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2023 in Denmark

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{{Year in Denmark|2023}}

Events in the year 2023 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Events

= January =

  • 1 January {{ndash}} Prince Joachim's four children, Nikolai, Felix, Henrik, and Athena, lose their titles of prince or princess, leaving count or countess of Monpezat as their most senior titles following a major public controversy in the royal family.{{cite web | title=Ændringer i titler og tiltaleformer i den kongelige familie | website=Kongehuset | url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/ændringer-i-titler-og-tiltaleformer-i-den-kongelige-familie | language=da | access-date=1 January 2023}}
  • 10 January {{ndash}} Leader of the Nye Borgerlige political party Pernille Vermund announces her intention to resign, being succeeded by Lars Boje Mathiesen, on 7 February.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-10 |title=Vermund siger farvel – her er eksperternes bud på hendes efterfølger - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-01-10-vermund-siger-farvel-her-er-eksperternes-bud-paa-hendes-efterfoelger |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-15 |title=Pernille Vermund efterlader Nye Borgerlige i krise: - Partiet er truet på sin eksistens - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-01-12-pernille-vermund-efterlader-nye-borgerlige-i-krise-partiet-er-truet-paa-sin |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-07 |title=Nye Borgerlige har fået ny formand - Lars Boje Mathiesen vil bygge videre på Vermunds fundament |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nye-borgerlige-har-faaet-ny-formand-lars-boje-mathiesen-vil-bygge-videre-paa |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}
  • 31 January {{ndash}} Coop Danmark announces that the Irma chain will close with effect from 1 April after 137 years in operation.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=Lukker efter 137 år: Det sker der med din lokale Irma |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/penge/lukker-efter-137-aar-det-sker-der-med-din-lokale-irma |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |last1=Tidemann |first1=Daniel |last2=Dalgaard |first2=Mette |date=2023-01-31 |title=En epoke er slut i hovedstaden: Irma lukker |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/1703681 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Berlingske.dk |language=da}}

= February =

File:20200612 Altinget Jakob Elleman Jensen 750A4304-2 (cropped).jpg and defense minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen goes on sick leave in February 2023, returning in August.]]

  • 6 February {{ndash}} Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen goes on sick leave indefinitely with incumbent Minister for Economic Affairs Troels Lund Poulsen being appointed acting Minister of Defence.{{Cite web |title=Jakob Ellemann-Jensen på orlov |url=https://www.stm.dk/presse/pressemeddelelser/jakob-ellemann-jensen-paa-orlov/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Statsministeriet |language=da}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title=Jakob Ellemann-Jensen sygemeldt på ubestemt tid - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-02-06-jakob-ellemann-jensen-sygemeldt-paa-ubestemt-tid |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}
  • 11 February {{ndash}} The 53rd edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 is held in Arena Næstved in Næstved with Faroese singer Reiley being selected as Denmark's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest{{Cite web |date=2023-02-12 |title=Efter flere år med Eurovision-flop: Sådan er Danmarks chancer i år |url=https://www.dr.dk/det-bedste-fra-dr/efter-flere-aar-med-eurovision-flop-saadan-er-danmarks-chancer-i-aar |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-12 |title=Historisk grandprix-sejr: Jeg vil gøre Danmark stolt - TV 2 |url=https://underholdning.tv2.dk/2023-02-12-historisk-grandprix-sejr-jeg-vil-gore-danmark-stolt |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=underholdning.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}
  • 17 February {{ndash}} A major storm named Otto (da) hits most of Denmark causing several incidents of property damage.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-17 |title=Stormen Otto rammer Danmark - TV 2 |url=https://vejr.tv2.dk/live/2023-02-17-stormen-otto-rammer-danmark |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=vejr.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-17 |title=LIVE Stormen Otto rammer Danmark |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/live-stormen-otto-rammer-danmark |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |last=/ritzau/ |title=Otto lammer trafikken: Passagerer er fanget i fly {{!}} avisendanmark.dk |url=https://avisendanmark.dk/danmark/stormen-otto-naermer-sig-hastigt-beboere-i-vindfoelsomme-hoejhuse-skal-evakueres |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=avisendanmark.dk |date=17 February 2023 |language=da}}
  • 28 February {{ndash}} After fierce debate, the Folketing votes to abolish the Danish holiday Store Bededag (Great Prayer Day) with effect from 2024.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-28 |title=Regeringens mest upopulære forslag er vedtaget: Store bededag er fortid - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-02-28-regeringens-mest-upopulaere-forslag-er-vedtaget-store-bededag-er-fortid |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}

= March =

  • 6 March {{ndash}} Denmark's Ministry of Defence bans TikTok on work devices.{{cite news|title=Danish defense ministry bans TikTok on employee work phones|url=https://apnews.com/article/denmark-tiktok-ban-defense-ministry-c3f434fa46401ea93329e1f5cb132432|work=Associated Press|date=6 March 2023}}
  • 9 March {{ndash}} Venstre deputy leader Stephanie Lose is appointed minister without portfolio for the purpose of serving as acting Minister for Economic Affairs to relieve Troels Lund Poulsen.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-09 |title=Stephanie Lose bliver midlertidig økonomiminister |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/stephanie-lose-bliver-midlertidig-oekonominister |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}
  • 10 March {{ndash}} Nye Borgerlige announces that party leader Lars Boje Mathiesen, the day prior, has been dismissed as leader and expelled from the party due to disputes over remuneration and campaign finances.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-10 |title=Forstå pengeslagsmålet bag det dramatiske opgør i Nye Borgerlige |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/forstaa-pengeslagsmaalet-bag-det-dramatiske-opgoer-i-nye-borgerlige |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}

= April =

  • 15 April {{ndash}} A 13-year-old girl named Filippa disappears from the village Kirkerup.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-15 |title=Politiet efterlyser: 13-årig pige forsvundet ved Slagelse - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2023-04-15-politiet-efterlyser-13-aarig-pige-forsvundet-ved-slagelse |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}} On the 16th, the girl is found alive in the house of a 32-year-old man in Svenstrup, Korsør.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-16 |title=Pressemøde tog uventet drejning - Filippa fundet i live - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2023-04-16-pressemoede-tog-uventet-drejning-filippa-fundet-i-live |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}} On the 18th, the man is charged on several counts, including rape.{{Cite web |last=Eriksen |first=Af Signe Søgaard • Laura Bonvang • Amalie A. |date=2023-04-17 |title=Filippa-sagen: Her er sigtelserne |url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/krimi/filippa-sagen-her-er-sigtelserne/9723116 |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=ekstrabladet.dk |language=da}} On the 24th, the man is also charged for the 2016 unsolved murder of Emilie Meng.{{Cite web |last=Eriksen |first=Af Mette Fleckner • Sune Fischer • Linette K. Jespersen • Torsten Ruus • Amalie A. |date=26 April 2023 |title=32-årig sigtet i Emilie Meng-sag |url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/krimi/32-aarig-sigtet-i-emilie-meng-sag/9736798 |access-date=9 May 2023 |website=ekstrabladet.dk |language=da}}
  • 24 April {{ndash}} A delayed government budget (Finansloven) for 2023 is agreed upon between the Danish government, the Green Left, the Liberal Alliance, the Social Liberal Party, and the Danish People's Party.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-24 |title=Bredt flertal lander ny finanslov - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-04-24-bredt-flertal-lander-ny-finanslov |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}
  • 30 April {{ndash}} Leader of the Trade Union Confederation Lizette Risgaard resigns, following allegations of sexual harassment.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-30 |title=Lizette Risgaard trækker sig som formand - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-04-30-lizette-risgaard-traekker-sig-som-formand |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}

= May =

  • 1 May {{ndash}} International Workers' Day is held in the light of Risgaard's resignation and the Trade Union Confederation's refusal to invite Social Democrats due to their in abolishing Store Bededag.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-01 |title=1. maj bliver på mange måder anderledes i år - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2023-05-01-1-maj-bliver-paa-mange-maader-anderledes-i-aar |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}
  • 3 May {{ndash}} A new national warning system is tested by the Emergency Management Agency and the police with civil defense sirens sounding nationwide.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-03 |title=Test af ny sirene forløb ikke, som mange forventede. Styrelse har et bud på årsagen |url=https://politiken.dk/indland/art9334904/Test-af-ny-sirene-forl%C3%B8b-ikke-som-mange-forventede.-Styrelse-har-et-bud-p%C3%A5-%C3%A5rsagen |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Politiken |language=da-DK}}
  • 5 May {{ndash}} Great Prayer Day (Store Bededag) is held for the last time, after 337 years as an official holiday.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-05 |title=Farvel til store bededag efter 337 år - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2023-05-05-farvel-til-store-bededag-efter-337-aar |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}
  • 12 May {{ndash}} During a debate in the Folketing about Rigsfællesskabet, Greenlandic MP Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (Siumut) speaks in Greenlandic, refusing to switch to Danish when other MPs ask her questions in that language.[https://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE15802442/forvirring-i-folketingssalen-medlem-vil-kun-tale-groenlandsk/ Forvirring i Folketingssalen: Medlem vil kun tale grønlandsk] (in Danish), from Jyllands-Posten This sets off a public debate about which working languages to use in parliament.[https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Aki-Matilda_H%C3%B8egh-Dam Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam] (in Danish), from denstoredanske.lex.dk Speaker Søren Gade (V) says that Høegh-Dam had notified the Presidium of the Folketing an hour in advance, when she sent them an email transcript of the speech, along with a Danish translation.[https://knr.gl/da/nyheder/aki-matilda-hoeegh-dam-oplyste-foerst-om-groenlandsk-tale-en-time-foer-folketingsdebat Mail afslører: Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam oplyste først om grønlandsk tale en time før folketingsdebat] (in Danish), from KNR According to the Folketing's website, there is no rule against an MP speaking Greenlandic or Faroese, but it is customary for the MP to translate their statement into Danish afterwards.[https://www.ft.dk/da/ofte-stillede-spoergsmaal/akt_maa-man-tale-gronlandsk-eller-faerosk Må man tale grønlandsk eller færøsk fra Folketingets talerstol?] (in Danish), from ft.dk
  • 15 May {{ndash}} Forewarned truck blockades of roads against the introduction of a new truck duty (afgift) causes major traffic havoc nationwide.{{Cite news |last=Petersen |first=Katrine Skov |date=15 May 2023 |title=Lastbiler blokerer veje flere steder i landet |work=TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2023-05-15-lastbiler-blokerer-veje-flere-steder-i-landet |access-date=15 May 2023}}

= June =

  • 15{{ndash}}17 June {{ndash}} Folkemødet (da), an annual political festival, takes place on Bornholm.

= July =

= August =

  • 20{{ndash}}21 August {{ndash}} Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Denmark in connection with its donation of 19 F-16s to Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-21 |title=Zelenskyj på besøg i Danmark - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/udland/2023-08-21-zelenskyj-paa-besoeg-i-danmark |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-20 |title=Zelenskyj er landet i Danmark på officielt besøg: Sådan ser hans program ud |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/zelenskyj-er-landet-i-danmark-paa-et-dags-visit-saadan-ser-hans-program-ud |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}
  • 23 August {{ndash}} Jakob Ellemann-Jensen switches ministry with Troels Lund Poulsen, going from Minister of Defence to Minister for Economic Affairs.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-22 |title=Regeringsrokade: Jakob Ellemann forlader Forsvarsministeriet |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/regeringsrokade-jakob-ellemann-og-troels-lund-poulsen-bytter-ministerier |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Altinget.dk}}{{Cite web |last=Schulz |first=Rasmus Bragh |date=2023-08-22 |title=Jakob Ellemann-Jensen bliver økonomiminister |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/1746663 |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Berlingske.dk |language=da}}
  • 26 August {{ndash}} Astronaut Andreas Mogensen begins his second mission to the International Space Station, arriving the following day. As pilot of SpaceX Crew-7, he becomes the first non-American to pilot a SpaceX Dragon 2 or any other SpaceX vehicle. Mogensen's personal mission is the Huginn mission, where he will conduct over 30 European experiments on "climate, health, and space for Earth" for the European Space Agency. Joined by three other astronauts, he is taking part in Expedition 69 and 70, and they are expected to return to Earth in February 2024.[https://videnskab.dk/rummet/andreas-mogensens-foerste-ord-fra-rumstationen-den-rigtige-mission-begynder-nu/ Andreas Mogensen på ISS: »Den rigtige mission begynder nu«] (in Danish), from videnskab.dk (da)[https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/udland/2023-08-26-andreas-mogensen-opsendes-til-den-internationale-rumstation Andreas Mogensen opsendes til Den Internationale Rumstation] (in Danish), from tv2.dk[https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/dansk-astronaut-bliver-foerste-ikke-amerikaner-paa-spacex-mission Dansk astronaut bliver første ikke-amerikaner på SpaceX-mission] (in Danish) from Altinget (da)[https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/The_Huginn_mission_an_overview The Huginn mission – an overview], from ESA[https://ufm.dk/aktuelt/pressemeddelelser/2023/efter-succesfuld-opsendelse-andreas-mogensen-har-kurs-mod-iss-og-nye-videnskabelige-opdagelser Efter succesfuld opsendelse: Andreas Mogensen har kurs mod ISS og nye videnskabelige opdagelser] (in Danish), from the Ministry of Higher Education and Science

= September =

  • 6 September – Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks before the Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-06 |title=Mette Frederiksen på besøg i Ukraine: Har netop holdt tale i parlamentet |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/mette-frederiksen-er-paa-besoeg-i-ukraine |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-06 |title=Mette Frederiksen: Man vinder ikke en krig med ord, det gør man med våben - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/2023-09-06-mette-frederiksen-man-vinder-ikke-en-krig-med-ord-det-goer-man-med-vaaben |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}

= October =

  • Jakob Ellemann-Jensen announces his resignation as leader of Venstre and his departure from Danish politics.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-23 |title=Jakob Ellemann trækker sig fra dansk politik - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-10-23-jakob-ellemann-traekker-sig-fra-dansk-politik |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |title=Ændringer i regeringen |url=https://www.stm.dk/presse/pressemeddelelser/%C3%A6ndringer-i-regeringen/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Statsministeriet |language=da}}

= November =

  • 6–8 November – Felipe VI, King of Spain, goes on a state visit to Denmark
  • 18 November – Troels Lund Poulsen is elected new leader of Venstre.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-18 |title=Troels Lund Poulsen er valgt som Venstres nye formand - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-11-18-troels-lund-poulsen-er-valgt-som-venstres-nye-formand |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}

= December =

  • 6 December – Sanjay Shah is extradited to Denmark from the United Arab Emirates.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-06 |title=Sanjay Shah udleveres til Danmark - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/krimi/2023-12-06-sanjay-shah-udleveres-til-danmark |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}
  • 7 December –
  • Mia Wagner resigns as minister of digitalisation and gender equality only two weeks after being appointed.{{Cite web |last=Jørgenssen |first=Steen A. |date=2023-12-07 |title=»På gensyn«, sagde Marie Bjerre til dronningen, da hun blev fyret. Hun fik ret |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE16666794/paa-gensyn-sagde-marie-bjerre-til-dronningen-da-hun-blev-fyret-for-to-uger-siden-i-dag-vendte-hun-tilbage-med-blandede-foelelsler/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Jyllands-Posten |language=da}}
  • The Danish Parliament votes to criminalize the desecration of religious texts after a series of quran burning incidents by far-right activists.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-07 |title=Denmark adopts law banning burning of Koran and other holy texts |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231207-denmark-adopts-law-banning-burning-of-koran-and-other-holy-texts |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
  • 14 December – Three people are arrested in Denmark and one in the Netherlands on charges of conspiring to commit terrorism, with four individuals being charged in absentia.{{Cite web |last1=Jørgenssen |first1=Steen A. |last2=Benzon |first2=Rane von |date=2023-12-14 |title=Dommer lukker dørene: To mænd og en ung kvinde anholdt for terrorplaner - flere er på fri fod |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE16688459/dommer-lukker-doerene-to-maend-og-en-ung-kvinde-anholdt-for-terrorplaner-flere-mistaenkte-er-paa-fri-fod/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Jyllands-Posten |language=da}}
  • 21 December {{ndash}} Denmark (Lars Løkke Rasmussen) and the United States (Antony Blinken) sign a defence agreement that will allow U.S. soldiers and military equipment to be based on Danish soil.{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?532559-1/secretary-blinken-holds-signing-ceremony-danish-foreign-minister-rasmussen|title=Secretary Blinken Holds Signing Ceremony with Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen |language=Danish|website=c-span.org|access-date=16 June 2022}}
  • 31 December {{ndash}} Queen Margrethe announces her abdication on live television in her annual New Year's Speech, with effect from 14 January 2024.{{Cite news |date=2023-12-31 |title=Queen Margrethe II: Danish monarch announces abdication live on TV |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67854395 |access-date=2024-01-01}}

Culture

=Film=

Sports

=Badminton=

=Canoe and karak=

=Cycling=

File:David Gaudu, Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, 2023 Paris-Nice (52929456925) (cropped2).jpg]]

=Football=

{{main article|2023 in Danish football}}

=Golf=

=Handball=

  • 29 January {{ndash}} Denmark wins the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship for the third time in a row by defeating France 34{{ndash}}29 in the final.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-29 |title=Danmark vinder VM for tredje gang i streg efter drama - TV 2 |url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2023-01-29-danmark-vinder-vm-for-tredje-gang-i-streg-efter-drama |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=sport.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-29 |title=Danmark skriver håndboldhistorie: Vinder VM for tredje gang i træk |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/danmark-skriver-haandboldhistorie-vinder-vm-tredje-gang-i-traek |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}{{Cite news |title=France-Danemark : revivez la finale du championnat du monde de handball |language=fr-FR |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/live/2023/01/29/france-danemark-en-direct-suivez-la-finale-du-mondial-de-handball-2023_6159782_3242.html |access-date=2023-02-17}}
  • 18 February {{ndash}} GOG wins the Danish Men's Handball Cup for the second year in a row by defeating Skjern 34 – 29 in the final.
  • 3 June {{ndash}} Team Esbjerg loses 29{{ndash}}30 to Ferencvárosi TC in the semifinal of the 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League.
  • 10 June {{ndash}} GOG Håndbold wins the 2023 Danish Men's Handball League.

=Motorsports=

=Tennis=

  • 18 February {{ndash}} Clara Tauson wins AK Ladies Open in Altenkirchen by defeating Greet Minnen with 7-6 (7–5), 4–6, 6–2 in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.bt.dk/tennis/tauson-tilbage-i-topform-vinder-turnering-i-tyskland|title=Tauson tilbage i topform: Vinder turnering i Tyskland|language=Danish|website=BT|date=19 February 2023 |access-date=19 February 2023}}
  • 23 April {{ndash}} Holger Rune wins 2023 BMW Open by defeating Botic van de Zandschulp 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–3) in the final.
  • 21 August {{ndash}} Holger Rune reaches No. 4 on the world ranking, the highest ranking of a Danish tennis player to date.

===Other===

Deaths

File:Lise Nørgaard.jpg]]

=January{{ndash}}March=

  • 1 January {{ndash}} Lise Nørgaard, writer, journalist, and creator of Matador (born 1917){{Cite news |title=Lise Nørgaard er død |language=da-DK |work=nyheder.tv2.dk |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2023-01-02-lise-noergaard-er-doed |access-date=2023-01-21}}
  • 21 January {{ndash}}
  • Ritt Bjerregaard, former politician, minister of education, and lord mayor of Copenhagen (born 1941){{Cite web |title=ritt bjerregaard nekrolog - Google Search |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=ritt+bjerregaard+nekrolog |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.google.com}}
  • Susi Hyldgaard, jazz singer (born 1963)
  • 31 January {{ndash}} Henrik Nordbrandt, poet (born 1945){{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=Forfatter Henrik Nordbrandt er død 77 år gammel |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/forfatter-henrik-nordbrandt-er-doed-77-aar-gammel |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}
  • 3 February {{ndash}} Michael Juul Sørensen (da), radio host (born 1949){{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title=Radiovært og nationens vækkeur Michael Juul Sørensen er død - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2023-02-07-radiovaert-og-nationens-vaekkeur-michael-juul-sorensen-er-dod |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}
  • 6 February
  • Inge Krogh, politician (born 1920){{Cite web |last1=Nygaard |first1=Else Marie |last2=E-Mail |first2=Telefon Eller |date=2023-02-14 |title=Inge Krogh er død: Hun kæmpede mod børnepornografi, mens andre kaldte et forbud nyvictoriansk |url=https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/danmark/inge-krogh-er-doed-hun-kaempede-mod-boernepornografi-mens-andre-kaldte-et-forbud |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Kristeligt Dagblad |language=da}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-14 |title=Tidligere politiker Inge Krogh er død - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2023-02-14-tidligere-politiker-inge-krogh-er-dod |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}
  • Greta Andersen, swimmer (born 1927)
  • 18 February {{ndash}} Britt Bendixen, dance instructor and TV personality (born 1942)
  • 24 February {{ndash}} Lars-Viggo Jensen (de), racing driver (born 1945)
  • 28 February {{ndash}} Jens Kristian Hansen (da), former politician and minister for public works (born 1926)
  • 8 March – Josua Madsen, drummer in the band Artillery (born 1978){{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/longtime-artillery-drummer-josua-madsen-dies-after-being-hit-by-bus|title=Longtime Artillery Drummer Josua Madsen Dies After Being Hit By Bus|date=10 March 2023|website=Blabbermouth|access-date=12 March 2023}}
  • 11 March {{ndash}} Erik Rud Brandt, fashion designer and businessman (died 1943)

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