1981 in Denmark

Events from the year 1981 in Denmark.

Incumbents Monarch – Margrethe II Prime minister – Anker Jørgensen

Events

8 December – The 1981 Danish parliamentary election is held.

Sports

Badminton Gentofte BK wins Europe Cup.

Cycling Albert Fritz (FRG) and Patrick Sercu (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births JanuaryMarch 9 February – Kristian Pless, tennis player 5 March Helle Frederiksen, triathlete 31 March Mattias Tesfaye, politician

AprilJune 30 May – Lars Møller Madsen, handball player 9 June – Kasper Søndergaard, handball player

JulySeptember 1 August – Hans Lindberg, handball player 1 September – Michael Maze, table tennis player 6 September – Søren Larsen, footballer

OctoberDecember 6 October – Thomas Troelsen, music producer 28 October – Elvira Lind, film director 24 November Mads Rasmussen, rower 4 December – Brian Vandborg, cyclist

Deaths JanuaryMarch 17 February – Ellen Gottschalch, actress (born 1894) 27 March – Preben Kaas (born 1930)

JulySeptember 4 July – Niels Erik Nørlund, mathematician (died 1885) 30 September – Flemming Weis, composer (born 1909)

OctoberDecember 21 November – Ejner Federspiel, actor (born 1896) 28 November – Arthur Jensen, actor (born 1897) 20 November Knud Ejler Løgstrup, philosopher (died 1905) 4 December Ole Sarvig, poet (born 1921)

See also 1981 in Danish television

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