1987 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1987}}
Events from the year 1987 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
=Undated=
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Sports
=Badminton=
- Triton BK Aalborg wins Europe Cup.
- 15 March {{ndash}} Morten Frost wins gold in men's singles and Kirsten Larsen wins gold in women's singles at the 1987 All England Open Badminton Championships.
=Cycling=
- February – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise.
- March – Rolf Sørensen wins the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race in Italy.
- May/June – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan.
- Danny Clark (AUS) and Tony Doyle (GBR) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
- Unknown date {{ndash}} Hans-Henrik Ørsted wins gold in Men's individual pursuit at the 1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
=Football=
- 14 October – Denmark qualifies for UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany by defeating Wales in their last game in Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying and thereby winning the group one point ahead of Czechoslovakia.
=Swimming=
- 16{{ndash}}23 {{ndash}} Benny Nielsen wins a silver medal in Men's 200 metre butterfly and a bronze medal in Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1987 European Aquatics Championships
Births
=January{{ndash}}April=
- 16 January – Morten Madsen, professional ice hockey forward
- 21 January – Lisbet Jakobsen, rower{{cite web |title=Lisbet Jakobsen Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/lisbet-jakobsen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084120/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/lisbet-jakobsen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=28 November 2019 |language=en}}
- 3 march – Lasse Nielsen, footballer
- 7 April – Søren Rieks, footballer
- 9 April {{ndash}} Sara Petersen, athlete
- 28 April {{ndash}} Stephanie Corneliussen, actress
=May{{ndash}}July=
- 26 May – Madeleine Dupont, curler from Hvidovre
- 5 June – Magnus Troest, footballer
- 13 July – Andreas Bube, middle-distance runner
- 27 July – Thomas Enevoldsen, professional footballer
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 10 October – Nicklas Pedersen, footballer
- 15 October – Kevin Conboy, footballer
- 18 October – Freja Beha Erich, fashion model
- 22 October – Mikkel Hansen, handball player
- 7 November {{ndash}} Natalie Madueño,actress
- 30 November – Christian Offenberg, footballer
- 23 December – Martin Christensen, footballer
- 30 December – Jeanette Ottesen, swimmer{{cite web |title=Jeanette OTTESEN - Olympic Swimming {{!}} Denmark |url=https://www.olympic.org/jeanette-ottesen |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=28 November 2019 |language=en |date=20 November 2016}}
Deaths
- 16 March {{ndash}} Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, architect (born 1929)
- 4 July {{ndash}} Bengt Strömgren, astronomer (born 1908)
- 11 December {{ndash}} Aage Thaarup, fashion designer (born 1906)
- 14 December – Mogens Lassen, architect (born 1901)
- 29 December – Ellen Louise Mertz, Denmark's first female geologist (born 1896)
See also
References
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