Events from the year 1991 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Margrethe II Prime minister – Poul Schlüter Sports Badminton 28 May The 1991 IBF World Championships takes place in Copenhagen. Denmark wins one silver medal and two bronze medals.
Cycling 23 March – Rolf Sørensen comes in second in the Milan–San Remo road cycling race in Italy. 7 April – Rolf Sørensen comes in 3rd in the Tour of Flanders. April 21 – Rolf Sørensen comes in 3rd in the Liège–Bastogne–Liège road cycling race. September – Brian Holm wins the Paris–Brussels road cycling race. Danny Clark (AUS) and Jens Veggerby (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Swimming 18–25 August Denmark wins four gold medals and two bronze medals at the 1991 European Aquatics Championships.
Other 31 August – Jan O. Pedersen wins the 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship. 28 October 3 November Denmark wins two gold medals and one silver medal at the 1991 World Taekwondo Championships.
Births JanuaryMarch 9 January – Søren Hess-Olesen, tennis player 15 January – Nicolai Jørgensen, footballer
AprilJune 3 April – TopGunn, rapper 22 May – Mike Hawkins, Musical artist 5 June – Martin Braithwaite, footballer 7 June – Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen, politician 20 June Rasmus Lauge, handballer
JulySeptember 9 July – Bashkim Kadrii, footballer 3 September – Thomas Delaney, footballer 29 September – Martin Jensen, DJ and producer
OctoberDecember 4 October Nicolai Kielstrup, singer 16 October Jacob Mark, politician Erik Sviatchenko, footballer 17 October Alex Vanopslagh, politician
Deaths 12 March – William Heinesen, poet, writer, composer and painter from the Faroe Islands (born 1900) 8 August – Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, medieval weapons expert (born 1910) 16 October – Ole Beich, musician 4 December Ole Sarvig, poet (born 1921)
See also 1991 in Danish television
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