Events from the year 1989 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch - Margrethe II Prime minister - Poul Schlüter
Events 26 August – Munkeruphus north of Copenhagen opens its doors to its first exhibition as an exhibition space. 8 September – Partnair Flight 394 crashes into the North Sea of the Danish coast, killing all 55 people on board. 1 October – Denmark becomes the first country in the world to legalise civil partnerships for same-sex couples. Full date unknown: Tools Design, a consumer products and furniture design studio is founded.
Culture
Film 28 January – Both Pelle the Conqueror and Babette's Feast art nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Golden Globe Awards and Pelle the Conqueror wins the award.
Sport
15 Mette Jacobsen wins two bronze medals in Women's 200 metre freestyle and Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 1989 European Aquatics Championships.
Cycling Danny Clark (AUS) and Urs Freuler (SUI) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race. Danny Clark (AUS) and Jens Veggerby (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births JanuaryMarch 9 January Rikke Møller Pedersenm swimmer
14 January – Lærke Møller, handball player 26 January – Kristoffer Hjort Storm, politician 26 March – Simon Kjær, football player
AprilJune 8 May Lars Eller, ice hockey player 31 May – Daniel Wass, footballer
JulySeptember 7 August – Søren Frederiksen, footballer 7 September Alban Lendorf, ballet dancer
OctoberDecember 2 October Frederik Andersen, ice hockey player 29 October Maria Sten, actress 14 December Casper Ulrich Mortensen, handballer 21 December – Thorbjørn Olesen, golfer
Deaths
JanuaryMarch 22 January Ellen Andersen, textile artist (born 1908) 3 February – Ebbe Langberg, actor (born 1933) 4 February Thorkild Hansen, author (born 1927)
AprilJune 5 April Hans Lunding, military officer and member of the resistance movement (born 1899) 29 April Else Schøtt, operatic soprano (born 1895) 17 May – Finn Juhl, architect and designer (born 1912) 26 June Thorkil Kristensen, politician (born 1899)
JulyAugust 2 July – Hilmar Baunsgaard, politician, former Danish prime minister (born 1920) 30 July – Lily Broberg, actress (born 1923)
OctoberDecember 27 October Kjeld Philip, politician (born 1912)
See also 1989 in Danish television
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