Events from the year 1985 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 -

Poul Schlüter Poul Holmskov Schlüter (; 3 April 1929 – 27 May 2021) was a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993. He was the first member of the Conservative People's Party to become Prime Minister, as well as the first ...

Events

*In the 22 July Copenhagen bombings by Hezbollah, three bombs were set off in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

. Two exploded near the Great Synagogue and the third destroyed the offices of the American

Northwest Orient Airlines Northwest Airlines Corp. (NWA) was a major American airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines, Inc. by a merger. The merger, approved on October 29, 2008, made Delta the largest airline in the world until the American Airlines ...

. One person was killed and 26 injured in the attacks. The Lebanon-based

Islamic Jihad Organization The Islamic Jihad Organization – IJO ( ar, حركة الجهاد الإسلامي, Ḥarakat al-Jihād al-'Islāmiyy) or ''Organisation du Jihad Islamique'' (OJI) in French, but best known as "Islamic Jihad" (Arabic: ''Jihad al-Islami'') for ...

claimed responsibility for the attacks, and three Palestinians were later tried ( Abu Talb, Marten Imandi and another, of whom the latter two were convicted of the Copenhagen attacks) in a Swedish court for the terrorist attacks.

Undated

Sports

Badminton

Gentofte BK Gentofte Badminton Klub (Gentofte Badminton Klub), also known as GBK is a badminton club in Gentofte, Gentofte Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is based in Gentofte Sportsby. The club has won more than 100 titles. It experienced its most succ ...

wins Europe Cup.

Swimming

* 411 August Benny Nielsen wins a silver medal in Men's 200 metre butterfly at the

1985 European Aquatics Championships The 1985 European Aquatics Championships were held in "Cherveno zname" swim complex in Sofia, Bulgaria from 4 August until 11 August 1985. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming and water polo. The first ever ...

Births

* 6 January – Amalie Bruun, musician and actress * 19 April –

Niki Zimling Niki Dige Zimling (born 19 April 1985) is a Danish former professional footballer and current U19 manager of AGF. He was named 2006 Danish ''under-21 Talent of the Year'', and has played 24 games for the Danish national team. Career Brøndb ...

, footballer * 23 April –

Fie Udby Erichsen Fie Udby Erichsen (born 23 April 1985) is a Danish rower. She set the indoor rowing world record for female rowers in the under 12 years old category in 1998 with a time of 7:30.3. She won the silver medal in the single sculls A single scull ...

, rower * 7 May – Jakob Andkjær, butterfly swimmer

Deaths

* 31 October –

Poul Reichhardt Poul David Reichhardt (2 February 1913 – 31 October 1985) was a Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/1950s comedies. Later on, he also played more serious and varied roles; he has also starred in '' Huset på Christiansh ...

, actor (born 1913)

References

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