The following events occurred in Denmark in the year 2017.
Incumbents Monarch – Margrethe II Prime Minister – Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Events 20 March – Denmark makes the last payment on a $1.5 billion loan and thus becomes free of national debt in foreign currencies for the first time since 1834. 21 November – scheduled date for the 2017 Danish local elections
Culture Architecture 21 November – The Mærsk Tower wins the QAF Award in the Higher Education & Research - Completed Buildings category at the World Architecture Festival.
Film 9 December – Claes Bang wins the award for Best Actor at the 30th European Film Awards.
Music 3 December – The Fairest of Roses by Frederik Magle is premiered in Saint Paul's Church in Copenhagen on the occasion of the church's 140-years jubilee and rededication of the church tower.
Sports Badminton 17 February – Denmark wins the 2017 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships by defeating Russia 3–0 in the final. 3–8 March – Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen wins gold in Men's Double at 2015 All England Super Series Premier. 28 March-2 April – Viktor Axelsen wins Men's Single at 2017 India Open. 25–30 April – With two gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 2017 European Badminton Championships. 27 August – Viktor Axelsen wins gold in men's single at the 2017 BWF World Championships. 1217 September Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen win gold in Men's Double at the 2017 Korea Open Super Series.
Cycling 31 January Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN) and Michael Mørkøv (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race. 11 June – Jakob Fuglsang wins the Critérium du Dauphiné. 2–6 August – 2017 European Road Championships takes place in Herning. 17–24 September – With two gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the third best nation at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Norway.
Equestrian sports 2127 August Denmark wins two gold medals, two silver medals and four bronze medals at the 2017 FEI European Championships.
Football 14 November – Denmark qualifies for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by defeating Ireland 5–1 in the second leg of the play-off round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification after playing 0–0 in the first match. 7 December – F.C. Copenhagen qualifies for the round of 16 in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League by defeating FC Sheriff Tiraspol in Group F.
Golf 7 May – Lucas Bjerregaard and Thorbjørn Olesen win GolfSixes. 24 September – Lucas Bjerregaard wins the Portugal Masters.
Swimming 13–17 December – The 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships rakes place in Royal Arena in Copenhagen.
Other 30 June - 7 July – Maja Alm wins a gold medal in Women's sprint and a silver medal in Women's long distance and Denmark wins a silver medal in Sprint relay at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships.
Deaths
20 January – Bruno Amoroso, economist (born 1936) 23 January – Erland Kolding Nielsen, Director General and CEO of The Danish Royal Library (born 1947) 26 January – Preben Dabelsteen, badminton player (born 1925) 7 February – Svend Asmussen, jazz musician (born 1916) 13 February – Aage Birch, competitive sailor and Olympic silver medalist (born 1926) 17 February – Erland Kops, badminton player (born 1937) 13 May – Vibeke Sperling, journalist (born 1945) 3 June – Niels Helveg Petersen, politician (born 1939) 4 December Thor Munkager, handballer (born 1951) Henning Jensen, footballer (born 1947)
See also 2017 in Danish television
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