1998 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1998}}
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Events from the year 1998 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 14 June - The Great Belt Fixed Link opens to traffic, connecting eastern and western Denmark.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dsb.dk/Om-DSB/Presse/Pressemeddelelser/34-million-Danes-have-crossed-the-Great-Belt-by-train/|title=34 million Danes have crossed the Great Belt by train|publisher=DSB|access-date=2009-11-23}}
Culture
=Architecture=
=Film=
- 1 May – The first Dogme 95 film, Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration, is released.
- 20 May – Dogme #2—Lars von Trier's The Idiots—is released.
- May – The Celebration wins the Prix du Jury at the 51st Cannes Film Festival.
=Literature=
=Music=
Sports
=Football=
- 21 May {{ndash}} Brøndby IF wins the 1997–98 Danish Cup by defeating F.C. Copenhagen 4{{ndash}}1 in the final.
- 10 June – 12 July – Denmark participates in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.
- 24 June – Denmark takes the second place in Group C of the initial group stage and is on to the knockout stage.
- 28 June Denmark defeats Nigeria 4–1 in the Round of 16.
- 3 July – Denmark is defeated 3–2 by Brazil in the quarterfinal.
=Badminton=
- Kastrup Magleby BK wins the Europe Cup.
=Cycling=
- 8 April – Lars Michaelsen finishes second in the Gent–Wevelgem road cycling race in Belgium.
- April – Bo Hamburger wins La Flèche Wallonne.
- 29 August – Rolf Sørensen wins the 1998 Ronde van Nederland.
- Silvio Martinello (ITA) and Marco Villa (ITA) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
=Handball=
- 20 December – Denmark wins silver at the 1998 European Women's Handball Championship in the Netherlands after being defeated by Norway in the final.
=Other=
- 1 February – Thomas Bjørn wins Heineken Classic in Australia on the 1998 European Tour.
- 18–25 April – With five gold medals, two silver medals and six bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 16th European Badminton Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- 3 September – Erik Gundersen wins the 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 23 January – Thomas Meilstrup, singer, actor and son of Gry Meilstrup.
- 31 March – Oskar Buur, soccer player
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 2 May {{ndash}} Anders Dreyer, footballer
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 24 July – Hugo Helmig, musician (died 2022)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 29 October – Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark, eldest son and second child of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece
Deaths
- 3 June {{ndash}} Poul Bundgaard, actor and singer (born 1922)
- 5 September – Verner Panton, designer (born 1926)
References
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