2016 in Denmark explained

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II^[1]
• Prime Minister – Lars Løkke Rasmussen

Events

• Kundby case Failed Islamist terror bombing plot.
• 28 November  - The third cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen is presented at Amalienborg Palace.

Culture

Film

• 20 February  - Trine Dyrholm wins the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in Thomas Vinterberg's The Commune at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Sport

Badminton

• 2327 Anders Antonsen wins gold in Men's Single, Mette Poulsen wins gold in Women's Single and Mathias Christiansen and David Daugaard win gold in Men's Double at the 2016 Scottish Open Grand Prix.
• 26 April1 May  - With four gold medals, three silver medals and four bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 2016 European Badminton Championships.
• 22 May Denmark wins the 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup by defeating Indonesia 32 in the final.
• 30 October Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen win gold in men's double at the 2016 French Super Series.

Cycling

• 9 February Jesper Mørkøv (DEN) and Alex Rasmussen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Golf

• 6 November  - Thorbjørn Olesen wins Turkish Airlines Open.

Ice hockey

• March 25–31 – 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group A in Aalborg

Other

• 20–27 August  - Maja Alm wins a gold medal in Women's sprint and Denmark wins two silver medals in Mixed sprint relay and Women's relay at the 2016 World Orienteering Championships-

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 3 January – Peter Naur, computer scientist (born 1928)
• 18 January – Else Marie Pade, composer (born 1924)
• 8 February – Viggo Rivad, photographer (born 1922)
• 21 February Nina Hole, artist (born 1940)
• 20 February – Ove Verner Hansen, actor (born 1932)
• 5 March Helle-Vibeke Erichsen, artist and illustrator (born 1940)
• 20 March  - Anker Jørgensen, politician and former prime minister of Denmark (born 1922)

AprilJune

• 22 April – Anne Wolden-Ræthinge, journalist (born 1929)^[3]

JulySeptember

• 8 July – Gurli Vibe Jensen, missionary, priest and writer (born 1924)^[4]
• 4 August Willy Hansen, cyclist (died 1978)
• 1 September – Grethe Philip, politician (born 1916)^[5]

OctoberDecember

• 7 December Paul Elvstrøm, sailor (died 1928)
• 31 December Henning Christophersen, politician and EU commissioner (born 1939)

See also

• 2016 in Danish television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margrethe II queen of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Trine Dyrholm Wins Silver Bear For Best Actress In Berlin. Scandilous. 21 February 2015.
3. Encyclopedia: Harding. Merete. Naur. Robert. Anne Wolden-Ræthinge. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. da. 25 April 2016. 25 April 2022.
4. News: Nielsen. Rasmus. Dødsfald: Fhv. sognepræst Gurli Vibe Jensen (91). Deaths: Formerly parish priest Gurli Vibe Jensen (91). Altinget.dk. 10 July 2016. 25 April 2022.
5. Encyclopedia: Harding. Merete. Larsen. Helge. Grethe Philip. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. da. 2 August 2017. 2 December 2021.