1983 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1983 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

See main article: 1983.

Sports

Football

• 21 September – Denmark achieves an important 1 - 0 win against England in Wembley Stadium in Group 3 of the UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying. Denmark's goal is scored by Allan Simonsen.
• 16 November – Denmark qualifies for UEFA Euro 1984 by defeating Greece 2 - 0 in their last qualification game and thus winning Group 3 one point ahead of England.

Badminton

• 2 May The 1983 IBF World Championships takes place in Copenhagen.
  • Steen Fladberg and Jesper Helledie win gold in men's doubles
  • Steen Fladberg and Pia Nielsen win gold in mixed doubles.
• Gentofte BK wins Europe Cup.

Cycling

• 13 July Kim Andersen wins Stage 12 of the 1983 Tour de France.
• Gert Frank (DEN) and Patrick Sercu (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 20 March – Thomas Kahlenberg, Former footballer

AprilJune

• 17 April – Thomas Kristensen, footballer
• 23 April – Leon Andreasen, footballer
• 15 May – Anne Lolk Thomsen, rower^[2]
• 17 May – Simon Mathew, pop singer
• 18 May – Agnete Kirk Thinggaard, dressage rider^[3]
• 23 May – Joachim Persson, badminton player
• 23 May – Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard, professional footballer
• 31 May – Kim Aabech, footballer
• 6 June – Michael Krohn-Dehli, footballer

JulySeptember

• 7 July Jakob Poulsen, former professional footballer
• 24 July Carsten Mogensen, badminton player
• 27 August Thomas Mikkelsen, footballer
• 27 August Frederik Nielsen, tennis player
• 31 August Lasse Svan Hansen, handball player
• 18 September – Rasmus Würtz, footballer

OctoberDecember

• 4 October Karsten Lauritzen, politician
• 23 November – Kamilla Rytter Juhl, badminton player^[4]
• 19 December – Mia Rosing, model

Deaths

• 16 September Andreas Friis, painter (born 1890)
• 24 September  - Lis Møller, journalist and politician (born 1918)^[5]
• 29 November  - Aage Rasmussen, photographer and track and field athlete (born 1889)
• 10 November  - Carl Erik Soya, author and dramatist (born 1896)

See also

• 1983 in Danish television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margrethe II queen of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Anne Lolk Thomsen Bio, Stats, and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071108/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/anne-lolk-thomsen-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 28 November 2019 . en.
3. Web site: Agnete KIRK THINGGAARD - Olympic Denmark . International Olympic Committee . 25 November 2019 . en . 24 June 2017.
4. Web site: Kamilla Rytter JUHL - Olympic Badminton Denmark . International Olympic Committee . 25 November 2019 . en . 19 June 2016.
5. Encyclopedia: Søllinge . Jette Drachmann . 7 May 2020 . Lis Møller . . da . 26 February 2022.