Events from the year 1986 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch - Margrethe II Prime minister – Poul Schlüter Sport 30 March – 5 April – With three gold medals, three silver medals and three bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 10th European Badminton Championships in Uppsala, Sweden.
Badminton Gentofte BK wins the Europe Cup. 16 March Morten Frost wins gold in men's singles at the 1986 All England Open Badminton Championships.
Cycling April – Kim Andersen wins Paris–Camembert. August – Jørgen Marcussen wins Trofeo Matteotti. Danny Clark (AUS) and Tony Doyle (GBR) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race. Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 1986 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Equestrian sports Date unknown Anne Grethe Jensen wins a gold medal at the World Dressage Championships in Cavan Monaghan, Canada.
Births
January–March 16 January – Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, badminton player 9 February – Stina Lykke Borg, footballer 25 February Sisse Marie Welling, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen 4 March Amanda Collin, actress 12 March Kasper Irming Andersen, handball player 15 March Jannik Hansen, ice hockey player
April–July
14 April Michael Færk Christensen, cyclist 16 April Peter Regin, ice hockey player 18 April Denice Klarskov, pornographic film actress 20 April Jonas Aaen Jørgensen, racing cyclist
3 May – Mads Christiansen, handballer 6 May Marie Bjerre, politician 12 May – Christinna Pedersen, badminton player 27 May – Lasse Schöne, footballer 11 June – Leon Jessen, footballer 20 July Theresa Eslund, footballer
September–December 18 September Tobias Mikkelsen, footballer 27 September Olga Ravn, author 27 September Natasha Thomas, singer and songwriter 15 October Janni Arnth, footballer 5 November Kasper Schmeichel, footballer 2 December – Ken Ilsø, footballer 18 December Henrik Toft Hansen, handball player
Deaths
1 April (in Canada) – Erik Bruhn, ballet dancer, choreographer, company director, actor (born 1928) 19 April Gudrun Stig Aagaard, textile artist (born 1895) 27 July Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer, textile artist (born 1899) 29 September – Prince Georg of Denmark (born 1920) 13 October Peter Hvidt, architect and furniture designer (died 1916)
See also 1986 in Danish television
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