1988 in Denmark
{{short description|none}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Year in Denmark|1988}}
Events from the year 1988 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 10 May {{ndash}} The 1988 Danish general election takes place.
- 3 November – The old main post office in Købmagergade, Copenhagen, is robbed by what is later to become known as Blekinge Street Gang. One policeman is killed in the robbery.{{Cite web|url=http://ekstrabladet.dk/112/article1054586.ece|title=Frontmand fra Blekingegadebanden er død|publisher=Ekstra Bladet|access-date=2009-11-06}}
Culture
=Architecture=
=Film=
- 23 May – Bille August's film Pelle the Conqueror wins the Palme d'Or at the 41st Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.ina.fr/fresques/europe-des-cultures-en/fiche-media/Europe00150/golden-palm-for-bille-august.html|title=Golden palm for Bille August|publisher=Mediatheque|access-date=2012-02-19}}
=Literature=
=Music=
==Classical music==
- 27 November – Frederik Magle's Cantata for choir and chamber orchestra We Are Afraid (Vi er bange) is premiered in Grundtvig's Church, Copenhagen.{{cite web|url=http://www.magle.dk/scrapbook.html#1988|title=Frederik Magle - Scrapbook|author=magle.dk|access-date=29 June 2012}}
Sports
- 17 September – 2 October – Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul: 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.
=Badminton=
- Triton BK Aalborg wins silver at Europe Cup.
- 20 March {{ndash}} Ib Frederiksen wins gold in men's singles at the 1988 All England Open Badminton Championships.
- 10–18 April – With five gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 11th European Badminton Championships in Kristiansand, Norway.
=Cycling=
- 21 July {{ndash}} Johnny Weltz wins Stage 19 of the 1988 Tour de France.
- 21–25 August {{ndash}} Denmark wins two bronze medals at the 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
- Roman Hermann (LIE) and Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) wins the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
=Football=
- 10–25 June – Denmark participates in the UEFA Euro 1988 but does not make it beyond the initial group stage after finishing last in Group A.
=Motorsports=
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 2 January – Nadia Nadim, footballer
- 9 January – Michael Lumb, footballer
- 12 January – Mads Conrad-Petersen, badminton player
- 16 January – Nicklas Bendtner, footballer
- 7 February – Nicki Bille Nielsen, footballer
- 9 February – Lotte Friis, swimmer
- 17 February – Alex Vargas, singer
- 8 March {{ndash}} Jacob Neestrup, football coach
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 10 July {{ndash}} Maja Alm, runner
- 19 July {{ndash}} Mie Augustesen, handball player
- 25 July – Hedegaard, DJ and music producer
- 12 August {{ndash}} MØ, singer
- 18 September – Lukas Forchhammer, singer, songwriter and actor
- 21 September – Jacob Barsøe, rower
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 18 October – Mads Glæsner, swimmer
- 23 October – Nicolaj Agger, footballer
- 19 December – Niklas Landin Jacobsen, handball player
Deaths
- 27 April {{ndash}} Olaf Wieghorst, painter (born 1899)
- 18 July {{ndash}} Elsa Gress, author (born 1919)
- 29 July {{ndash}} Gertie Wandel, textile artist (born 1894)
- 5 November – C. F. Møller, architect (born 1898)
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Denmark year nav}}
{{Year in Europe|1989}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1988 in Denmark}}