1993 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1993}}
The following is a list of events that occurred in the year 1993 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
=Undated=
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The arts
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Sports
=Badminton=
- Lillerød BK wins Europe Cup.
- 17{{ndash}}21 March {{ndash}} Jon Holst-Christensen and Thomas Lund win gold in men's double and Jon Holst-Christensen and Grete Mogensen win gold in mixed double at the 1993 All England Open Badminton Championships.
- 31 May {{ndash}} 6 June {{ndash}} Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals at the 1993 IBF World Championships.
=Cycling=
- 18 April — Rolf Sørensen wins the Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic road cycling race.
- 1 May — Rolf Sørensen wins the Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop.
- July 3–25 — 1993 Tour de France
- 8 July – Jesper Skibby wins the 5th stage.
- 10 July — Bjarne Riis wins the 7th stage.
- July 25 — Bjarne Riis finishes in fifth place in the 1993 Tour de France.
- 6 October — Rolf Sørensen wins the Milano–Torino road cycling race.
- Rolf Sørensen (DEN) and Jens Veggerby (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
- Unknown date Jens Veggerby wins gold in UCI Motor-paced at the 1993 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
=Football=
- 20 May {{ndash}} OB wins the 1992–93 Danish Cup by defeating AaB Fodbold 2{{ndash}}0 in the final.
=Other=
- 12 February — Gert Bo Jacobsen becomes WBO welterweight champions in boxing.
- 5 December — Denmark wins silver the 1993 World Women's Handball Championship in Norway after being defeated 23–22 by Germany in the final.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 9 January – Nicolai Brock-Madsen, footballer
- 10 January – Jens Jønsson, footballer
- 28 February – Emmelie de Forest, singer
- 12 March – Jeppe Tverskov, footballer
- 16 March – Andreas Cornelius, footballer
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 14 April – Josephine Skriver, model
- 20 April – Viktor Bromer, swimmer
- 7 May – Isabella Arendt, Conservative politician
- 8 May – Nicolaj Thomsen, footballer
- 14 May – Nicole Broch Larsen, golfer{{cite web |title=Nicole Broch LARSEN - Olympic {{!}} Denmark |url=https://www.olympic.org/nicole-broch-larsen |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=28 November 2019 |language=en |date=25 June 2017}}
- 18 May – Rikke Iversen, handball player
- 27 May – Julie Brochorst Andersen, actress
- 6 June – Alba August, actress
- 21 June – Caroline Brasch Nielsen, model
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 6 July – Bassel Jradi, footballer
- 12 July – Lukas Lerager, footballer
- 13 July – Linnea Berthelsen, actress
- 22 August - Benny Jamz, rapper
- 3 September {{ndash}} Ida Praetorius. ballet dancer
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 5 October – Kevin Magnussen, racing driver
- 22 October – Jessica Dinnage, actress
- 8 November – Emil Nielsen, footballer
- 22 December – Hedvig Rasmussen, rower{{cite web |title=Hedvig Rasmussen Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/laerke-berg-rasmussen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090954/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/laerke-berg-rasmussen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=28 November 2019 |language=en}}
Deaths
- 6 January {{ndash}} Richard Mortensen, painter (born 1910)
- 26 January - Robert Jacobsen, painter and sculptor (born 1912)
- 7 April {{ndash}} Tonny Ahm, badminton player (born 1914)
- 30 May - Henry Heerup, painter and sculptor (born 1907)
- 15 October – Dan Turèll, writer (born 1946)
- 29 October {{ndash}} Aage Dons, author (born 1903)
- 30 October {{ndash}} Pauli Jørgensen, football player (born 1905)
See also
References
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