Events from the year 1977 in Denmark.

Incumbents

* Monarch –

Margrethe II Margrethe II (; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is Queen of Denmark. Having reigned as Denmark's monarch for over 50 years, she is Europe's longest-serving current head of state and the world's only incumbent femal ...

* Prime minister – Anker Jørgensen

Events

*15 February – The

1977 Danish parliamentary election General elections were held in Denmark on 15 February 1977.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 65 of the 179 seats. Voter tu ...

is held.

Sports

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Susanne Nielsen Susanne Nielsen is a former Danish international cricketer who represented the Danish national team between 1993 and 1999. Her sister, Inger Nielsen, also played for Denmark. She holds the record for scoring the most number of ducks in Women's ...

wins a silver medal in Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the

1977 European Aquatics Championships The 1977 European Aquatics Championships were held at the swimming complex Rosenlundsbadet in the southern Swedish city of Jönköping, from 14 August to 21 August. Besides swimming, there were titles contested in diving, the women's event of syn ...

Badminton

* 26 March

Flemming Delfs Flemming Delfs (born September 7, 1951) is a former Danish badminton player who was world no. 1 in 1977. He won the All England Championship, the European and the World Championship in the 1970s. Career Delfs is especially noteworthy for winni ...

wins gold in men's single at the

1977 All England Open Badminton Championships The 1977 All England Badminton Championships, All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England from 23–26 March 1977. The event attracted sponsorship from John Player & Sons, John Player. Final resu ...

. * 38 May Denmark wins three gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the

1977 IBF World Championships The 1977 IBF World Championships were held in Malmö, Sweden in 1977. Medalists Medal table Events References External links Straits Times {{World badminton champs BWF World Championships IBF World Championships Badminton Badminton ...

Date unknown

* Ole Ritter (DEN) and

Patrick Sercu Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titl ...

(BEL) win the

Six Days of Copenhagen The Six Days of Copenhagen is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event was first held in 1934. The event is held at the Ballerup Super Arena Ballerup Super Arena (formerly Siemens Arena) is a multi-purpose i ...

six-day track cycling race.

Births

JanuaryMarch

* 14 March – Ida Corr, singer

AprilJune

* 2 April – Nicki Pedersen, speedway rider * 17 April – Frederik Magle, composer * 14 May

Brian Priske Brian Priske Pedersen (born 14 May 1977) is a Danish professional football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of Czech First League club Sparta Prague. Priske played as a defender during his playing career. He played 24 ma ...

, football coach and former footballer * 31 May –

Joachim Olsen Joachim Brøchner Olsen (born 31 May 1977) is a Danish former politician and former world class shot putter. He was elected to the Danish parliament at the 2011 election, representing the Liberal Alliance in the Greater Copenhagen constituenc ...

, shot putter and politician * 11 July –

Casper Crump Casper Frederik Crump (born 11 July 1977) is a Danish actor, best known for playing Enzo in ''Helium'' and Vandal Savage in the ''Arrowverse''. Since 2016, Crump has played the role of Vandal Savage in DC's ''Legends of Tomorrow ''DC's ...

, actor * 26 July –

Martin Laursen Martin Laursen (born 26 July 1977) is a Danish former professional footballer who played in the centre-back position. He played three seasons for Italian club A.C. Milan, with whom he won the 2003 UEFA Champions League and the 2004 Serie A champ ...

, football player

JulySeptember

* 12 August –

Jesper Grønkjær Jesper Grønkjær (; born 12 August 1977) is a Danish former professional footballer. A pacey winger, Grønkjær played primarily on the right or left wing, or as a second striker. He played a total 400 league games for a number of European cl ...

, football player

OctoberDecember

* 14 October – Tina Dico, singer-songwriter * 16 November

Vicki Berlin Vicki Berlin Tarp (born Vicki Jensen on 16 November 1977 in Helsingør) is a Danish actress, best known for her roles in '' Anja og Viktor – i medgang og modgang'' (2008) and ''Triangle of Sadness ''Triangle of Sadness'' (french: Sans ...

, actress * 19 November – Mette Frederiksen, politician * 14 December –

Kirsten Brosbøl Kirsten Brosbøl (born 14 December 1977 in Odder) is a Danish politician. She represented the Social Democrats in the Folketing from 2005 to 2019, and served as Minister for the Environment from 2014 to 2015. Political career From 2001 to 200 ...

, politician * 16 December –

René Redzepi René Redzepi (born 16 December 1977) is a Danish chef and co-owner of the three-Michelin star restaurant Noma in the Christianshavn neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. His restaurant was voted the best restaurant in the world by ''Restaurant' ...

, chef, co-founder of

NOMA Noma, NoMa, or NOMA may refer to: Places * NoMa, the area North of Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C., US ** NoMa–Gallaudet U station, on Washington Metro * Noma, Florida, US * NOMA, Manchester, a redevelopment in England * Noma Distr ...

Deaths

* 4 January –

Princess Margaretha of Sweden Princess Margaretha of Sweden (Margaretha Sofia Lovisa Ingeborg; 25 June 1899 – 4 January 1977) was a member of the Swedish Royal Family by birth and the Danish Royal Family by marriage. She was the elder sister of Crown Princess Märtha of No ...

(born

1899 in Sweden Events from the year 1899 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Erik Gustaf Boström Events * 4–7 September - Kooperativa Förbundet is founded * The Bus is introduced in Stockholm * Åhléns * Aurora (newspaper) ...

) * 1 May – Arne Sørensen, footballer (born

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

) * 4 June –

Svend Methling Svend Methling (1 October 1891 – 4 June 1977) was a Danish actor and film director. He was a director for Dansk Skolescene 1924-1929, for Folkescenen 1925 and for Komediehuset 1929-1930. He also worked as a director at the Det Ny Teate ...

, actor (born

1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...

) * 25 November

Jonas Bruun Jonas Bruun (3 July 1911 – 25 November 1977) was a Danish supreme court attorney. Bruun was made a partner in his father's law firm in 1940 and continued it alone under his own name from 1944. The law firm Jonas Bruun was based at Bredgade 38 in ...

, lawyer (born

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

)

References

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