2017 in Denmark explained

Events in the year 2017 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 20 March – Denmark makes the last payment on a $1.5 billion loan and thus becomes free of national debt in foreign currencies for the first time since 1834.^[2]
• 21 November – scheduled date for the 2017 Danish local elections

Culture

Architecture

• 21 November – The Mærsk Tower wins the QAF Award in the Higher Education & Research - Completed Buildings category at the World Architecture Festival.

Film

• 9 December  - Claes Bang wins the award for Best Actor at the 30th European Film Awards.

Music

• 3 December  - The Fairest of Roses by Frederik Magle is premiered in Saint Paul's Church in Copenhagen on the occasion of the church's 140-years jubilee and rededication of the church tower.

Sports

Badminton

• 17 February  - Denmark wins the 2017 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships by defeating Russia 3 - 0 in the final.
• 3–8 March  - Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen wins gold in Men's Double at 2015 All England Super Series Premier.
• 28 March-2 April  - Viktor Axelsen wins Men's Single at 2017 India Open.
• 25–30 April  - With two gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 2017 European Badminton Championships.
• 27 August – Viktor Axelsen wins gold in men's single at the 2017 BWF World Championships.
• 1217 September Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen win gold in Men's Double at the 2017 Korea Open Super Series.

Cycling

• 31 January Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN) and Michael Mørkøv (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
• 11 June  - Jakob Fuglsang wins the Critérium du Dauphiné.
• 2–6 August – 2017 European Road Championships takes place in Herning.
• 17–24 September  - With two gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the third best nation at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Norway.

Equestrian sports

• 2127 August Denmark wins two gold medals, two silver medals and four bronze medals at the 2017 FEI European Championships.

Football

• 14 November – Denmark qualifies for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by defeating Ireland 5–1 in the second leg of the play-off round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification after playing 0–0 in the first match.
• 7 December – F.C. Copenhagen qualifies for the round of 16 in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League by defeating FC Sheriff Tiraspol in Group F.

Golf

• 7 May  - Lucas Bjerregaard and Thorbjørn Olesen win GolfSixes.
• 24 September  - Lucas Bjerregaard wins Portugal Masters

Swimming

• 13–17 December – The 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships rakes place in Royal Arena in Copenhagen.

Other

• 30 June - 7 July  - Maja Alm wins a gold medal in Women's sprint and a silver medal in Women's long distance and Denmark wins a silver medal in Sprint relay at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships.

Deaths

• 20 January – Bruno Amoroso, economist (born 1936).^[3]
• 23 January – Erland Kolding Nielsen, Director General and CEO of The Danish Royal Library (born 1947).^[4]
• 26 January – Preben Dabelsteen, badminton player (born 1925).^[5]
• 13 February – Aage Birch, competitive sailor and Olympic silver medalist (born 1926).^[6]
• 7 February – Svend Asmussen, jazz musician (born 1916)
• 17 February – Erland Kops, badminton player (born 1937)
• 13 May – Vibeke Sperling, journalist (born 1945)^[7]
• 3 June – Niels Helveg Petersen, politician (born 1939)
• 4 December
  • Thor Munkager, handballer (born 1951)
  • Henning Jensen, footballer (born 1947)

See also

• 2017 in Danish television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margrethe II queen of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Endelig: For første gang siden 1834 er Danmark uden gæld i udenlandsk valutalanguage=Danish. Berlingske. 20 March 2017 . 21 March 2017.
3. Web site: Addio all'economista Amoroso, radici abruzzesi allievo e collaboratore di caffe'. abruzzoweb.it. it. 26 January 2017. 2 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000527/http://www.abruzzoweb.it/contenuti/addio-all-economista-amoroso-radici-abruzzesi-allievo-e-collaboratore-di-caffe-era-in-danimarca/618649-4/. dead.
4. News: Nekrolog: Et liv i bogens tjeneste er slut for Erland Kolding . Camilla . Stockmann . . da . 26 January 2017.
5. Web site: Preben Dabelsteen, two-time All England champion, dies at 91 . Badminton Europe . 26 January 2017.
6. Web site: Dødsfald - Drage-legende og OL-sølvvinder Aage Birch . sejlsport.dk . da . Flemming Ø. . Pedersen. 17 February 2017. 19 February 2017.
7. News: Vibeke Sperling er død. Vibeke Sperling is dead. Berlingske. da. Ritzau. 14 May 2017. 30 November 2021.