1993 in Denmark explained

The following is a list of events that occurred in the year 1993 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Margrethe II^[1]
• Prime minister - Poul Schlüter (until January 25), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

Events

Undated

Sports

Badminton

• Lillerød BK wins Europe Cup.
• 1721 March Jon Holst-Christensen and Thomas Lund win gold in men's double and Jon Holst-Christensen and Grete Mogensen win gold in mixed double at the 1993 All England Open Badminton Championships.
• 31 May 6 June Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals at the 1993 IBF World Championships.

Cycling

• 18 April - Rolf Sørensen wins the Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic road cycling race.
• 1 May - Rolf Sørensen wins the Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop.
• July 3 - 25 - 1993 Tour de France
  • 8 July  - Jesper Skibby wins the 5th stage.
  • 10 July - Bjarne Riis wins the 7th stage.
  • July 25 - Bjarne Riis finishes in fifth place in the 1993 Tour de France.
• 6 October - Rolf Sørensen wins the Milano–Torino road cycling race.
• Rolf Sørensen (DEN) and Jens Veggerby (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
• Unknown date Jens Veggerby wins gold in UCI Motor-paced at the 1993 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Football

• 20 May OB wins the 1992–93 Danish Cup by defeating AaB Fodbold 20 in the final.

Other

• 12 February - Gert Bo Jacobsen becomes WBO welterweight champions in boxing.
• 5 December - Denmark wins silver the 1993 World Women's Handball Championship in Norway after being defeated 23 - 22 by Germany in the final.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 9 January  - Nicolai Brock-Madsen, footballer
• 10 January  - Jens Jønsson, Footballer
• 28 February  - Emmelie de Forest, singer
• 12 March – Jeppe Tverskov, footballer
• 16 March – Andreas Cornelius, footballer

AprilJune

• 14 April  - Josephine Skriver, model
• 20 April  - Viktor Bromer, swimmer
• 7 May – Isabella Arendt, Conservative politician
• 8 May – Nicolaj Thomsen, footballer
• 14 May  - Nicole Broch Larsen, golfer^[2]
• 18 May  - Rikke Iversen, handball player
• 27 May – Julie Brochorst Andersen, actress
• 6 June – Alba August, actress
• 21 June – Caroline Brasch Nielsen, model

JulySeptember

• 6 July – Bassel Jradi, Footballer
• 12 July – Lukas Lerager, footballer
• 13 July – Linnea Berthelsen, actress
• 3 September Ida Praetorius. ballet dancer

OctoberDecember

• 5 October – Kevin Magnussen, racing driver
• 22 October – Jessica Dinnage, actress
• 8 November – Emil Nielsen, footballer
• 22 December  - Hedvig Rasmussen, rower^[3]

Deaths

• 6 January Richard Mortensen, painter (born 1910)
• 26 January - Robert Jacobsen, painter and sculptor (born 1912)
• 7 April Tonny Ahm, badminton player (born 1914)
• 30 May - Henry Heerup, painter and sculptor (born 1907)
• 15 October  - Dan Turèll, writer (born 1946)
• 29 October Aage Dons, author (born 1903)
• 30 October Pauli Jørgensen, football player (born 1905)

See also

• 1993 in Danish television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margrethe II queen of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Nicole Broch LARSEN - Olympic Denmark . International Olympic Committee . 28 November 2019 . en . 25 June 2017.
3. Web site: Hedvig Rasmussen Bio, Stats, and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090954/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/laerke-berg-rasmussen-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 28 November 2019 . en.