2013 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II
• Prime minister – Helle Thorning Schmidt

  Events

• 1 April – The Danish government launches a lockout of all the Danish teachers. The lockout lasts until 26 April.
• 28 April – Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen burns.

  Culture

Architecture

• 29 April - Henning Larsen Architects' Herpa Concert Hall wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.
• 30 May - Gehl Architects are awarded the Nykredit Architecture Prize at a ceremony in Copenhagen.
• 12 June - 3XN's Frederiksberg Courthouse in Copenhagen and Lundgaard & Tranberg's Sorø Art Museum are among the year's nine recipients of RIBA RU Awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects.
• 20 September - Henning Larsen Architects win the LEAF Awards for Best Public Building of the Year in the Education & Research and Culture categories for Campus Roskilde and Herpa respectively.

  Film

• 10 February - Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt is nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 66th British Academy Film Awards.
• 30 October - Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt wins the Nordic Council Film Prize.
• 7 December - 26th European Film Awards
• * Susanne Bier's Love Is All You Need wins the award for Best Comedy.
• * Copenhagen-based Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing wins the award for Best Documentary
• 9 December - The Hunt wins the award for Best Foreign Independent Film at the British Independent Film Awards 2013.

  Literature

• 30 October - Kim Leine's The Prophets of Eternal Fjord wins the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.

  Media

• 28 January – DR launches DR3.
• 4 March – DR launches DR Ultra.

  Music

• 18 May – Emmelie de Forest wins the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö with the song Only Teardrops.

  Sport

Badminton

• 17 February - Denmark wins silver at the 2013 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships after being defeated by Germany in the final.
• 5-10 March - Tine Baun wins gold in Women's Single at 2013 All England Super Series Premier.

  Cycling

• 31 January – Michael Rasmussen admits that he has used performance-enhancing drugs and methods for the most of his professional career.

  Football

• 5 May – FC Copenhagen wins the 2012–13 Danish Superliga by drawing Brøndby IF 0–0 at Brøndby Stadion.
• 9 May – Esbjerg fB wins the 2012–13 Danish Cup by defeating Randers FC 1–0 in the 2013 Danish Cup Final.

  Golf

• 8 September - Thomas Bjørn wins Omega European Masters on the 2013 European Tour.
• 24 November - Morten Ørum Madsen wins South African Open Championship on the 2014 European Tour.
• 8 December - Thomas Bjørn wins Nedbank Golf Challenge on the 2014 European Tour.

  Handball

• 27 January - Denmark wins silver at the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship after being defeated by Spain in the final.

  Motorsports

• 23 June - Tom Kristensen wins the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans for the ninth time as part of the Audi Sport Team Joest team.

  Deaths

• 7 February – Peter Steen, actor
• 19 March – Holger Juul Hansen, actor
• 4 April - Beatrice Palner, film actress
• 22 April – Vivi Bak, actress
• 20 May – Dr Haldor Topsøe, civil engineer
• 21 May – Count Christian of Rosenborg, cousin of the Danish Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
• 6 June – Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, cellist
• 22 June – Allan Simonsen, racing driver
• 22 June – Henning Larsen, architect
• 1 September – Ole Ernst, actor
• 21 October - Rune T. Kidde, writer, storyteller, musician and artist
• 12 November - Kurt Trampedach, painter and sculptor
• 22 December – Hans Hækkerup, politician and former Minister of Defense