1990 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Margrethe II[1]
- Prime minister – Poul Schlüter
Events
- 2 February – Squatters are evicted from the Black Horse, a former roadside inn, on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen after four years.[2]
The arts
- 26 March – At the 62nd Academy Awards, Kaspar Rostrup's Waltzing Regitze is among the five films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film but the Oscar goes to the Italian Cinema Paradiso.
Sports
Badminton
- 8–14 April – With five gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 12th European Badminton Championships in Moscow, Soviet Union.
- 24– 28 March – 1990 Denmark Open
- Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen wins gold in men's single by defeating Morten Frost in the final
- Lotte Olsen and Dorte Kjær win gold in women's double by defeating Gillian Gowers and Gillian Clark in the final.
- Thomas Lund and Pernille Dupont win gold in mixed double by defeating Henrik Svarrer and Marlene Thomsen in the final.
Cycling
- 24 March – Søren Lilholt wins 1990 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen.
- 14 October – Rolf Sørensen wins 1990 Paris–Tours.
Soccer
Births
January–March
- 14 March – Şaban Özdoğan, footballer
April–June
- 17 April – Pil Kalinka Nygaard Jeppesen, singer
- 23 April – Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen, football player
- 1 June – Kennie Chopart, footballer
July–September
- 11 July – Caroline Wozniacki, tennis player
- 22 September – Peter Ankersen, footballer
Deaths
- 19 June – Steen Eiler Rasmussen, architect and writer (born 1898)
- 18 August – Grethe Ingmann, singer (born 1938)
- 10 September – Harald Salomon, medallist and sculptor (born 1900)
- 30 December – Albert Mertz, painter (born 1920)
- 18 December – Grethe Glad, fashion designer and educator (born 1891)