1983 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1983}}
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Events from the year 1983 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
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Sports
=Football=
- 21 September – Denmark achieves an important 1–0 win against England in Wembley Stadium in Group 3 of the UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying. Denmark's goal is scored by Allan Simonsen.
- 16 November – Denmark qualifies for UEFA Euro 1984 by defeating Greece 2–0 in their last qualification game and thus winning Group 3 one point ahead of England.
=Badminton=
- 2{{ndash}} May {{ndash}} The 1983 IBF World Championships takes place in Copenhagen.
- Steen Fladberg and Jesper Helledie win gold in men's doubles
- Steen Fladberg and Pia Nielsen win gold in mixed doubles.
- Gentofte BK wins Europe Cup.
=Cycling=
- 13 July {{ndash}} Kim Andersen wins Stage 12 of the 1983 Tour de France.
- Gert Frank (DEN) and Patrick Sercu (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 20 March – Thomas Kahlenberg, Former footballer
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 17 April – Thomas Kristensen, footballer
- 23 April – Leon Andreasen, footballer
- 15 May – Anne Lolk Thomsen, rower{{cite web |title=Anne Lolk Thomsen Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/anne-lolk-thomsen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071108/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/anne-lolk-thomsen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=28 November 2019 |language=en}}
- 17 May – Simon Mathew, pop singer
- 18 May – Agnete Kirk Thinggaard, dressage rider{{cite web |title=Agnete KIRK THINGGAARD - Olympic {{!}} Denmark |url=https://www.olympic.org/agnete-kirk-thinggaard |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=25 November 2019 |language=en |date=24 June 2017}}
- 23 May – Joachim Persson, badminton player
- 23 May – Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard, professional footballer
- 31 May – Kim Aabech, footballer
- 6 June – Michael Krohn-Dehli, footballer
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 7 July {{ndash}} Jakob Poulsen, former professional footballer
- 24 July {{ndash}} Carsten Mogensen, badminton player
- 27 August {{ndash}} Thomas Mikkelsen, footballer
- 27 August {{ndash}} Frederik Nielsen, tennis player
- 31 August {{ndash}} Lasse Svan Hansen, handball player
- 18 September – Rasmus Würtz, footballer
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 4 October {{ndash}} Karsten Lauritzen, politician
- 23 November – Kamilla Rytter Juhl, badminton player{{cite web |title=Kamilla Rytter JUHL - Olympic Badminton {{!}} Denmark |url=https://www.olympic.org/kamilla-rytter-juhl |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=25 November 2019 |language=en |date=19 June 2016}}
- 19 December – Mia Rosing, model
Deaths
- 16 September {{ndash}} Andreas Friis, painter (born 1890)
- 24 September – Lis Møller, journalist and politician (born 1918){{cite encyclopedia |last=Søllinge |first=Jette Drachmann |date=7 May 2020 |title=Lis Møller |encyclopedia=Den Store Danske |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Lis_M%C3%B8ller |language=da |access-date=26 February 2022}}
- 29 November – Aage Rasmussen, photographer and track and field athlete (born 1889)
- 10 November – Carl Erik Soya, author and dramatist (born 1896)
See also
References
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