1988 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1988 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 10 May The 1988 Danish general election takes place.
• 3 November  - The old main post office in Købmagergade, Copenhagen, is robbed by what is later to become known as Blekinge Street Gang. One policeman is killed in the robbery.^[2]

Culture

Film

• 23 May  - Bille August's film Pelle the Conqueror wins the Palme d'Or at the 41st Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

Music

Classical music

• 27 November – Frederik Magle's Cantata for choir and chamber orchestra We Are Afraid (Vi er bange) is premiered in Grundtvig's Church, Copenhagen.^[4]

Sports

• 17 September  - 2 October  - Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul: 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.

Badminton

• Triton BK Aalborg wins silver at Europe Cup.
• 20 March Ib Frederiksen wins gold in men's singles at the 1988 All England Open Badminton Championships.
• 10 - 18 April  - With five gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 11th European Badminton Championships in Kristiansand, Norway.

Cycling

• 21 July Johnny Weltz wins Stage 19 of the 1988 Tour de France.
• 21–25 August Denmark wins two bronze medals at the 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
• Roman Hermann (LIE) and Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) wins the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Football

• 10 - 25 June  - Denmark participates in the UEFA Euro 1988 but does not make it beyond the initial group stage after finishing last in Group A.

Motorsports

• 1988 Danish speedway season

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 2 January – Nadia Nadim, footballer
• 9 January – Michael Lumb, footballer
• 12 January – Mads Conrad-Petersen, badminton player
• 16 January – Nicklas Bendtner, footballer
• 7 February – Nicki Bille Nielsen, footballer
• 9 February – Lotte Friis, swimmer
• 17 February – Alex Vargas, singer
• 8 March Jacob Neestrup, football coach

JulySeptember

• 10 July Maja Alm, runner
• 19 July Mie Augustesen, handball player
• 25 July – Hedegaard, DJ and music producer
• 12 August MØ, singer
• 18 September – Lukas Forchhammer, singer, songwriter and actor
• 21 September – Jacob Barsøe, rower

OctoberDecember

• 18 October – Mads Glæsner, swimmer
• 23 October – Nicolaj Agger, footballer
• 19 December – Niklas Landin Jacobsen, handball player

Deaths

• 27 April Olaf Wieghorst, painter (born 1899)
• 18 July Elsa Gress, author (born 1919)
• 29 July Gertie Wandel, textile artist (born 1894)
• 5 November  - C. F. Møller, architect (born 1898)

See also

• 1988 in Danish television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margrethe II queen of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Frontmand fra Blekingegadebanden er død. Ekstra Bladet. 2009-11-06.
3. Web site: Golden palm for Bille August. Mediatheque. 2012-02-19.
4. Web site: Frederik Magle - Scrapbook. magle.dk. 29 June 2012.