1997 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1997 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Margrethe II[1]
- Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Events
- 13 July–23 July – The 1997 Summer Deaflympics are held in Copenhagen.[2]
The arts
Sports
Badminton
- Hvidovre BK wins Europe Cup.
Cycling
- 6 April – Rolf Sørensen wins the Tour of Flanders classic road cycling race.
- 26 April – Bjarne Riis wins the 1997 Amstel Gold Race.
- 27 July – Bjarne Riis finishes as number 7 in the 1997 Tour de France.
- October – Rolf Sørensen finishes second in the Züri-Metzgete road cycling race.
Handball
- December 14 — Denmark wins gold at the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany by defeating Norway 33–20 in the final.
Other
- March 8 — Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Paris, France.
- May — Mads Larsen becomes IBO super middleweight Champion after a fourth-round knockout win over American Shannon Landberg.
- 15 June — Tom Kristensen wins Le Mans for the first time as part of the Joest Racing team.
- August — Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.
- 24 August — Wilson Kipketer sets his third world record in the men's 800 metres that year with the time 1:41.11.
- 6 September
- Lars Michaelsen wins the first stage of the 1997 Vuelta a España and wears the leader's jersey for three days.
- Hans Nielsen wins the 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.
- 12 October — Bo Hamburger wins silver in Men's road race at the 1997 UCI Road World Championships.
Births
- 27 April – Anders Antonsen, badminton player
- 19 August – Mia Blichfeldt, badminton player
- 6 October – Kasper Dolberg, professional footballer
- 28 October – Justin Shaibu, professional footballer
- 9 December – Alexander Bah, professional footballer
Deaths
- 23 January – Hardy Rafn, actor (born 1930)
- 3 March – Finn Høffding, composer (born 1899)
- 10 March – Johannes Theodor Suhr, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1896)
- 5 November – Niels Macholm, painter and graphic artist (born 1915)
- 17 December – Marie Gudme Leth (born 1895)
See also
References
- ^ "Margrethe II | queen of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 512. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.
