1986 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1986 in Denmark.
Incumbents
[edit | edit source]- Monarch - Margrethe II[1]
- Prime minister - Poul Schlüter
Sport
[edit | edit source]- 30 March – 5 April – With three gold medals, three silver medals and three bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 10th European Badminton Championships in Uppsala, Sweden.
Badminton
[edit | edit source]- Gentofte BK wins the Europe Cup.
- 16 March – Morten Frost wins gold in men's singles at the 1986 All England Open Badminton Championships.
Cycling
[edit | edit source]- April – Kim Andersen wins Paris–Camembert.
- August – Jørgen Marcussen wins Trofeo Matteotti.
- Danny Clark (AUS) and Tony Doyle (GBR) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
- Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 1986 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Equestrian sports
[edit | edit source]- Date unknown – Anne Grethe Jensen wins a gold medal at the World Dressage Championships in Cavan Monaghan, Canada.
Births
[edit | edit source]January–March
[edit | edit source]- 16 January – Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, badminton player
- 9 February – Stina Lykke Borg, footballer
- 4 March – Amanda Collin, actress
- 12 March – Kasper Irming Andersen, handball player
- 15 March – Jannik Hansen, ice hockey player
April–July
[edit | edit source]- 14 April – Michael Færk Christensen, cyclist
- 16 April – Peter Regin, ice hockey player
- 18 April – Denice Klarskov, pornographic film actress
- 20 April – Jonas Aaen Jørgensen, racing cyclist
- 3 May – Mads Christiansen, handballer
- 6 May – Marie Bjerre, politician
- 12 May – Christinna Pedersen, badminton player[2]
- 27 May – Lasse Schöne, footballer
- 11 June – Leon Jessen, footballer
- 20 July – Theresa Eslund, footballer
September–December
[edit | edit source]- 18 September – Tobias Mikkelsen, footballer
- 27 September – Olga Ravn, author
- 27 September – Natasha Thomas, singer and songwriter
- 15 October – Janni Arnth, footballer
- 5 November – Kasper Schmeichel, footballer
- 2 December – Ken Ilsø, footballer
- 18 December – Henrik Toft Hansen, handball player
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- 1 April (in Canada) – Erik Bruhn, ballet dancer, choreographer, company director, actor (born 1928)
- 19 April – Gudrun Stig Aagaard, textile artist (born 1895)
- 27 July – Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer, textile artist (born 1899)
- 29 September – Prince Georg of Denmark (born 1920)