The following is a list of events that occurred in the year 1993 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 ...

(until January 25), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

Events

Undated

The arts

Sports

Badminton

Lillerød BK Lillerød BK (Lillerød Badmintonklub) is a badminton club based in Lillerød in the northern part of the Greater Copenhagen area. The club was founded on 7 November 1940. It has won the Danish Badminton League four times and Europe League three ...

wins Europe Cup.

Cycling

* April 18 —

Rolf Sørensen Rolf Sørensen (born 20 April 1965) is a former Danish professional road bicycle racer. He is currently working as a cycling commentator and agent. Born in Helsinge in Denmark, Sørensen moved to Italy at the age of 17, where he has lived since ...

wins the Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic road cycling race. * May 1 —

wins the Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop. * July 3–25 —

1993 Tour de France The 1993 Tour de France was the 80th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 3 to 25 July. It consisted of 20 stages, over a distance of . The winner of the previous two years, Miguel Induráin, successfully defended his title. The poin ...

** July 8 – Jesper Skibby wins the 5th stage. ** July 10 — Bjarne Riis wins the 7th stage. ** July 25 — Bjarne Riis finishes in fifth place in the

. * October 6 —

wins the Milano–Torino road cycling race.

Football

* 20 May OB wins the

1992–93 Danish Cup The 1992–93 Danish Cup was the 39th season of the Danish Cup, the highest football competition in Denmark. The final was played on 20 May 1993. First round Second round Third round ...

by defeating AaB Fodbold 20 in the final.

Other

* February 12 —

Gert Bo Jacobsen Gert Bo Jacobsen (born 28 December 1961) is a Danish former professional boxer who competed between 1982 and 1995. He held the WBO welterweight title from February to October 1993. Professional career Jacobsen's greatest fights were against ...

becomes WBO welterweight champions in boxing. * December 5 —

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wins silver the

1993 World Women's Handball Championship The 1993 World Women's Handball Championship was the 11th World Championship in women's handball took place in Norway from 24 November to 5 December 1993 and was played between 16 nations. In the final it would be Germany would take home their ...

in Norway after being defeated 23–22 by

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

in the final.

Births

* 14 April –

Josephine Skriver Josephine Skriver-Karlsen (born 14 April 1993) is a Danish model, known for her work with Victoria's Secret. Early life Skriver was born and raised Copenhagen, Denmark. Her mother is an IT analyst and her father is a marine biologist. Her mothe ...

, model * 14 May –

Nicole Broch Larsen Nicole Broch Estrup () (born 14 May 1993) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET). Broch Estrup won her first LET event at the 2015 Helsingborg Open. Broch Estrup was the 2015 LET Player of the Year. She g ...

, golfer * 22 December –

Hedvig Rasmussen Hedvig Lærke Rasmussen (born 22 December 1993) is a Danish competitive rower. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of ...

, rower

Deaths

*16 January -

Robert Jacobsen Robert Julius Tommy Jacobsen (4 June 1912 – 26 January 1993) was a Danish sculptor and painter. The Danish Robert Award is named in his honor. Biography Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen. He was self-taught as a sculptor. During World War I, ...

, painter and sculptor (born

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...

) *30 May -

Henry Heerup Henry Heerup (4 November 1907 – 30 May 1993) was a Danish painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Heerup was an extremely versatile artist. His works of art included paintings, lithographs, stone sculptures, linoleum cuts and drawings as well as ob ...

, painter and sculptor (born

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...

) *15 October –

Dan Turèll Dan Turèll (March 19, 1946 – October 15, 1993), affectionately nicknamed "Onkel Danny" (''Uncle Danny''), was a popular Danish writer with notable influence on Danish literature. Influenced by the Beat Generation his work crossed a number of g ...

, writer (born

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

)

References

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