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Events from the year 2013 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch – Margrethe II[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • 28 April – Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen burns.[3]

Culture[]

Architecture[]

  • 29 April – Henning Larsen Architects' Herpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.[4]
  • 30 May – Gehl Architects are awarded the Nykredit Architecture Prize at a ceremony in Copenhagen.[5]
  • 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.[6]
  • 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.[7]

Film[]

See also: Danish films of the 2010s
  • 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.[8]
  • 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[]

Media[]

  • 28 January – DR launches DR3.
  • 4 March – DR launches DR Ultra.

Music[]

  • 18 May – Emmelie de Forest wins the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö with the song Only Teardrops.[9]

Sport[]

Badminton[]

  • 17 February – Denmark wins silver at the 2013 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships after being defeated by Germany in the final.
  • 5-10 March – Tine Baun wins gold in Women's Single at 2013 All England Super Series Premier.

Cycling[]

  • 31 January – Michael Rasmussen admits that he has used performance-enhancing drugs and methods for the most of his professional career.[10]

Football[]

Golf[]

Handball[]

Motorsports[]

  • 23 June – Tom Kristensen wins the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans for the ninth time as part of the Audi Sport Team Joest team.

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)
  • 5 October – Heidi Ryom, dancer (born 1955)[11] [12]
  • 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)

See also[]

  • 2013 in Danish television

References[]

  1. ^ "Margrethe II | queen of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ KL slår fast: Lockouten begynder 1. april [KL confirms: The lockout will begin on 1 April] (in Danish), Politiken, archived from the original on 24 March 2013, retrieved 23 March 2013
  3. ^ Indsatschef: To tredjedele af Frihedsmuseet brænder [Chief commander: Two thirds of Resistance Museum is on fire] (in Danish), Politiken, retrieved 28 April 2013
  4. ^ "Herpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2013". ´Dezeen. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Nykredit's Architecture Prize 2013 awarded to Gehl Architects". Nykredit. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. ^ "2013 RIBA National and EU Awards announced". RIBA. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  7. ^ "2013 LEAF Award Winners Announced". ArchDaily. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  8. ^ "The Nordic Council Film Prize 2013 goes to "The Hunt"". Nordic Council. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  9. ^ Emmelie synger sig til tops: 'Only Teardrops' er Europas bedste sang [Emmelie goes to the top: 'Only Teardrops' is Europe's best song] (in Danish), Politiken, archived from the original on 8 June 2013, retrieved 19 May 2013
  10. ^ Rasmussen ord for ord: Jeg har snydt, løjet og bedraget folk [Rasmussen verbatim: I have cheated, lied and deceived people] (in Danish), Politiken, retrieved 31 January 2013
  11. ^ Christensen, Anne Middelboe (7 May 2020). "Heidi Ryom". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  12. ^ Seidenfaden, Rikke Gredsted (6 October 2013). "Tidligere soloballerina ved Den Kongelige Ballet er død" [Former solo ballerina at the Royal Ballet is dead] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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