Events in the year 2023 in

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Incumbents

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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 ...

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Mette Frederiksen Mette Frederiksen (; born 19 November 1977) is a Danish politician who has been the Prime Minister of Denmark, prime minister of Denmark since June 2019, and Social Democrats (Denmark)#Leaders of the Social Democrats, leader of the Social Democr ...

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Frederiksen II Cabinet The Frederiksen II Cabinet (colloquially, the SVM government; Danish: ''SVM-regeringen'') is the current Government of Denmark, which took office on 15 December 2022. It succeeded the Frederiksen I Cabinet following the 2022 general election. ...

Folketing The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. E ...

: 2022–2026 session (elected 1 November 2022) * Leaders of the

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Prime minister of the Faroe Islands The prime minister of the Faroe Islands is the head of government of the Faroe Islands. The Faroese language, Faroese term (plural: ) literally means "lawman" and originally referred to the legal function of lawspeaker. This old title was bro ...

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Aksel V. Johannesen Aksel Vilhelmsson Johannesen (born 8 November 1972) is a Faroese lawyer and politician for the Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) and the current prime minister of the Faroe Islands. He previously served as prime minister from 2015 to ...

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Múte Bourup Egede Múte Inequnaaluk Bourup Egede (; born 11 March 1987) is a Greenlandic politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Greenland from 2021 to 2025. He has also served as Chairman of the Inuit Ataqatigiit since December 2018, and a Member of t ...

Events

January

* 1 January Prince Joachim's four children, Nikolai, Felix,

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, and

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, lose their titles of prince or princess, leaving count or countess of Monpezat as their most senior titles following a major public controversy in the

royal family A royal family is the immediate family of monarchs and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term papal family describes the family of a pope, while th ...

. * 10 January Leader of the Nye Borgerlige political party

Pernille Vermund Ann Pernille Vermund Bretton-Meyer (born 3 December 1975) is a Danish architect ( MAA) and politician, being a member of the Folketing since 2019. She is known for co-founding and being the leader of the national-conservative political party Ny ...

announces her intention to resign, being succeeded by

Lars Boje Mathiesen Lars Boje Mathiesen da (born 21 May 1975) is a Danish politician who has been an independent member of the Danish Parliament, the Folketing, since March 2023. Previously a member of the Nye Borgerlige (New Right) political party before his expul ...

, on 7 February. * 31 January

Coop Danmark Coop amba, formerly FDB, is a cooperative based in Denmark. The coop has 2 million members and three subsidiaries. The Coop Danmark subsidiary operates the retail store chains of Kvickly, Brugsen, SuperBrugsen, Dagli'Brugsen and 365discount as wel ...

announces that the Irma chain will close with effect from 1 April after 137 years in operation.

February

* 6 February

Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

and

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a Minister (government), government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to th ...

Jakob Ellemann-Jensen Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (born 25 September 1973) is a Danish former politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and Minister of Defence under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen from 2022 to 2023. He led the Venstre party from 2019 to 2 ...

goes on

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indefinitely with incumbent

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Troels Lund Poulsen Troels Lund Poulsen (born 30 March 1976) is a Danish politician, who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and leader of . He also serves as Minister of Defence. He previously served as Minister for the Environment from 2007 to 2010, Minist ...

being appointed acting Minister of Defence. * 11 February The 53rd edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 is held in Arena Næstved in

Næstved Næstved () is a town in Næstved Municipality, the municipality of the same name, located in the southern part of the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand in Denmark. Næstved has several adult education centers, five Primary education, elemen ...

with Faroese singer Reiley being selected as Denmark's entry for the

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* 17 February A major

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named

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( da) hits most of Denmark causing several incidents of property damage. * 28 February After fierce debate, the Folketing votes to abolish the Danish holiday

Store Bededag Store bededag, translated literally as Great Prayer Day or more loosely as General Prayer Day, "All Prayers" Day, Great Day of Prayers or Common Prayer Day, is a holiday on the 4th Friday after Easter. It is currently observed in the Faroe Islands ...

(''Great Prayer Day'') with effect from 2024.

March

* 6 March Denmark's

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bans

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on work devices. * 9 March Venstre deputy leader

Stephanie Lose Stephanie Lose (; born 14 December 1982) is a Danish politician of Venstre serving as minister for economic affairs since 2023. She is the deputy leader of Venstre since 2021, and chaired the Regional Council of Southern Denmark from 2015 to 2 ...

is appointed

minister without portfolio A minister without portfolio is a government minister without specific responsibility as head of a government department. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision-making authorit ...

for the purpose of serving as acting

to relieve

. * 10 March Nye Borgerlige announces that party leader

, the day prior, has been dismissed as leader and expelled from the party due to disputes over remuneration and campaign finances.

April

* 15 April A 13-year-old girl named Filippa disappears from the village Kirkerup. On the 16th, the girl is found alive in the house of a 32-year-old man in Svenstrup,

Korsør Korsør is a town in Zealand (Denmark), Zealand, Denmark. It is located in Slagelse Municipality. Until 2007 Korsør was the seat of Korsør Municipality. The town is located west of Slagelse, north-west of Skælskør and connects to Nyborg thr ...

. On the 18th, the man is charged on several counts, including

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. On the 24th, the man is also charged for the 2016 unsolved murder of Emilie Meng. * 24 April A delayed

government budget A government budget is a projection of the government's revenues and expenditure for a particular period, often referred to as a financial or fiscal year, which may or may not correspond with the calendar year. Government revenues mostly incl ...

('' Finansloven'') for 2023 is agreed upon between the

Danish government The Cabinet of Denmark (), officially the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark (), is the national cabinet of the Kingdom of Denmark. It has been the chief executive body and the government of the Danish Realm—Denmark proper together with the F ...

, the

Green Left The term green left refers primarily to a political affiliation that combines elements of green politics and left-wing politics in countries where the term is used. It is primarily a social justice and human rights oriented ideology, with an exp ...

, the Liberal Alliance, the Social Liberal Party, and the

Danish People's Party The Danish People's Party (DPP; , DF) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Denmark. It was formed in 1995 by former members of the Progress Party (FrP). The party saw a period of significant growth after its founding a ...

. * 30 April Leader of the Trade Union Confederation Lizette Risgaard resigns, following allegations of

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May

* 1 May

International Workers' Day International Workers' Day, also called Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of Wage labour, labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every yea ...

is held in the light of Risgaard's resignation and the Trade Union Confederation's refusal to invite

Social Democrats Social democracy is a social, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achieving social equality. In modern practice, s ...

due to their in abolishing Store Bededag. * 3 May A new national warning system is tested by the Emergency Management Agency and the

police The police are Law enforcement organization, a constituted body of Law enforcement officer, people empowered by a State (polity), state with the aim of Law enforcement, enforcing the law and protecting the Public order policing, public order ...

with civil defense sirens sounding nationwide. * 5 May Great Prayer Day (''Store Bededag'') is held for the last time, after 337 years as an official holiday. * 12 May During a debate in the Folketing about ''Rigsfællesskabet'', Greenlandic MP

Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam Aki-Matilda Tilia Ditte Høegh-Dam (born 17 October 1996) is a Greenlandic pro-independence politician who currently serves in the Folketing and concurrently in the Inatsisartut. She was elected to the Folketing during the 2019 Danish general ...

(

Siumut Siumut (SIU, ; ; ) is a political party in Greenland in the social democratic tradition. Since the establishment of home rule in 1979, it has been the dominant party in Greenland. Siumut is led by Erik Jensen, who beat the then-incumbent Prime ...

) speaks in Greenlandic, refusing to switch to Danish when other MPs ask her questions in that language. This sets off a public debate about which

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s to use in parliament.

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Søren Gade Søren Gade Jensen (born 27 January 1963) is a Danish politician who has been list of speakers of the Folketing, Speaker of the Folketing since November 2022, representing the Liberalism, Liberal party, Venstre (Denmark), Venstre. He was a Liberal ...

( V) says that Høegh-Dam had notified the

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of the Folketing an hour in advance, when she sent them an email transcript of the speech, along with a Danish translation. According to the Folketing's website, there is no rule against an MP speaking Greenlandic or Faroese, but it is customary for the MP to translate their statement into Danish afterwards. * 15 May Forewarned truck

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s of roads against the introduction of a new truck

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(''afgift'') causes major traffic havoc nationwide.

June

* 1517 June Folkemødet ( da), an annual political festival, takes place on

Bornholm Bornholm () is a List of islands of Denmark, Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. I ...

July

August

* 2021 August

Ukrainian president The president of Ukraine (, ) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties. ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after the start of the Russo-Ukraini ...

visits Denmark in connection with its donation of 19

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Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. * 23 August

switches ministry with Troels Lund Poulsen, going from

. * 26 August Astronaut Andreas Mogensen begins his second mission to the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was Assembly of the International Space Station, assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United ...

, arriving the following day. As pilot of SpaceX Crew-7, he becomes the first non-American to pilot a

SpaceX Dragon 2 Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed, manufactured, and operated by the American space company SpaceX for flights to the International Space Station (ISS) and private spaceflight missions. The spacecraft, which consi ...

or any other

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vehicle. Mogensen's personal mission is the Huginn mission, where he will conduct over 30 European experiments on "climate, health, and space for Earth" for the

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. Joined by three other astronauts, he is taking part in

Expedition 69 Expedition 69 was the 69th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began with the uncrewed departure of Soyuz MS-22 in March 2023 with Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev continuing his ISS command from Expedit ...

and 70, and they are expected to return to Earth in February 2024.

September

* 6 September – Danish Prime Minister

speaks before the Ukrainian parliament in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

October

announces his resignation as leader of Venstre and his departure from Danish politics.

November

* 6–8 November –

Felipe VI Felipe VI (; Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain. In accordance with the Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed For ...

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, goes on a state visit to Denmark * 18 November –

is elected new leader of Venstre.

December

* 6 December –

Sanjay Shah Sanjay Shah (born 11 September 1970) is a British trader who was sentenced by a Danish court in 2024 to 12 years in prison for tax fraud, the heaviest penalty ever handed out in Denmark for a fraud case. He has appealed the verdict. Shah founded ...

extradited In an extradition, one jurisdiction delivers a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in another jurisdiction, into the custody of the other's law enforcement. It is a cooperative law enforcement procedure between the two jurisdic ...

to Denmark from the

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. * 7 December – ** Mia Wagner resigns as minister of digitalisation and gender equality only two weeks after being appointed. ** The

Danish Parliament The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. E ...

votes to criminalize the

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s after a series of

quran burning Quran desecration is the treatment of the Quran in a way that might be considered insulting. In Islamic law, believers must not damage the Quran and must perform a ritual washing before touching it. Conversely, intentionally damaging copies ...

incidents by

far-right Far-right politics, often termed right-wing extremism, encompasses a range of ideologies that are marked by ultraconservatism, authoritarianism, ultranationalism, and nativism. This political spectrum situates itself on the far end of the ...

activists. * 14 December – Three people are arrested in Denmark and one in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

on charges of conspiring to commit

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war aga ...

, with four individuals being charged ''

in absentia ''In Absentia'' is the seventh studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released on 24 September 2002. The album marked several changes for the band, with it being the first with new drummer Gavin Harrison and the f ...

''. * 21 December Denmark (

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 Prime Minister of Denmark from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019. He was Leader of the Ve ...

) and the United States (

Antony Blinken Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 71st United States secretary of state from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as Deputy National Security Advisor, deputy national security advisor ...

) sign a defence agreement that will allow U.S. soldiers and military equipment to be based on Danish soil. * 31 December Queen Margrethe announces her abdication on live television in her annual New Year's Speech, with effect from 14 January 2024.

Culture

Film

* 9 December

Mads Mikkelsen Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (; born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. He rose to fame in Denmark as an actor for his roles such as Tonny in the first two films of the Pusher (film series), ''Pusher'' film trilogy (1996, 2004), Detective Sergea ...

wins the

European Film Award for Best Actor The European Film Award for Best Actor is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film industry. The awards are presented by the European Film Academy (E ...

at the 36th European Film Awards for his role in '' The Promised Land''.

Sports

Badminton

* 15 January

Viktor Axelsen Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is a two-time Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and four-time European Badminton Championships, European Cha ...

wins gold in Men's single at 2023 Malaysia Open. * 18 February Denmark wins the

2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships The 2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships was held in Aire-sur-la-Lys, France, between 14 and 18 February 2023 and organised by Badminton Europe and French Badminton Federation. The host location was announced in December 2021 by Badm ...

by defeating France 32 in the final. * 2 April

Mathias Christiansen Mathias Christiansen (born 20 February 1994) is a Danish badminton player who joined the national team in July 2013. He was the silver medalists in the 2018 European Badminton Championships, 2018 and 2024 European Badminton Championships, 2024 Eu ...

and

Alexandra Bøje Alexandra Bøje (born 6 December 1999) is a Danish badminton player. She won her first senior international title at the 2016 Czech International in the mixed doubles event partnered with Mathias Bay-Smidt after fight through the qualification r ...

win gold in Mixed Double at

2023 Spain Masters The 2023 Spain Masters (officially known as the Madrid Spain Masters 2023) was a badminton tournament which was held at the Centro Deportivo Municipal Gallur in Madrid, Spain, from 28 March to 2 April 2023 with a total prize of $210,000. Tourna ...

. * 18 June

wins gold in Men's Single at 2023 Indonesia Open. * 23 July

Anders Antonsen Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He is a three-time World Championships medalist, two-time European Champion, and he has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the men’s singles discipline of BWF World Ranking. He ...

wins gold in Men's Single at 2023 Korea Open. * 2127 August The

2023 BWF World Championships The 2023 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 21 to 27 August 2023 in Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark. Copenhagen hos ...

takes place in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

. * 17 September

Kim Astrup Kim Astrup Sørensen (born 6 March 1992) is a Danish badminton player. He was the men's doubles gold medalists at the 2018 European Championships and the 2023 European Games with his partner Anders Skaarup Rasmussen. He also won the bronze medal ...

and

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (born 15 February 1989) is a Danish badminton player. Rasmussen won the men's doubles title at the 2018 European Championships and at the 2023 European Games partnered with Kim Astrup. He also won the bronze medal at th ...

win gold in Men's Double at Hong Kong Open. * 19 November

wins gold in Men's Single at 2023 Japan Masters. * 17 December Viktor Axelsen wins gold in Men's Single at the 2023 BWF World Tour Finals for the third year in a row (fifth time in total).

Canoe and karak

* 21 Denmark wins two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal in Canoe sprint at the 2023 European Games. * 2328 August Denmark wins two gold medals at one silver medal at the

2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held from 23 to 27 August 2023 in Duisburg, Germany. They served as the main global qualification event for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Canoe sprint Medal table Men Non-Olympic classes Canoe ...

. * 31 August October Denmark wins a gold medal and two silver medals at the

2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships The 2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships was held from 31 August to 3 September 2023 in Vejen, Denmark. Schedule All times are local time (Central European Summer Time). Medalists Senior Senior short race Under-23 Junior Medal t ...

Cycling

* 26 February

Jonas Vingegaard Jonas Vingegaard Hansen (; ; born 10 December 1996) is a Danish professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Described as one of the best Climbing specialist, climbers of his generation, his rivalry with Tad ...

wins the

2023 O Gran Camiño The 2023 O Gran Camiño ''(English: The Great Way)'' was a road cycling stage race that took place from 23 to 26 February 2023 in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 202 ...

. * 8 April

wins the 2023 Tour of the Basque Country. * 1 May Søren Krag Andersen wins

Eschborn–Frankfurt Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual Classic cycle races, semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand ...

. * 11 May Mads Pedersen wins

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of the

2023 Giro d'Italia The 2023 Giro d'Italia was the 106th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race started on 6 May in Fossacesia and finished on 28 May in Rome. There were 3 individual time trial stage ...

. * 16 May

Magnus Cort Magnus Cort Nielsen (born 16 January 1993) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Career Orica–GreenEDGE (2015–17) In June 2014, World Tour team signed Cort for three years, starting from the 2 ...

wins Stage 10 of

. * 11 June

wins the

2023 Critérium du Dauphiné The 2023 Critérium du Dauphiné was a road cycling stage race that took place between 4 and 11 June 2023 in the Dauphiné region of southeastern France. It was the 75th edition of Critérium du Dauphiné and the 23rd race of the 2023 UCI World T ...

. * 17 June

Mattias Skjelmose Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (born 26 September 2000) is a Danish professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . A promising youth rider, Skjelmose finished in top positions in junior categories of major races, and won the Tour du Pays de Vaud ...

wins the

2023 Tour de Suisse The 2023 Tour de Suisse was a road cycling stage race that took place between 11 and 18 June 2023 in Switzerland. It was the 86th edition of the Tour de Suisse and the 24th event of the 2023 UCI World Tour. On 16 June 2023, Swiss rider Gino Mä ...

. * 4 July

takes over the yellow jersey after

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of the

2023 Tour de France The 2023 Tour de France was the 110th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Bilbao, Spain, on 1 July and ended with the final stage at Champs-Élysées, Paris, on 23 July. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard () won the General classifica ...

. * 8 July Mads Pedersen wins Stage 8 of the

. * 18 July

wins Stage 16 of the

. * 20 July

Kasper Asgreen Kasper Asgreen (born 8 February 1995) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Asgreen won the 2021 Tour of Flanders (men's race), 2021 Tour of Flanders by defeating Mathieu van der Poel in a sprint finish. Early life Asgreen ...

wins Stage 18 of the

. * 23 July

wins the

. * 28 July Emma Norsgaard wins Stage 6 of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes. * 3–9 August Denmark wins a gold medal in Men's team pursuit and

Amalie Dideriksen Amalie Dideriksen (born 24 May 1996) is a Danish road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's ProTeam . Career She won the junior women's road race at the World Championships in 2013 and 2014 as well as a bronze medal in the scratch rac ...

wins a silver medal in Women's omnium at the

2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were held from 3 to 9 August 2023, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, United Kingdom. It was the 120th edition of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and was being held as part of the ...

. * 30 September

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (born 23 August 1995) is a Danish professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career As a junior, she competed at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships and the 2013 UCI Road World Champions ...

wins

Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite The Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite is a women's cycle race which takes place in October in the historic region of Emilia in Italy. It is the women's race of the Giro dell'Emilia – a longstanding event on the men's cycling calendar ...

Football

* 1623 February

FC Midtjylland Football Club Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they ...

is defeated 51 on aggregate by

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

in the

knockout phase A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...

of the

2022–23 UEFA Europa League The 2022–23 UEFA Europa League was the 52nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 14th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. Sevilla defeated Roma in the final pl ...

. * 17 February The

2022–23 Danish Superliga The 2022–23 Danish Superliga (officially the 3F Superliga for sponsorship purposes) was the 33rd season of the Danish Superliga. Copenhagen were the defending champions. The season began on 15 July 2022 and ended on 9 June 2023. Teams Vejle an ...

returns after an unusually long winter break. * 18 May

F.C. Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen (, ), commonly known as F.C. København, F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, or simply FCK, is a Danish professional football club based in Copenhagen. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on top of Kjøbenhavns Boldklub ...

wins the

2022–23 Danish Cup The 2022–23 Danish Cup, also known as Pokalen, was the 69th season of the Danish Cup competition. F.C. Copenhagen took the tournament, securing its 9th Cup with a 1–0 win over AaB and qualifying for the Europa Conference League second qualif ...

by defeating AAB 1 in the final. * 29 May

secures the Danish football championship by defeating

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening (), also known as Viborg FF or VFF for short, is a Danish professional association football, football club based in the Central Denmark Region, Central Jutland city of Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. They compete in the Danish ...

21 in the second last round of the

while

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish association football, football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the to ...

loses 51 to

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a Danish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Brøndbyvester. Brøndby IF denotes the professional football section of Brøndbyernes ...

. * 12 December

finishes second in

Group A Group A is a set of motorsport regulations administered by the FIA covering production derived touring cars for competition, usually in touring car racing and rallying. In contrast to the short-lived Group B and Group C, Group A vehicles wer ...

of the

2023–24 UEFA Champions League The 2023–24 UEFA Champions League was the 69th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 32nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid CF ...

after defeating

Galatasaray S.K. Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

10 in the last group match and is therefore ready for the knock-out phase.

Golf

* 18 February

Thorbjørn Olesen Jacob Thorbjørn Olesen (born 21 December 1989) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he has won eight times including the 2016 Turkish Airlines Open and the 2018 Italian Open. He has also won two important pai ...

wins Thailand Classic in the

2023 European Tour The 2023 European Tour, titled as the 2023 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 52nd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972. It was the second season of the tour under ...

. * 9 July Tasmus Højgaard wins

Made in Denmark The Danish Golf Championship is a professional golf tournament on the European Tour that is played annually in Denmark. History The inaugural tournament was played from 14 to 17 August 2014 at the HimmerLand Golf & Spa Resort, in Farsø Farsø i ...

onm the

. * 19 November

Nicolai Højgaard Nicolai Højgaard (born 12 March 2001) is a Danish professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour and European Tour. In 2021, he and his twin brother, Rasmus, became the first brothers to win in back-to-back weeks on the European Tour. H ...

wins the

. * 19 November

wins the

DP World Tour Championship The DP World Tour Championship is a golf tournament on the European Tour and is the climax of the Race to Dubai. It is contested on the Greg Norman-designed Earth course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The title spons ...

on the

Handball

* 29 January Denmark wins the

2023 World Men's Handball Championship The 2023 World Men's Handball Championship, IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 28th such event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It was held in Poland and Sweden from 11 to 29 January 2023. Denmark men's national handba ...

for the third time in a row by defeating

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

3429 in the final. *18 February GOG wins the

Danish Men's Handball Cup The Danish Men's Handball cup () is the nationwide cup tournament for men's handball teams in Denmark. It’s also known as Santander Cup for sponsorship reasons. The competition has been played annually since 1964. Tournament structure The i ...

for the second year in a row by defeating Skjern 34 – 29 in the final. * 3 June

Team Esbjerg Team Esbjerg is a professional women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for ...

loses 2930 to

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, FTC is a Hungary, Hungarian professional Association football, football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hunga ...

in the semifinal of the

2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League The 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League was the 30th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from 10 September 2022 to 4 June 2023. Vipers Kristiansand won their third title in a row by defeating FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria ...

. * 10 June

GOG Håndbold GOG is a professional handball club based in the small town of Gudme on Funen, Denmark. The club is one of the most successful in the history of Danish handball having won the Danish Handball Championship 9 times and the Danish Handball Cup a r ...

wins the 2023 Danish Men's Handball League.

Motorsports

* 28 May

Frederik Vesti Frederik Vesti Stamm (; born 13 January 2002) is a Danish racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Action Express Racing, Cadillac Whelen and serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Mercedes-Benz in Formula One, M ...

wins the 2022 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round. * 2 July Bastian Buus wins the 2023 Porsche Supercup race at the

Red Bull Ring The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Austria, Spielberg, Styria, Austria. The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from t ...

. * 16 July

Christian Lundgaard Christian Lundgaard (; born 23 July 2001) is a Danes, Danish professional racing driver who currently drives the No. 7 Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren in the IndyCar Series. He previously competed with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in No. 45 car. H ...

wins the 2023 Honda Indy Toronto race. * 3 September Bastian Buus wins the 2023 Porsche Supercup as part of the

Lechner Racing Lechner Racing, formerly known as Walter Lechner Racing is an auto racing team based in Austria. It is also known as the Lechner Racing School. Lechner Racing has established the Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East and organizes the series as a ...

team.

Tennis

* 18 February

Clara Tauson Clara Tauson (born 21 December 2002) is a Danish professional tennis player. Her career-high rankings are world No. 21 in singles, achieved on 3 March 2025 and No. 124 in doubles, on 16 June same year. Tauson has won three WTA Tour titles, all o ...

wins

AK Ladies Open The AK Ladies Open is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on indoor carpet courts. The event is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour tournament and has been held in Altenkirchen Altenkirchen () is a tow ...

Altenkirchen Altenkirchen () is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the Altenkirchen (district), district of Altenkirchen. It is located approximately 40 km east of Bonn and 50 km north of Koblenz. Altenkirchen is the seat of the ' ...

by defeating Greet Minnen with 7-6 (7–5), 4–6, 6–2 in the final. * 23 April

Holger Rune Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune (; born 29 April 2003) is a Danish professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), making him the highest-ranked Da ...

wins 2023 BMW Open by defeating

Botic van de Zandschulp Botic van de Zandschulp (; born 4 October 1995) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Van de Zandschulp has a career high ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 22 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, achieved on 29 August 20 ...

6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–3) in the final. * 21 August

reaches No. 4 on the world ranking, the highest ranking of a Danish tennis player to date.

Other

* 20 August

Anne-Marie Rindom Anne-Marie Rindom (born 14 June 1991 in Søllerød) is a Danish sailor. She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she placed 13th. She won the 2015 Women's Laser Radial World Championship. At the 2016 Summ ...

wins a bronze medal in

Laser Radial The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance and World sailing approved manufactures. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Rad ...

at the

2023 Sailing World Championships The 2023 Sailing World Championships were held in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 8 to 20 August 2023. It was the sixth edition of the Sailing World Championships and the world championships for all disciplines at the next Olympics, and for f ...

. * 410 September Denmark wins two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the

2023 FEI European Dressage Championships The 2023 FEI European Dressage Championships will be held in Riesenbeck, Germany, from 4 to 10 September 2023. Other cities who bid to host the Championships were Cascais in Portugal and Vejer de la Frontera in Spain, but both cities withdrew. T ...

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

* 1 January

Lise Nørgaard Lise Nørgaard (born Elise Jensen; 14 June 1917 – 1 January 2023) was a Danish journalist and writer known for her precise and often humorous portrayals of Danish cultural life. Nørgaard wrote novels, compilations of essays and short stories. ...

, writer, journalist, and creator of ''Matador'' (born

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

) * 21 January **

Ritt Bjerregaard Ritt Bjerregaard (full name Jytte Ritt Bjerregaard; 19 May 1941 – 21 January 2023) was a Danish politician who was a member of the Danish Social Democrats, and was Lord Mayor of Copenhagen from 1 January 2006 to 2010. Bjerregaard was Educati ...

, former politician,

minister of education An education minister (sometimes minister of education) is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with educational matters. Where known, the government department, ministry, or agency that develops policy and deli ...

, and

lord mayor of Copenhagen The lord mayor of Copenhagen () is the city's mayor and the leader of the Copenhagen City Council. Established in 1938, all lord mayors have since belonged to the Social Democratic Party. List {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" , ...

(born

1941 The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, wa ...

) **

Susi Hyldgaard Susi Hyldgaard (17 June 1963 — 21 January 2023) was a Danish vocal jazz, jazz singer and composer. Although she studied music in Boston and Copenhagen, she first worked as a reporter for Danmarks Radio. It was only in 1996 that she turned to sin ...

, jazz singer (born

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

) * 31 January

Henrik Nordbrandt Henrik Nordbrandt (21 March 1945 – 31 January 2023) was a Danish poet, novelist, and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the poetry collection ''Digte''. He was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2000 for the poetry c ...

, poet (born 1945 in Denmark, 1945) * 3 February Michael Juul Sørensen (:da:Michael Juul Sørensen, da), radio host (born 1949 in Denmark, 1949) * 6 February ** Inge Krogh, politician (born 1920 in Denmark, 1920) ** Greta Andersen, swimmer (born 1927 in Denmark, 1927) * 18 February Britt Bendixen, dance instructor and TV personality (born 1942 in Denmark, 1942) * 24 February Lars-Viggo Jensen (:de:Lars-Viggo Jensen, de), racing driver (born 1945 in Denmark, 1945) * 28 February Jens Kristian Hansen (politician), Jens Kristian Hansen (:da:J.K. Hansen, da), former politician and Ministry of Transport (Denmark), minister for public works (born 1926 in Denmark, 1926) * 8 March – Artillery (band), Josua Madsen, drummer in the band Artillery (band), Artillery (born 1978) * 11 March Erik Rud Brandt, fashion designer and businessman (died 1943 in Denmark, 1943)

AprilJune

* 1 April Dario Campeotto, singer and entertainer (born 1939 in Denmark, 1939) * 2 April Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen, art historian (born 1945 in Denmark, 1945) * 9 April Bodil Sangill (:da:Bodil Sangill (skuespiller), da), actress (born 1932 in Denmark, 1932) * 29 April Holger Perfort (:da:Holger Perfort, da), actor (born 1925 in Denmark, 1925) * 16 May Per Røntved, professional Association football, footballer (born 1949 in Denmark, 1949) * 5 June Mads Lundby Hansen, economist and advocate of liberalism (born 1969 in Denmark, 1969) * 12 June – Mette Gjerskov, politician and sitting member of the Folketing (born 1966 in Denmark, 1966)

July–September

* 9 July – Asbjørn Sennels, footballer (born 1979 in Denmark, 1979) * 27 August Eddie Skoller, entertainer (born 1944)

OctoberDecember

* 8 November Søren Krarup, pastor, author and Member of the Folketing, member of the

(born 1937 in Denmark, 1937) * 9 November Jørgen Reenberg, actor (born 1927 in Denmark, 1927) * 1 December Jørn Mader (:da:Jørgen Mader, da), sports journalist (born 1947 in Denmark, 1947) * 22 December Tom Bogs, boxer (died 1944 in Denmark, 1944)

References

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