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2008 in Denmark

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The following lists events that happened during 2008 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • 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 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Events

=February=

  • 16 February – The Royal Playhouse on Copenhagen's waterfront is inaugurated with the play Hamlet, featuring Nicolas Bro in the title role.{{cite web|url=http://www.aok.dk/teater/skuespilhuset-aabner|title=Skuespilhuset åbner|publisher=AOK|access-date=5 November 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091002034149/http://www.aok.dk/teater/skuespilhuset-aabner| archive-date= 2 October 2009 | url-status= live}}

=May=

  • 1 May – Han Kjøbenhavn is founded.
  • 24 May – Prince Joachim marries Marie Cavallier in Møgeltønder.{{cite web|url=http://nyhederne-dyn.tv2.dk/baggrund/article.php/id-9774739.html|title=Året der gik i Danmark|publisher=TV2|access-date=5 November 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080101023616/http://nyhederne-dyn.tv2.dk/baggrund/article.php/id-9774739.html |archive-date = 1 January 2008|url-status=dead}}

=June=

  • 2 June – A suicide bomber strikes outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital Islamabad with at least eight people dead.{{cite web | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/pakistan.blast/ | title=Suicide bomber targets Danish embassy in Pakistan | date=3 June 2008 | access-date=19 January 2015}}
  • 4 June – al-Qaeda claims responsibility for the 2008 Danish embassy bombing stating it was revenge for the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a.CBlyC0if5M&refer=india | title=Al-Qaeda Says It Carried Out Pakistan Attack, Reuters Reports | date=4 June 2008 | access-date=19 January 2015}}

=October=

  • Realfiction company is founded in Copenhagen.{{Cite web|url=http://singularityhub.com/2010/04/16/real-fiction-vs-innovision-the-battle-of-the-3d-holograms-in-a-box-video/|title = Real Fiction Vs. Innovision: The Battle of the 3D 'Holograms' in a Box (Video)|date = 16 April 2010}}

=Date unknown=

  • The 25 øre coin is demonetised as the lowest-denomination coin in the country. It has been in circulation since 1874, when it was introduced on the decimalisation of the krone.

The arts

=Architecture=

  • 27 June – Lundgaard & Tranberg's Royal Playhouse in Copenhagen wins a 2008 RIBA European Award at the Royal Institute of British Architects' annual awards ceremony in London.{{cite web|url=http://www.architecture.com/NewsAndPress/News/AwardsNews/Press/2008/NationalandEuropeanWinnersAnnounced.aspx|title=RIBA National and European Award winners 2008 announced|publisher=RIBA|access-date=3 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902074758/http://www.architecture.com/NewsAndPress/News/AwardsNews/Press/2008/NationalandEuropeanWinnersAnnounced.aspx|archive-date=2 September 2012|url-status=dead}}
  • 23 October – Schmidt hammer lassen's Performers House in Silkeborg wins the Grand Prix at the 5th LEAF Awards in London.{{cite web|url=http://www.detail.de/artikel_leaf-awards-schmidt-hammer-lassen-bgp-arquitectura_22833_En.htm|title=Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2008|publisher=detail.de|access-date=15 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623030650/http://www.detail.de/artikel_leaf-awards-schmidt-hammer-lassen-bgp-arquitectura_22833_En.htm|archive-date=23 June 2011|url-status=dead}}

=Film=

  • September – Per Fly's film Manslaughter wins the 2005 Nordic Council Film Prize.{{cite web|url=http://www.cineuropa.org/2011/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=55555|title=Manslaughter wins Nordic Film Prize|publisher=Cineuropa|access-date=19 February 2012}}

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=Music=

Sport

=Badminton=

=Cycling=

=Football=

=Handball=

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=Other=

Births

Deaths

  • 16 January – Otto Steen Due, classical philologist (born 1939)
  • 10 February – Inga Nielsen, opera singer (born 1946)
  • 26 February – Bodil Udsen, actress (born 1925)
  • 28 February – Ove Guldberg, politician (born 1918)
  • 27 March – Hans Chr. Ægidius, actor, writer and filmmaker (born 1933)
  • 29 March – Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen, author, conciliator and economist (died 1920){{cite encyclopedia|last=Andersen|first=Victor|title=Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Mette_Koefoed_Bj%C3%B8rnsen|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske Encyklopædi|language=da|date=7 May 2020|access-date=26 April 2022}}
  • 29 April – Claus Nissen, actor (born 1938)
  • 11 May – Ole Fritsen, footballer (born 1941)
  • 21 May – Ernst Meyer, actor (born 1932)
  • 1 July – Mogens Glistrup, politician (born 1926)
  • 5 July – Thomas Winding, author, radiohost and television producer
  • 10 July – Jakob Ejersbo, journalist and author (born 1968)
  • 16 August – Otto Leisner, television presenter (born 1917)
  • 11 September – Preben Møller Hansen, writer, cook, politician, and trade unionist (born 1929)
  • 20 September – Kamilla Bech Holten, television presenter and actress (born 1972)
  • 1 November – Eric Danielsen, news anchor (born 1920)
  • 16 November – Hilmer Hassig, musician (born 1960)
  • 28 November – Jørn Utzon, architect (born 1918)

See also

References

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