Events from the year 1997 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch - Margrethe II Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Events 13 July–23 July – The 1997 Summer Deaflympics are held in Copenhagen.
The arts
Sports Badminton 24 May 1 June Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals at the 1997 IBF World Championships. Hvidovre BK wins the Europe Cup.
Cycling 6 April – Rolf Sørensen wins the Tour of Flanders classic road cycling race. 26 April – Bjarne Riis wins the 1997 Amstel Gold Race. 27 July – Bjarne Riis finishes as number 7 in the 1997 Tour de France. October – Rolf Sørensen finishes second in the Züri-Metzgete road cycling race. Jimmi Madsen (DEN) and Jens Veggerby (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Football 7 May F.C. Copenhagen wins the 1996–97 Danish Cup by defeating Ikast FC 20 in the final.
Handball 14 December — Denmark wins gold at the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany by defeating Norway 33–20 in the final.
Swimming 1824 1997 European Aquatics Championships 19 August Denmark wins a bronze medal in Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. 22 August Mette Jacobsen wins a gold medal in Women's 100 metre butterfly 24 August Mette Jacobsen wins a bronze medal in Women's 200 metre butterfly.
Other 8 March — Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Paris, France. May — Mads Larsen becomes IBO super middleweight Champion after a fourth-round knockout win over American Shannon Landberg. 15 June — Tom Kristensen wins Le Mans for the first time as part of the Joest Racing team. August — Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. 24 August — Wilson Kipketer sets his third world record in the men's 800 metres that year with the time 1:41.11. 6 September Lars Michaelsen wins the first stage of the 1997 Vuelta a España and wears the leader's jersey for three days. Hans Nielsen wins the 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. 12 October — Bo Hamburger wins silver in Men's road race at the 1997 UCI Road World Championships.
Births JanuaryMarch 10 March Emil Nielsen, handballer
AprilJune 27 April – Anders Antonsen, badminton player 20 May Joakim Mæhle, footballer 28 May Jacob Rasmussen, footballer
JulySeptember 11 August – Saba, singer and musical theatre actress 19 August – Mia Blichfeldt, badminton player
OctoberDecember 6 October – Kasper Dolberg, professional footballer 28 October – Justin Shaibu, professional footballer 5 December Clara Rugaard, actress 9 December – Alexander Bah, professional footballer
Deaths JanuaryMarch 23 January – Hardy Rafn, actor (born 1930) 3 March – Finn Høffding, composer (born 1899) 10 March – Johannes Theodor Suhr, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1896) 15 March Svend Wiig Hansen, sculptor and painter (born 1927)
AprilJune 15 June Frode Jakobsen, politician (norn 1906)
JulySeptember 5 August Poul Møller, politician (born 1919)
OctoberDecember 5 November – Niels Macholm, painter and graphic artist (born 1915) 17 December – Marie Gudme Leth (born 1895)
See also 1997 in Danish television
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