1987 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1987 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

Undated

Sports

Badminton

• Triton BK Aalborg wins Europe Cup.
• 15 March Morten Frost wins gold in men's singles and Kirsten Larsen wins gold in women's singles at the 1987 All England Open Badminton Championships.

Cycling

• February – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise.
• March – Rolf Sørensen wins the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race in Italy.
• May/June – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan.
• Danny Clark (AUS) and Tony Doyle (GBR) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
• Unknown date Hans-Henrik Ørsted wins gold in Men's individual pursuit at the 1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Football

• 14 October – Denmark qualifies for UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany by defeating Wales in their last game in Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying and thereby winning the group one point ahead of Czechoslovakia.

Swimming

• 1623 Benny Nielsen wins a silver medal in Men's 200 metre butterfly and a bronze medal in Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1987 European Aquatics Championships

Births

JanuaryApril

• 16 January – Morten Madsen, professional ice hockey forward
• 21 January – Lisbet Jakobsen, rower^[2]
• 3 march – Lasse Nielsen, footballer
• 7 April – Søren Rieks, footballer
• 9 April Sara Petersen, athlete
• 28 April Stephanie Corneliussen, actress

MayJuly

• 26 May – Madeleine Dupont, curler from Hvidovre
• 5 June – Magnus Troest, footballer
• 13 July – Andreas Bube, middle-distance runner
• 27 July – Thomas Enevoldsen, professional footballer

OctoberDecember

• 10 October – Nicklas Pedersen, footballer
• 15 October – Kevin Conboy, footballer
• 18 October – Freja Beha Erich, fashion model
• 22 October – Mikkel Hansen, handball player
• 7 November Natalie Madueño,actress
• 30 November – Christian Offenberg, footballer
• 23 December – Martin Christensen, footballer
• 30 December – Jeanette Ottesen, swimmer^[3]

Deaths

• 16 March Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, architect (born 1929)
• 4 July Bengt Strömgren, astronomer (born 1908)
• 11 December Aage Thaarup, fashion designer (born 1906)
• 14 December  - Mogens Lassen, architect (born 1901)
• 29 December  - Ellen Louise Mertz, Denmark's first female geologist (born 1896)

See also

• 1987 in Danish television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margrethe II queen of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Lisbet Jakobsen Bio, Stats, and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084120/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/lisbet-jakobsen-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 28 November 2019 . en.
3. Web site: Jeanette OTTESEN - Olympic Swimming Denmark . International Olympic Committee . 28 November 2019 . en . 20 November 2016.