2019 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II
• Prime Minister – Lars Løkke Rasmussen

  Events

• 2 January – Great Belt Bridge rail accident: A DSB express passenger train is hit by a semi-trailer from a passing cargo train on the western bridge of the Great Belt Fixed Link in Denmark, killing eight people and making it the deadliest rail accident in the country since 1988.
• 10–27 January – 2019 World Men's Handball Championship – co-hosted with Germany
• 26 May – The 2019 European Parliament election
• 5 June – 2019 Danish general election
• 27 June – The Cabinet of Mette Frederiksen is presented.
• 16 August –; The government of Denmark rejects the suggestion that the United States might purchase Greenland.

  The arts

Film

Music

Sport

Badminton

• 17 February - Denmark wins the 2019 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships by defeating Germany 3-0 in the final.
• 24–31 March - Viktor Axelsen wins Men's Single at 2019 India Open.

  Cycling

• 27 February - 3 March - Denmark wins one silver medal and two bronze medals at the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
• 39 April – Jakob Fuglsang wins 2019 Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
• 16 June – Jakob Fuglsang wins the Critérium du Dauphiné.
• 29 September – Mads Pedersen wins gold in Men's road race at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships.
• 16-20 October - 2019 UEC European Track Championships
• 17 October — Denmark wins gold in Team Pursuit at the 2019 UEC European Track Championships.
• * 17 October - Denmark wins a gold medal in Team Pursuit.
• * 20 October
• ** Amalie Dideriksen and Julie Leth wins a gold medal for Denmark in Women's Madison.
• ** Lasse Norman Hansen and Michael Mørkøv wins a gold medal for Denmark in Men's madison.

  Golf

• 8 December - Rasmus Højgaard wins AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Openn.

  Handball

• 27 January - Denmark wins the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship in handball by defeating Norway 31-27 in the final.

  Sailing

• 30 Oc tober - Anne-Marie Rindom wins the 2019 Women's World Sailor of the Year Award.

  Tennis

• 8 June - Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune wins the 2019 French Open – Boys' Singles.

  Deaths

• 5 May - Ib Glindemann, jazz composer and bandleader
• 10 June - Ib Nørlund, composer

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