1996 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1996 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1996 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch - Margrethe II^[1]
• Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

Events[]

Undated[]

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The arts[]

Architecture[]

Film[]

• May – Lars von Trier's film Breaking the Waves wins the Grand Prix at the 49th Cannes Film Festival.

Literature[]

Music[]

Sports[]

• 19 July – 4 August – Denmark at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta: 4 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.

Football[]

• 8 – 30 June – Denmark participates in the UEFA Euro 1996 in England but does not make it beyond the initial group stage after finishing third in Group D.

Badminton[]

• wins Europe Cup.

Cycling[]

• 3 March – Rolf Sørensen wins Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne.
• 29 June – 21 July – 1996 Tour de France takes place with Bjarne Riis as the overall winner.
  • 8 July – Bjarne Riis wins the 8th stage.
  • 13 July – Rolf Sørensen wins the 13th stage.
  • 16 July – Bjarne Riis wins the 16th stage.
  • 21 July – Bjarne Riis wings the 1996 Tour de France.
• 31 July – Rolf Sørensen wins a silver medal in Men's road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• 31 August – Rolf Sørensen wins the 1996 Ronde van Nederland.

Handball[]

• 3 August – Denmark wins gold in the Women's handball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics by defeating South Korea 37–33 in the final.
• 6–15 December – 1996 European Women's Handball Championship takes place in Denmark
  • 15 December – Denmark wins gold by defeating Norway 25–23 in the final.

Other[]

• 13–20 April – With six gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 15th European Badminton Championships in Herning, Denmark.
• 30 August – Hans Nielsen wins the 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 22 September – Thomas Bjørn wins Loch Lomond World Invitational on the 1996 European Tour.

Births[]

• 4 January – Marcus Ingvartsen, footballer
• 30 January – Emma Jørgensen, canoeist^[2]
• 24 May – Amalie Dideriksen, road and track cyclist^[3]
• 25 September – Mie Nielsen, swimmer
• 1 November – Line, singer

Deaths[]

• 17 April – Piet Hein, scientist, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet (born 1905)
• 1 September – Vagn Holmboe, composer (born 1909)

See also[]

• 1996 in Danish television

References[]