Events from the year 1988 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Margrethe II Prime minister – Poul Schlüter
Events 10 May The 1988 Danish general election takes place. 3 November – The old main post office in Købmagergade, Copenhagen, is robbed by what is later to become known as Blekinge Street Gang. One policeman is killed in the robbery.
Culture Architecture Film 23 May – Bille August's film Pelle the Conqueror wins the Palme d'Or at the 41st Cannes Film Festival.
Literature
Music
Classical music 27 November – Frederik Magle's Cantata for choir and chamber orchestra We Are Afraid (Vi er bange) is premiered in Grundtvig's Church, Copenhagen.
Sports 17 September – 2 October – Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul: 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.
Badminton Triton BK Aalborg wins silver at Europe Cup. 20 March Ib Frederiksen wins gold in men's singles at the 1988 All England Open Badminton Championships. 10–18 April – With five gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 11th European Badminton Championships in Kristiansand, Norway.
Cycling 21 July Johnny Weltz wins Stage 19 of the 1988 Tour de France. 21–25 August Denmark wins two bronze medals at the 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Roman Hermann (LIE) and Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) wins the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Football 10–25 June – Denmark participates in the UEFA Euro 1988 but does not make it beyond the initial group stage after finishing last in Group A.
Motorsports 1988 Danish speedway season
Births JanuaryMarch 2 January – Nadia Nadim, footballer 9 January – Michael Lumb, footballer 12 January – Mads Conrad-Petersen, badminton player 16 January – Nicklas Bendtner, footballer 7 February – Nicki Bille Nielsen, footballer 9 February – Lotte Friis, swimmer 17 February – Alex Vargas, singer 8 March Jacob Neestrup, football coach
JulySeptember 10 July Maja Alm, runner 19 July Mie Augustesen, handball player 25 July – Hedegaard, DJ and music producer 12 August MØ, singer 18 September – Lukas Forchhammer, singer, songwriter and actor 21 September – Jacob Barsøe, rower
OctoberDecember 18 October – Mads Glæsner, swimmer 23 October – Nicolaj Agger, footballer 19 December – Niklas Landin Jacobsen, handball player
Deaths 27 April Olaf Wieghorst, painter (born 1899) 18 July Elsa Gress, author (born 1919) 29 July Gertie Wandel, textile artist (born 1894) 5 November – C. F. Møller, architect (born 1898)
See also 1988 in Danish television
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