:2019 in Denmark

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{{Year in Denmark|2019}}

Events in the year 2019 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.berlingske.dk/danmark/togpersonale-uden-skyld-i-den-vaerste-ulykke-i-over-30-aar|title=Togpersonale uden skyld i den værste ulykke i over 30 år|last1=Christoffersen|first1=Jonas Stenbæk|date=2 January 2019|work=Berlingske|access-date=16 September 2019|last2=Thomsen|first2=Peter|language=da|trans-title=Train crew not responsible for worst accident in over 30 years|last3=Nielsen|first3=Jens}}{{cite web |title=6 killed in train accident on Danish bridge |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/02/europe/denmark-train-crash-intl/index.html |website=CNN |date=2 January 2019 |access-date=20 March 2019}}
  • 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.{{citation|website=BBC News|date=16 August 2019|access-date=16 August 2019|title=Greenland: Trump warned that island cannot be bought from Denmark|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49367792}}

The arts

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Sport

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Deaths

  • 5 May - Ib Glindemann, jazz composer and bandleader (born 1934)[https://www.altinget.dk/navnenyt/doedsfald-kapelmester-filmkomponist-ib-glindemann-84 Dødsfald: Kapelmester, filmkomponist Ib Glindemann (84)] {{in lang|da}}
  • 10 June – Ib Nørlund, composer (born 1931)
  • 31 December {{ndash}} Eva Sørensen, sculptor and ceramist (born 1940)
  • 19 August {{ndash}} Lars Larsen, businessman, company founder (born 1948)

See also

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References

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Links

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