Events from the year 1978 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Margrethe II Prime minister – Anker Jørgensen
Events 19 September – The 1978 electoral age referendum, leading to a lowering of the electoral age from 20 to 18 years.
Undated
The death penalty is abolished for all crimes.
Sports Badminton 13–15 April — With two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal, Denmark finishes as the second best nation at the 6th European Badminton Championships in Preston, England. Gentofte BK wins Europe Cup.
Cycling Donald Allan (AUS) and Danny Clark (AUS) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Other 2 September — Ole Olsen wins the 1978 Individual Speedway World Championship at Wembley Stadium in London.
Births
JanuaryMarch 9 January Christina Hembo, designer 20 January – Britt Raaby, freestyle swimmer 14 February – Rie Rasmussen, actress, film director, writer, model, and photographer 3 March – Nicolas Kiesa, racing driver 10 March – Kim Staal, Ice hockey player
AprilJune 3 April – Michael Gravgaard, football player 8 April Christian Tafdrup, actor and filmmaker 22 April Ida Auken, politician 26 April Peter Madsen, footballer 30 April Joachim Boldsen, handballer 1 May Jakob Lange, architect 13 May Jeanette Varberg. historian and curator
JulySeptember 5 July – Allan Simonsen, racing driver 12 July – Katrine Fruelund, handball player 22 July – Dennis Rommedahl, football player 24 July Ole Yde, fashion designer 18 September Puk Damsgård, journalist
OctoberDecember 1 November – Lise Rønne, journalist and television presenter 23 November – Joachim Fischer Nielsen, badminton player 27 December Jim Lyngvild, designer
Deaths 1 March – Arne Sørensen, politician (born 1906) 18 March Willy Hansen, cyclist (died 1906) 19 May – Carl Hansen, footballer (born 1898) 22 June – Jens Otto Krag, politician, former Danish prime minister (born 1914)
See also 1978 in Danish television
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