1988 in Denmark

← 1987 1986 1985 1988 in Denmark → 1989 1990 1991
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1988 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1988 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch – Margrethe II^[1]
• Prime minister – Poul Schlüter

Events[]

• 3 November – The old main post office in Købmagergade, Copenhagen, is robbed by what is later to become known as Blekinge Street Gang. One policeman is killed under the robbery.^[2]

The arts[]

Architecture[]

Film[]

• 23 May – Bille August's film Pelle the Conqueror wins the Palme d'Or at the 41st Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

Literature[]

Music[]

Classical music[]

• 27 November – Frederik Magle's Cantata for choir and chamber orchestra We Are Afraid (Vi er bange) is premiered in Grundtvig's Church, Copenhagen.^[4]

Sports[]

• 17 September – 2 October – Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul: 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medals.

Football[]

• 10–25 June – Denmark participates in the UEFA Euro 1988 but does not make it beyond the initial group stage after finishing last in Group A.

Badminton[]

• wins silver at Europe Cup.

Other[]

• 10–18 April – With five gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 11th European Badminton Championships in Kristiansand, Norway.

Births[]

• 9 January – Michael Lumb, footballer
• 16 January – Nicklas Bendtner, footballer
• 7 February – Nicki Bille Nielsen, footballer
• 9 February – Lotte Friis, swimmer
• 17 February – Alex Vargas, singer
• 25 July – Hedegaard, DJ and music producer
• 18 September – Lukas Forchhammer, singer, songwriter and actor
• 23 October – Nicolaj Agger, footballer

Deaths[]

• 5 November – C. F. Møller, architect (born 1898)

See also[]

• 1988 in Danish television

References[]