2017 in Denmark

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Events in the year 2017 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

  • 20 March – Denmark makes the last payment on a $1.5 billion loan and thus becomes free of national debt in foreign currencies for the first time since 1834.[2]
  • 21 November – scheduled date for the 2017 Danish local elections

Culture[]

Architecture[]

  • 21 November – The Mærsk Tower wins the QAF Award in the Higher Education & Research - Completed Buildings category at the World Architecture Festival.

Film[]

Sports[]

Badminton[]

  • 17 February – Denmark wins the 2017 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships by defeating Russia 3–0 in the final.
  • 3–8 March – Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen wins gold in Men's Double at 2015 All England Super Series Premier.
  • 28 March-2 April – Viktor Axelsen wins Men's Single at 2017 India Open.
  • 25–30 April – With two gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 2017 European Badminton Championships.
  • 27 August – Viktor Axelsen wins gold in Men's Single at the 2017 BWF World Championships.

Cycling[]

  • 11 June – Jakob Fuglsang wins the Critérium du Dauphiné.
  • 2–6 August – 2017 European Road Championships takes place in Herning.
  • 17–24 September – With two gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the third best nation at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Norway.

Football[]

  • 14 November – Denmark qualifies for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by defeating Ireland 5–1 in the second leg of the play-off round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification after playing 0–0 in the first match.
  • 7 December – F.C. Copenhagen qualifies for the round of 16 in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League by defeating FC Sheriff Tiraspol in Group F.

Golf[]

Swimming[]

  • 13–17 December – The 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships rakes place in Royal Arena in Copenhagen.

Other[]

  • 30 June - 7 July – Maja Alm wins a gold medal in Women's sprint and a silver medal in Women's long distance and Denmark wins a silver medal in Sprint relay at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships.

Deaths[]

Erland Kolding Nielsen
  • 20 January – Bruno Amoroso, economist (born 1936).[3]
  • 23 January – Erland Kolding Nielsen, Director General and CEO of The Danish Royal Library (born 1947).[4]
  • 26 January – Preben Dabelsteen, badminton player (born 1925).[5]
  • 13 February – Aage Birch, competitive sailor and Olympic silver medalist (born 1926).[6]
  • 7 February – Svend Asmussen, jazz musician (born 1916)
  • 17 February – Erland Kops, badminton player (born 1937)
  • 13 May – Vibeke Sperling, journalist (born 1945)[7]
  • 3 June – Niels Helveg Petersen, politician (born 1939)
  • 4 December
    • Thor Munkager, handballer (born 1951)
    • Henning Jensen, footballer (born 1947)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Margrethe II | queen of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Endelig: For første gang siden 1834 er Danmark uden gæld i udenlandsk valutalanguage=Danish". Berlingske. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Addio all'economista Amoroso, radici abruzzesi allievo e collaboratore di caffe'". abruzzoweb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. ^ Stockmann, Camilla. "Nekrolog: Et liv i bogens tjeneste er slut for Erland Kolding". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Preben Dabelsteen, two-time All England champion, dies at 91". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  6. ^ Pedersen, Flemming Ø. (17 February 2017). "Dødsfald - Drage-legende og OL-sølvvinder Aage Birch". sejlsport.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Vibeke Sperling er død" [Vibeke Sperling is dead]. Berlingske (in Danish). Ritzau. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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