1997 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Margrethe II
• Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

  Events

Undated

The arts

Sports

Badminton

• Hvidovre BK wins Europe Cup.

  Cycling

• 6 April — Rolf Sørensen wins the Tour of Flanders classic road cycling race.
• 26 April - Bjarne Riis wins the 1997 Amstel Gold Race.
• 27 July — Bjarne Riis finishes as number 7 in the 1997 Tour de France.
• October — Rolf Sørensen finishes second in the Züri-Metzgete road cycling race.

  Handball

• December 14 — Denmark wins gold at the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany by defeating Norway 33-20 in the final.

  Other

• March 8 — Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Paris, France.
• May — Mads Larsen becomes IBO super middleweight Champion after a fourth round knockout win over American Shannon Landberg.
• 15 June — Tom Kristensen wins Le Mans for the first time as part of the Joest Racing team.
• August — Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.
• 24 August — Wilson Kipketer sets his third world record in the men's 800 metres that year with the time 1:41.11.
• 6 September
• * Lars Michaelsen wins the first stage of the 1997 Vuelta a España and wears the leader's jersey for three days.
• * Hans Nielsen wins the 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.
• 12 October — Bo Hamburger wins silver in Men's road race at the 1997 UCI Road World Championships.

  Births

Deaths

• January 23 - Hardy Rafn, actor
• 3 March – Finn Høffding, composer
• 10 March – Johannes Theodor Suhr, Roman Catholic bishop
• 5 November – Niels Macholm, painter and graphic artist