1976 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Margrethe II[1]
- Prime minister – Anker Jørgensen
Events
Sports
- 6–7 April – With two gold medals and three silver medals, Denmark finishes as the second best nation at the 5th European Badminton Championships in Dublin, Ireland.
Date unknown
- Graeme Gilmore (AUS) and Dieter Kemper (FRG) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
January–March
- 2 February – Gudrun Bojesen ballet dancer
- 6 February – Kasper Hvidt, handballer
- 10 March – Johan Wohlert, musician
April–June
- 25 April – Kenneth Cortsen, sport management researcher[2]
- 26 June – Janus Friis, entrepreneur, co-founder of skype
July–September
- 28 July – Rasmus Bjerg, actor, comedian
- 1 August – Søren Galatius, mathematician
- 29 August – Jon Dahl Tomasson, footballer
- 1 September – Heidi Albertsen, model
October–December
- 13 October – Cathrine Grage, speed skater, inline skater, and cyclist
- 2 November – Andreas Mogensen, astronaut
- 14 December – Peter Gade, badminton player
Deaths
January–march
- 19 February – Henrik Sørensen, writer (born 1897)
- 7 march – Tove Ditlevsen, poet and author (born 1917)
April–June
- 17 April – Henrik Dam, biochemist and physiologist (born 1895)
- 12 May – Kaj Gottlob, architect (born 1887)
- 3 June – Viggo Kampmann, politician, former prime minister (born 1910)
July–September
- 21 September – Nils Middelboe, football player (born 1887)
- 30 September – Aage Fønss, opera singer (born 1887)
October–December
- 29 December – Ingeborg Frederiksen, illustrator (born 1886)