1997 in Denmark

• Monarch - Margrethe II{{cite web |title=Margrethe II {{!}} queen of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margrethe-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 June 2019 |language=en}}
• Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

• 13 July–23 July – The 1997 Summer Deaflympics are held in Copenhagen.{{cite book |last1=Bell |first1=Daniel |title=Encyclopedia of International Games |date=17 March 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1527-1 |page=512 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjPECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA512 |language=en}}

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;Badminton

• 24 May {{ndash}} 1 June {{ndash}} Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals at the 1997 IBF World Championships.
• Hvidovre BK wins the Europe Cup.

;Cycling

• 6 April – Rolf Sørensen wins the Tour of Flanders classic road cycling race.
• 26 April – Bjarne Riis wins the 1997 Amstel Gold Race.
• 27 July – Bjarne Riis finishes as number 7 in the 1997 Tour de France.
• October – Rolf Sørensen finishes second in the Züri-Metzgete road cycling race.
• Jimmi Madsen (DEN) and Jens Veggerby (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

;Football

• 7 May {{ndash}} F.C. Copenhagen wins the 1996–97 Danish Cup by defeating Ikast FC 2{{ndash}}0 in the final.

;Handball

• 14 December — Denmark wins gold at the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany by defeating Norway 33–20 in the final.

;Swimming

• 18{{ndash}}24 {{ndash}} 1997 European Aquatics Championships
• 19 August {{ndash}} Denmark wins a bronze medal in Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.
• 22 August Mette Jacobsen wins a gold medal in Women's 100 metre butterfly
• 24 August Mette Jacobsen wins a bronze medal in Women's 200 metre butterfly.

;Other

• 8 March — Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Paris, France.
• May — Mads Larsen becomes IBO super middleweight Champion after a fourth-round knockout win over American Shannon Landberg.
• 15 June — Tom Kristensen wins Le Mans for the first time as part of the Joest Racing team.
• August — Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.
• 24 August — Wilson Kipketer sets his third world record in the men's 800 metres that year with the time 1:41.11.
• 6 September
• Lars Michaelsen wins the first stage of the 1997 Vuelta a España and wears the leader's jersey for three days.
• Hans Nielsen wins the 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.
• 12 October — Bo Hamburger wins silver in Men's road race at the 1997 UCI Road World Championships.

• 10 March {{ndash}} Emil Nielsen, handballer

• 27 April – Anders Antonsen, badminton player
• 20 May {{ndash}} Joakim Mæhle, footballer
• 28 May {{ndash}} Jacob Rasmussen, footballer

• 11 August – Saba, singer and musical theatre actress
• 19 August – Mia Blichfeldt, badminton player

• 6 October – Kasper Dolberg, professional footballer
• 28 October – Justin Shaibu, professional footballer
• 5 December {{ndash}} Clara Rugaard, actress
• 9 December – Alexander Bah, professional footballer

• 23 January – Hardy Rafn, actor (born 1930)
• 3 March – Finn Høffding, composer (born 1899)
• 10 March – Johannes Theodor Suhr, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1896)
• 15 March {{ndash}} Svend Wiig Hansen, sculptor and painter (born 1927)

• 5 August {{ndash}} Poul Møller, politician (born 1919)

• 5 November – Niels Macholm, painter and graphic artist (born 1915)
• 17 December – Marie Gudme Leth (born 1895)

• 1997 in Danish television

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