2013 in Denmark
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Events from the year 2013 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Magrethe II
- Prime minister – Helle Thorning Schmidt
Events
- 1 April – The Danish government launches a lockout of all the Danish teachers. The lockout lasts until 26 April.[1]
- 28 April – Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen burns.[2]
Culture
Architecture
- 29 April – Henning Larsen Architects' Herpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.[3]
- 30 May – Gehl Architects are awarded the Nykredit Architecture Prize at a ceremony in Copenhagen.[4]
- 12 June – 3XN's Frederiksberg Courthouse in Copenhagen and Lundgaard & Tranberg's Sorø Art Museum are among the year's nine recipients of RIBA RU Awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects.[5]
- 20 September – Henning Larsen Architects win the LEAF Awards for Best Public Building of the Year in the Education & Research and Culture categories for Campus Roskilde and Herpa respectively.[6]
Film
- 10 February – Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt is nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 66th British Academy Film Awards.
- 30 October – Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt wins the Nordic Council Film Prize.[7]
- 7 December – 26th European Film Awards
- Susanne Bier's Love Is All You Need wins the award for Best Comedy.
- Copenhagen-based Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing wins the award for Best Documentary
- 9 December – The Hunt wins the award for Best Foreign Independent Film at the British Independent Film Awards 2013.
Literature
- October 30 – Kim Leine's The Prophets of Eternal Fjord wins the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.
Media
Music
- 18 May – Emmelie de Forest wins the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö with the song Only Teardrops.[8]
Sport
Football
- 5 May – FC Copenhagen wins the 2012–13 Danish Superliga by drawing Brøndby IF 0–0 at Brøndby Stadion.
- 9 May – Esbjerg fB wins the 2012–13 Danish Cup by defeating Randers FC 1–0 in the 2013 Danish Cup Final.
Cycling
- 31 January – Michael Rasmussen admits that he has used performance-enhancing drugs and methods for the most of his professional career.[9]
Deaths
- 7 February – Peter Steen, actor (born 1936)
- 19 March – Holger Juul Hansen, actor (born 1924)
- 4 April - Beatrice Palner, film actress (born 1938)
- 22 April – Vivi Bak, actress (born 1939)
- 20 May – Dr Haldor Topsøe, civil engineer (born 1913)
- 21 May – Count Christian of Rosenborg, cousin of the Danish Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (born 1942)
- 6 June – Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, cellist (born 1932)
- 22 June – Allan Simonsen, racing driver (born 1978)
- 22 June – Henning Larsen, architect (born 1925)
- 1 September – Ole Ernst, actor (born 1940)
- 21 October - Rune T. Kidde, writer, storyteller, musician and artist (born 1957)
- 12 November - Kurt Trampedach, painter and sculptor (born 1943)
- 22 December – Hans Hækkerup, politician and former Minister of Defense (born 1945)
References
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KL slår fast: Lockouten begynder 1. april (in Danish), Politiken, retrieved 23 March 2013
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Indsatschef: To tredjedele af Frihedsmuseet brænder (in Danish), Politiken, retrieved 28 April 2013
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Herpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2013". ´Dezeen. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Nykredit's Architecture Prize 2013 awarded to Gehl Architects". Nykredit. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "2013 RIBA National and EU Awards announced". RIBA. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "2013 LEAF Award Winners Announced". ArchDaily. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "The Nordic Council Film Prize 2013 goes to "The Hunt"". Nordic Council. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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Emmelie synger sig til tops: 'Only Teardrops' er Europas bedste sang (in Danish), Politiken, retrieved 19 May 2013
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Rasmussen ord for ord: Jeg har snydt, løjet og bedraget folk (in Danish), Politiken, retrieved 31 January 2013
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See also
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