Events from the year 1998 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch - Margrethe II Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Events 14 June - The Great Belt Fixed Link opens to traffic, connecting eastern and western Denmark.
Culture
Architecture
Film 1 May – The first Dogme 95 film, Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration, is released. 20 May – Dogme #2—Lars von Trier's The Idiots—is released. May – The Celebration wins the Prix du Jury at the 51st Cannes Film Festival.
Literature
Music
Sports
Football 21 May Brøndby IF wins the 1997–98 Danish Cup by defeating F.C. Copenhagen 41 in the final. 10 June – 12 July – Denmark participates in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. 24 June – Denmark takes the second place in Group C of the initial group stage and is on to the knockout stage. 28 June Denmark defeats Nigeria 4–1 in the Round of 16. 3 July – Denmark is defeated 3–2 by Brazil in the quarterfinal.
Badminton Kastrup Magleby BK wins the Europe Cup.
Cycling 8 April – Lars Michaelsen finishes second in the Gent–Wevelgem road cycling race in Belgium. April – Bo Hamburger wins La Flèche Wallonne. 29 August – Rolf Sørensen wins the 1998 Ronde van Nederland. Silvio Martinello (ITA) and Marco Villa (ITA) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Handball 20 December – Denmark wins silver at the 1998 European Women's Handball Championship in the Netherlands after being defeated by Norway in the final.
Other 1 February – Thomas Bjørn wins Heineken Classic in Australia on the 1998 European Tour. 18–25 April – With five gold medals, two silver medals and six bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 16th European Badminton Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. 3 September – Erik Gundersen wins the 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship.
Births JanuaryMarch 23 January – Thomas Meilstrup, singer, actor and son of Gry Meilstrup. 24 March Emma Riis-Kofoed, ballet dancer 31 March – Oskar Buur, soccer player
AprilJune 2 May Anders Dreyer, footballer
JulySeptember 24 July – Hugo Helmig, musician (died 2022)
OctoberDecember 29 October – Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark, eldest son and second child of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece
Deaths
16 February Iørn Piø, archivist (born 1927) 23 May Ebbe Rode, actor (died 1910) 3 June Poul Bundgaard, actor and singer (born 1922) 17 August Raquel Rastenni, singer (born 1915) 5 September – Verner Panton, designer (born 1926)
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