1997 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1997 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1997 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

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

Events[]

Undated[]

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The arts[]

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Sports[]

Badminton[]

• 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[]

• January 23 – 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)

See also[]

• 1997 in Danish television

References[]