 October 1962) is a retired Danish professional rider in road bicycle racing from 1986 to 1998, who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 1997 and was part of the team that brought his fellow Dane Bjarne Riis to victory ...

wins the

Paris–Brussels The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur eve ...

road cycling race. * Danny Clark (AUS) and Jens Veggerby (DEN) win the

Six Days of Copenhagen The Six Days of Copenhagen is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event was first held in 1934. The event is held at the Ballerup Super Arena Ballerup Super Arena (formerly Siemens Arena) is a multi-purpose i ...

six-day track cycling race.

Swimming

* 18–25 August Denmark wins four gold medals and two bronze medals at the

1991 European Aquatics Championships The 1991 European Aquatics Championships was a water sport competition hosted in Athens, Greece from 18–25 August. Medal table Swimming Men's events Women's events Open water swimming * Held in Terracina, Italy from 14–15 Sep ...

Other

* 31 August – Jan O. Pedersen wins the

1991 Individual Speedway World Championship The 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 46th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. Diminutive Danish rider Jan O. Pedersen won his first and only World Championship with a 15-point ma ...

. * 28 October 3 November Denmark wins two gold medals and one silver medal at the

1991 World Taekwondo Championships The 1991 World Taekwondo Championships were the 10th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Athens from October 28 to November 3, 1991, with 434 athletes participating from 49 countries. Medal summary Men Women Medal ...

Births

JanuaryMarch

* 9 January –

Søren Hess-Olesen Søren Hess-Olesen (born 9 January 1991) is a Danish tennis player. Hess-Olesen has a career high ATP singles ranking of 937 achieved on 18 December 2017. Hess-Olesen represents Denmark at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier in ...

, tennis player * 15 January –

Nicolai Jørgensen Nicolai Mick Jørgensen (; born 15 January 1991) is a Danish former professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Akademisk Boldklub Nicolai Jørgensen began his career at Grantoften IF, he later joined Skovlunde IF and joined A ...

, footballer

AprilJune

* 3 April – TopGunn, rapper * 22 May – Mike Hawkins, Musical artist * 5 June –

Martin Braithwaite Martin Christensen Braithwaite (; born 5 June 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio and the Denmark national team. He plays mainly as a striker, but he can also play as a winger. ...

, footballer * 20 June

Rasmus Lauge Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (born 20 June 1991) is a Danish handball player for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold and the Danish national team. He made his debut for Denmark's handball team in 2010, and with them has won World and European Championship ...

, handballer

JulySeptember

* 9 July –

Bashkim Kadrii Bashkim Kadrii (born 9 July 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger. He has represented Denmark at senior international level. Club career Denmark Kadrii began his career with B.93 in the Danish 2nd Divi ...

, footballer * 3 September –

Thomas Delaney Thomas Joseph Delaney (born 3 September 1991) is a Danish professional Association football, footballer, who plays as a defensive midfielder for Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen. Delaney began his career at Copenhagen, making 2 ...

, footballer * 29 September – Martin Jensen, DJ and producer

OctoberDecember

* 4 October **

Nicolai Kielstrup Nicolai Kielstrup (born 4 October 1991) is a Danish singer who participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005. Kielstrup was born in Vejle, Jutland. In 2003, he was present at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen C ...

, singer ** Erik Sviatchenko, footballer * 17 Octoeber Alex Vanopslagh, politician

Deaths

*12 March –

William Heinesen Andreas William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a poet, writer, composer and painter from the Faroe Islands. His writing The Faroese capital Tórshavn is always the centre of Heinesen's writing and he is famous for having onc ...

, poet, writer, composer and painter from the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...

(born

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...

) *8 August –

Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer (1 December 1910 – 8 August 1991) was a Danish museum curator, writer and medieval weapons expert. She founded "The Institute of Studies on Ancient Weapons" which was recognised as the authority on Spanish arms and armour. ...

, medieval weapons expert (born

1910 Events January * January 6 – Abé people in the French West Africa colony of Côte d'Ivoire rise against the colonial administration; the rebellion is brutally suppressed by the military. * January 8 – By the Treaty of Punakha, t ...

) *16 October –

Ole Beich Ole Beich (January 1, 1955 – October 16, 1991) was a Danish musician best known as the bass guitarist for the original lineups of L.A. Guns and Guns N' Roses. Early life Born in the city of Esbjerg, Beich, in his youth, achieved a degree of f ...

, musician * 4 December

Ole Sarvig Ole Sarvig () (27 November 1921 in Copenhagen – 4 December 1981 in Copenhagen) was a Danish author and poet, known for his participation in the literary journal ''heretica''. In 1967 he received the grand prize of the Danish Academy. In 2004 ...

, poet (born

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

)

References

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