Denmark's Strongest Man is an annual Strongman contest held in various locations in Denmark, and features exclusively Danish strength athletes. The contest was first held in 1983 with Sven-Ole Thorsen winning the title. Flemming Rasmussen holds the record with 7 wins, while Henrik Henning and Mikkel Leicht share 6 wins each. René Minkwitz and Nikolai Hansen share 5 wins each. Emil Eriksen is the current champion.
Champions breakdown The competition has been held 40 times and has produced 14 champions throughout the years. It is one of the oldest strongman competitions in the world.
YearChampionRunner-up3rd place1983 Sven-Ole Thorsen 1984 Henrik Henning 1985–1986 colspan=4 align=center 1987 Henrik Henning 1988 Henrik Henning 1989 Henrik Henning 1990 colspan=4 align=center 1991 Henning Thorsen Henrik Ravn 1992 Henning Thorsen Henrik Ravn 1993 Henrik Henning Henning Thorsen Bo Mortensen1994 Henrik Henning Bo Mortensen Flemming Rasmussen1995 Flemming Rasmussen Bo Mortensen1996 Flemming Rasmussen 1997 Flemming Rasmussen Bo Mortensen René Minkwitz1998 Flemming Rasmussen René Minkwitz Torben Sørensen1999 Flemming Rasmussen 2000 Flemming Rasmussen 2000 René Minkwitz 2001 René Minkwitz 2002 Torben Andersen 2003 Flemming Rasmussen 2004 René Minkwitz Flemming Bruntse Torben Sørensen2005 René Minkwitz Torben Sørensen Flemming Jensen2006 René Minkwitz Gamle Flemming Nikolai Hansen2007 colspan=4 align=center 2008 Jasmin Hajdarevic Gregor Stenmar Nikolai Hansen2009 Nikolai Hansen 2010 Nicolai Hansen Asbjørn Ettrup Mikkel Leicht Kim Haagen2011 Nikolai Hansen Mikkel Leicht Asbjørn Ettrup 2012 Nikolai Hansen Mikkel Leicht Thomas Kær 2013 Nikolai Hansen Mikkel Leicht Mads Rathmann Erenskjold 2014 Mikkel Leicht Nikolai Hansen Mads Rathmann Erenskjold 2015 Mikkel Leicht 2016 Mikkel Leicht 2017 Mikkel Leicht 2018 Mikkel Leicht 2019 Mikkel Leicht 2021 Emil Jensen Erik Thomsen Mikkel Leicht2022 Anders Aslak Oliver Storgaard Magnus Berg2023 Anders Aslak Frederik Nordberg Mads Schmidt2024 Anders Aslak Frederik Nordberg Erik Thomsen2025 Anders Aslak Mark Møller Madsen Emil Eriksen2026 Emil Eriksen Mark Møller Madsen Anders Aslak
Repeat champions ChampionTimes & years Flemming Rasmussen 7 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003) Henrik Henning 6 (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994) Mikkel Leicht 6 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) René Minkwitz 5 (2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006) Nikolai Hansen 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) Anders Aslak4 (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) Henning Thorsen 2 (1991, 1992)
Regional Competitions Nordic Strongman Championships Nordic Strongman Championships consists of athletes from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. YearChampionRunner-Up3rd Place2005 Svend Karlsen Magnus Samuelsson Juha-Matti Räsänen2012 Johannes Årsjö Lars Rorbakken Mikkel Leicht2013 Johannes Årsjö Ole Martin Hansen Juha-Matti Järvi
In 2005, the competition was held under IFSA in Kristiansand, and in 2012 and 2013 in Harstad, Norway under Giants Live. From 2014 onwards, the competition was promoted to global level, re-titled as the World's Strongest Viking and was held consecutively for 8 years under Strongman Champions League.
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