1998 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1998 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1998 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

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

Events[]

• 14 June - The Great Belt Link opens to traffic, connecting eastern and western Denmark.^[2]

Undated[]

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Culture[]

Architecture[]

Film[]

• 1 May – The first Dogme 95 film, Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration, is released.
• 20 May – Dogme #2—Lars von Trier's The Idiots—is released.
• May – The Celebration wins the Prix du Jury at the 51st Cannes Film Festival.

literature[]

Music[]

Sports[]

Football[]

• 10 June – 12 July – Denmark participates in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.
  • 24 June – Denmark takes the second place in Group C of the initial group stage and is on to the knockout stage.
  • 28 June Denmark defeats Nigeria 4–1 in the Round of 16.
  • 3 July – Denmark is defeated 3–2 by Brazil in the quarterfinal.

Badminton[]

• wins Europe Cup.

Cycling[]

• 8 April – Lars Michaelsen finishes second in the Gent–Wevelgem road cycling race in Belgium.
• April – Bo Hamburger wins La Flèche Wallonne.
• 29 August – Rolf Sørensen wins the 1998 Ronde van Nederland.

Handball[]

• 20 December – Denmark wins silver at the 1998 European Women's Handball Championship in the Netherlands after being defeated by Norway in the final.

Other[]

• 1 February – Thomas Bjørn wins Heineken Classic in Australia on the 1998 European Tour.
• 18–25 April – With five gold medals, two silver medals and six bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 16th European Badminton Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
• 3 September – Erik Gundersen wins the 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship.

Births[]

• 23 January - Thomas Meilstrup, singer, actor and son of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix star Gry Meilstrup (Gry Johansen).
• 31 March - Oskar Buur, soccer player
• 29 October - , eldest son and second child of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece

Deaths[]

• 5 September - Verner Panton, designer (born 1926)

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