1998 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1998 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - Margrethe II[1]
- Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Events
- 14 June - The Great Belt Fixed Link opens to traffic, connecting eastern and western Denmark.[2]
Culture
Architecture
Film
- 1 May – The first Dogme 95 film, Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration, is released.
- 20 May – Dogme #2—Lars von Trier's The Idiots—is released.
- May – The Celebration wins the Prix du Jury at the 51st Cannes Film Festival.
Literature
Music
Sports
Football
- 21 May – Brøndby IF wins the 1997–98 Danish Cup by defeating F.C. Copenhagen 4–1 in the final.
- 10 June – 12 July – Denmark participates in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.
- 24 June – Denmark takes the second place in Group C of the initial group stage and is on to the knockout stage.
- 28 June Denmark defeats Nigeria 4–1 in the Round of 16.
- 3 July – Denmark is defeated 3–2 by Brazil in the quarterfinal.
Badminton
- Kastrup Magleby BK wins the Europe Cup.
Cycling
- 8 April – Lars Michaelsen finishes second in the Gent–Wevelgem road cycling race in Belgium.
- April – Bo Hamburger wins La Flèche Wallonne.
- 29 August – Rolf Sørensen wins the 1998 Ronde van Nederland.
- Silvio Martinello (ITA) and Marco Villa (ITA) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Handball
- 20 December – Denmark wins silver at the 1998 European Women's Handball Championship in the Netherlands after being defeated by Norway in the final.
Other
- 1 February – Thomas Bjørn wins Heineken Classic in Australia on the 1998 European Tour.
- 18–25 April – With five gold medals, two silver medals and six bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 16th European Badminton Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- 3 September – Erik Gundersen wins the 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship.
Births
January–March
- 23 January – Thomas Meilstrup, singer, actor and son of Gry Meilstrup.
- 24 March – Emma Riis-Kofoed, ballet dancer
- 31 March – Oskar Buur, soccer player
April–June
- 2 May – Anders Dreyer, footballer
July–September
- 24 July – Hugo Helmig, musician (died 2022)
October–December
- 29 October – Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark, eldest son and second child of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece
Deaths
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- 16 February – Iørn Piø, archivist (born 1927)
- 23 May – Ebbe Rode, actor (died 1910)
- 3 June – Poul Bundgaard, actor and singer (born 1922)
- 17 August – Raquel Rastenni, singer (born 1915)
- 5 September – Verner Panton, designer (born 1926)