Events in the year 2018 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Margrethe II Prime Minister – Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Events May May 31 – It was announced that Denmark would be banning full-face veils.
The Arts
Film 19 November – Lars Mikkelsen wins an International Emmy Award for Best Actor at the 46th International Emmy Awards for his role in Herrens veje.
Music
Sport Badminton 16–21 January – Viktor Axelsen wins gold in Men's Single and Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen win gold in Women's Double at 2018 Malaysia Masters. 30 January-4 February – Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen win Men's Double at 2018 India Open. 14–18 March – Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen wins gold in Women's Doubles at 2018 All England Open. 24–29 April – With two gold medals, two, silver medals and four bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 2018 European Badminton Championships. 1521 October 2018 Denmark Open takes place in Odense. 2 September Rasmus Gemke wins gold in Men's Single and Niclas Nøhr and Sara Thysesen win gold in Mixed Double at the 2018 Spain Masters.
Canoe and kayal 810 June Denmark wins a bronze medal at the 2018 Canoe Sprint European Championships. 58 July Denmark wins a silver medal and a bronze medal at the 2018 Canoe Marathon European Championships. 2226 August Denmark wins two silver medals at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. 69 September Denmark wins two gold medals at the 2018 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships.
Cycling 6 February Kenny De Ketele (BEL) and Michael Mørkøv (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race. 24 February – Christina Siggaard wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. 27 February – 4 March – Denmark wins two silver medals and one bronze medal at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships 1 April – Mads Pedersen finishes second in the Tour of Flanders. 15 April – Michael Valgren wins the Amstel Gold Race. 4–20 May – 2018 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark. 12 June Christopher Juul-Jensen wins Stage 4 of the 2018 Tour de Suisse. 14 June Søren Kragh Andersen wins Stage 6 of the 2018 Tour de Suisse. 22 July – Magnus Cort wins the 15th stage of the Tour de France. 7 October – Søren Kragh Andersen wins 2018 Paris–Tours.
Equestrian sports 11 September Denmark wins two gold medals and one bronze medal at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Germany.
Golf 3 June Thorbjørn Olesen wins Italian Open on the 2018 European Tour. 8 September – Denmark wins the Eisenhower Trophy for the first time. 30 September – Thorbjørn Olesen wins the 2018 Ryder Cup as part of the European team. 7 October – Lucas Bjerregaard wins Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in the 2018 European Tour.
Sailing 3012 August The 2018 Sailing World Championships are held in Aarhus. Anne-Marie Rindom wins a bronze medal in Laser Radial.
Swimming 3–12 August – Denmark wins three silver medals and one bronze medal at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships.
Tennis 27 January – Caroline Wozniacki wins Australian Open. 1–7 October – Caroline Wozniacki wins China Open.
Other 18 April – In basketball, Bakken Bears loses a 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup semifinal to S.S. Felice Scandone. 14 July – Helle Frederiksen wins a gold medal in the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships. 4–11 August – With one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal, Denmark finishes as the fourth best nation at the 2018 World Orienteering Championships.
Deaths
JanuaryMarch 14 January – Erling Mandelmann, photographer (born 1935) 21 January – Jens Okking, actor (born 1939) 2 February – Ole Thestrup, actor (born 1948) 13 February – Prince Henrik, Prince Consort (born 1934) 19 February – Nini Theilade, ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1915)
AprilJune 16 May Nils Foss, engineer, company founder (born 1928) 5 April – Grethe Krogh, organist and professor (born 1928) 9 May – Per Kirkeby, artist (born 1938) 25 May – Merete Ries, publisher (born 1938) 28 May – Jens Christian Skou, biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) 19 June – Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, member of the extended Danish royal family (born 1935)
JulySeptember 16 August – Benny Andersen, writer and composer (born 1929) 30 September – Kim Larsen, musician (born 1945)
OctoberDecember 14 November – Morten Grunwald, actor (born 1934) 12 December Troels Wörsel, painter (born 1950) 23 December – Troels Kløvedal, author and sailor (born 1943)
See also 2018 in the European Union 2018 in Europe References