2017 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|2017}}
Events in the year 2017 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 20 March – Denmark makes the last payment on a $1.5 billion loan and thus becomes free of national debt in foreign currencies for the first time since 1834.{{cite web|url=http://www.business.dk/oekonomi/endelig-for-foerste-gang-siden-1834-er-danmark-uden-gaeld-i-udenlandsk|title=Endelig: For første gang siden 1834 er Danmark uden gæld i udenlandsk valutalanguage=Danish|website=Berlingske| date=20 March 2017 |access-date=21 March 2017}}
- 21 November – scheduled date for the 2017 Danish local elections
Culture
=Architecture=
- 21 November – The Mærsk Tower wins the QAF Award in the Higher Education & Research - Completed Buildings category at the World Architecture Festival.
=Film=
- 9 December – Claes Bang wins the award for Best Actor at the 30th European Film Awards.
=Music=
- 3 December – The Fairest of Roses by Frederik Magle is premiered in Saint Paul's Church in Copenhagen on the occasion of the church's 140-years jubilee and rededication of the church tower.
Sports
=Badminton=
- 17 February – Denmark wins the 2017 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships by defeating Russia 3–0 in the final.
- 3–8 March – Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen wins gold in Men's Double at 2015 All England Super Series Premier.
- 28 March-2 April – Viktor Axelsen wins Men's Single at 2017 India Open.
- 25–30 April – With two gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 2017 European Badminton Championships.
- 27 August – Viktor Axelsen wins gold in men's single at the 2017 BWF World Championships.
- 12{{ndash}}17 September {{ndash}} Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen win gold in Men's Double at the 2017 Korea Open Super Series.
=Cycling=
- 31 January {{ndash}} Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN) and Michael Mørkøv (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
- 11 June – Jakob Fuglsang wins the Critérium du Dauphiné.
- 2–6 August – 2017 European Road Championships takes place in Herning.
- 17–24 September – With two gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the third best nation at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Norway.
=Equestrian sports=
- 21{{ndash}}27 August {{ndash}} Denmark wins two gold medals, two silver medals and four bronze medals at the 2017 FEI European Championships.
=Football=
- 14 November – Denmark qualifies for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by defeating Ireland 5–1 in the second leg of the play-off round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification after playing 0–0 in the first match.
- 7 December – F.C. Copenhagen qualifies for the round of 16 in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League by defeating FC Sheriff Tiraspol in Group F.
=Golf=
- 7 May – Lucas Bjerregaard and Thorbjørn Olesen win GolfSixes.
- 24 September – Lucas Bjerregaard wins Portugal Masters
=Swimming=
- 13–17 December – The 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships rakes place in Royal Arena in Copenhagen.
=Other=
- 30 June - 7 July – Maja Alm wins a gold medal in Women's sprint and a silver medal in Women's long distance and Denmark wins a silver medal in Sprint relay at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships.
Deaths
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- 20 January – Bruno Amoroso, economist (born 1936).{{cite web|url=http://www.abruzzoweb.it/contenuti/addio-all-economista-amoroso-radici-abruzzesi-allievo-e-collaboratore-di-caffe-era-in-danimarca/618649-4/|title=Addio all'economista Amoroso, radici abruzzesi allievo e collaboratore di caffe'|website=abruzzoweb.it|language=it|access-date=26 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000527/http://www.abruzzoweb.it/contenuti/addio-all-economista-amoroso-radici-abruzzesi-allievo-e-collaboratore-di-caffe-era-in-danimarca/618649-4/|url-status=dead}}
- 23 January – Erland Kolding Nielsen, Director General and CEO of The Danish Royal Library (born 1947).{{cite news|url=http://politiken.dk/kultur/boger/art5800485/Nekrolog-Et-liv-i-bogens-tjeneste-er-slut-for-Erland-Kolding |title=Nekrolog: Et liv i bogens tjeneste er slut for Erland Kolding |first=Camilla |last=Stockmann | newspaper=Politiken |language=da |access-date=26 January 2017}}
- 26 January – Preben Dabelsteen, badminton player (born 1925).{{cite web|url=http://www.badmintoneurope.com/cms/default.aspx?clubid=4685&cmsid=239&pageid=5381&m=4311147 |title=Preben Dabelsteen, two-time All England champion, dies at 91 |website=Badminton Europe |access-date=26 January 2017}}
- 13 February – Aage Birch, competitive sailor and Olympic silver medalist (born 1926).{{cite web|url=http://sejlsport.dk/nyt/2017/02/doedsfald-drage-legende-og-ol-soelvvinder-aage-birch |title=Dødsfald - Drage-legende og OL-sølvvinder Aage Birch |website=sejlsport.dk |language=da |first=Flemming Ø. |last=Pedersen|date=17 February 2017|access-date=19 February 2017}}
- 7 February – Svend Asmussen, jazz musician (born 1916)
- 17 February – Erland Kops, badminton player (born 1937)
- 13 May – Vibeke Sperling, journalist (born 1945){{cite news|title=Vibeke Sperling er død|trans-title=Vibeke Sperling is dead|url=https://www.berlingske.dk/kultur/vibeke-sperling-er-doed|work=Berlingske|language=da|agency=Ritzau|date=14 May 2017|access-date=30 November 2021}}
- 3 June – Niels Helveg Petersen, politician (born 1939)
- 4 December
- Thor Munkager, handballer (born 1951)
- Henning Jensen, footballer (born 1947)
See also
References
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