2017 in Denmark
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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.[1]
- 21 November – scheduled date for the Danish local elections, 2017
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.
Sports
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.
Badminton
- 27 August – Viktor Axelsen wins gold in Men's Single at 2017 BWF World Championships.
Cycling
- 2–6 August – 2017 European Road Championships takes place in Herning.
Swimming
- 13–17 December – The 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships rakes place in Royal Arena in Copenhagen.
Deaths
- 20 January – Bruno Amoroso, economist (born 1936).[2]
- 23 January – Erland Kolding Nielsen, Director General and CEO of The Danish Royal Library (born 1947).[3]
- 26 January – Preben Dabelsteen, badminton player (born 1925).[4]
- 13 February – Aage Birch, competitive sailor and Olympic silver medalist (born 1926).[5]
- 7 February – Svend Asmussen, jazz musician (born 1916)
- 17 February – Erland Kops, badminton player (born 1937)
- 3 June – Niels Helveg Petersen, politician (born 1939)
- 4 December
- Thor Munkager , handballer (born 1951)
- Henning Jensen, footballer (born 1947)
See also
References
- ↑ "Endelig: For første gang siden 1834 er Danmark uden gæld i udenlandsk valutalanguage=Danish". Berlingske. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ↑ "Addio all'economista Amoroso, radici abruzzesi allievo e collaboratore di caffe'". abruzzoweb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ Stockmann, Camilla. "Nekrolog: Et liv i bogens tjeneste er slut for Erland Kolding". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ "Preben Dabelsteen, two-time All England champion, dies at 91". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ Pedersen, Flemming Ø. (17 February 2017). "Dødsfald - Drage-legende og OL-sølvvinder Aage Birch". sejlsport.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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