Events from the year 1980 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 Anker Henrik Jørgensen (13 July 1922 – 20 March 2016) was a Danish politician who served at various times as Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Denmark. Between 1972 and 1982 he led five cabinets as Prime Minister. Jørgensen was Presiden ...

Events

Sports

* July 19 – July 3 — Denmark at the 1980 Summer Olympics in

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: 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals.

Badminton

* 23 March

Lene Køppen Lene Køppen (born 5 May 1953) is a former badminton player from Denmark who won numerous Danish national and major international championships from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Noted for her speed and athleticism, she and Camilla Mar ...

wins gold in women's single at the 1980 All England Open Badminton Championships. * 27 May 1 June Denmark wins four bronze medals at the

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. * 17–20 April — With two gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 7th European Badminton Championships in

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, Netherlands. * Hvidovre BK wins silver at Europe Cup.

Cycling

Albert Fritz Albert Theo Fritz (born 1 July 1959) is a South African politician and advocate. He was the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Community Safety for two nonconconsecutive terms from 2010 to 2011 and again from 2019 until his dismissal from the ...

(FRG) 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

January–February

* 1 January – Karina Jacobsgaard, tennis player * 16 January –

Lars Bak Lars Ytting Bak (born 16 January 1980) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the Fakta, , , , and squads. From 2022, Bak will act as team manager for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Ba ...

, bicycle racer * 29 January –

Peter Løvenkrands Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands (born 29 January 1980) is a Danish professional football manager and former player. He played mainly as a striker or as a left winger, and was known for his pace. Løvenkrands began his career in his native Denma ...

, footballer * 1 February –

Ellen Trane Nørby Ellen Trane Nørby (born 1 February 1980 in Herning) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. From 28 November 2016 to 27 June 2019 she was Denmark's Minister of Health. Background Ellen Trane ...

, politician * 17 February –

Eva Dyrberg Eva Dyrberg (born 17 February 1980) is a Danish former tennis player. As a junior player, she won 1998 Wimbledon Championships with Jelena Kostanić and 1998 US Open with Kim Clijsters. In 1998, Dyrberg was also ranked World No. 1 in junior d ...

, former tennis player * 28 February –

Christian Poulsen Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen (born 28 February 1980) is a Danish former footballer. After starting his career with Holbæk, he played for a number of European clubs as a defensive midfielder, winning the Danish Superliga championship with F. ...

, football player

March–June

*21 March

Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen (born 21 March 1980) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier. She is ranked first in the all-time Cross-Country World Cup rankings with 114 individual victories. Bjørgen is also the most successful sprinter in Cross-Country W ...

, cross-country skier * 28 March

Rasmus Seebach Rasmus Seebach (; born 28 March 1980) is a Danish singer-songwriter and record producer who had his solo-debut with the Danish-language single "Engel" ( en, "Angel") in April 2009. Seebach has written and produced songs for Danish and internat ...

, singer * 31 March

Martin Albrechtsen Martin Albrechtsen (born 31 March 1980) is a Danish football player. He can play in any position across the back four and has played four games for the Danish national team. He is the older brother of Jacob Albrechtsen. Career Akademisk Bol ...

, footballer * 5 April Rasmus Quist Hansen, rower * 12 April

Peter Plaugborg Peter Plaugborg (born 12 April 1980) is a Danish actor. Filmography References External links * 1980 births Living people Danish male film actors {{Denmark-actor-stub ...

, actor * 5 May

Martin Retov Martin Retov (; born 5 May 1980) is a Danish football coach and former player. He works as the assistant coach of Brøndby IF. He has played more than 200 games for Brøndby IF. Retov began his career at Køge Boldklub, joining their youth te ...

, football coach and former player * 30 June Morten Skoubo, footballer

July–September

* 11 July –

Mathias Boe Mathias Boe (born 11 July 1980) is a badminton player from Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He joined the Den ...

, badminton player * 11 August – Jerry Lucena, Danish-Filipino footballer * 17 August –

Christian Keller Christian Keller (born August 3, 1972 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia). is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the sec ...

, footballer * 7 September –

Rikke Skov Rikke Erhardsen Skov (born 7 September 1980) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.Jakob Michelsen Jakob Saldern Stein Michelsen (born 30 September 1980) is a Danish football manager. He is currently the manager of Norwegian Eliteserien club HamKam. Jakob Michelsen was selected coach of the year in Denmark in 2015. He was the coach behind the ...

, football manager

October–December

* 8 October –

Kasper Bøgelund Kasper Bøgelund Nielsen (born 8 October 1980) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Bøgelund played 17 games for the Denmark national team, and he represented Denmark at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 Europe ...

, footballer * 23 October

Jesper Nøddesbo Jesper Brian Nøddesbo (born 23 October 1980) is a Danish-Norwegian former handball player. He is European Champion by winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship in Norway with the Danish national team. He received a bronze medal at ...

, handballer * 25 October – Ditte Jensen, freestyle swimmer * 28 October –

Agnes Obel Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel (born 28 October 1980) is a Danish singer, songwriter, and musician based in Berlin. Her debut album, '' Philharmonics'' (2010), was released by PIAS Recordings, and was certified gold in June 2011 by the Belgian En ...

, musician * 2 November – Thomas Bredahl, guitarist * 13 November –

Morten Messerschmidt Morten Messerschmidt (born 13 November 1980) is a Danish politician and current leader of the Danish People's Party. He was a elected Member of the Folketing at the 2019 Danish general election having previously served from 2005 to 2009. At the 2 ...

, politician

Deaths

* 18 April –

Poul Kjærholm Poul Kjærholm (1929 – 1980) was a Danish designer. Born in Østervrå, Denmark, Kjærholm began his career as a cabinetmaker's apprentice with Gronbech in 1948, attending the Danish School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen in 1952. I ...

, furniture designer (born

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

) * 3 September –

Dirch Passer Dirch Hartvig Passer (18 May 1926 – 3 September 1980) was a celebrated Danish actor. He was greatly renowned for his improvisational skills and, with a filmography comprising 90 movies, one of Denmark's most prolific actors. His life is depic ...

, actor (born

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...

) * 6 September Gustav Weinreich, woodcarver and furniture maker (born

1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

) * 13 December Svend Olsen, weightlifter (born

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...

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References

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