Denmark competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.
Hockey player Jesper Jensen Aabo and curler Denise Dupont were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, speed skater Viktor Hald Thorup and biathlete Anne de Besche were the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.
Viktor Hald Thorup won Denmark's first Winter Olympics medal since 1998, first Winter Olympics medal in an individual discipline, and only second ever Winter Olympics medal in the nation's history.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing112Biathlon123Bobsleigh011Curling055Ice hockey25025Skeleton112Speed skating101 Total291039
Medallists
The following Danish competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medallists' names are bolded.
MedalNameSportEventDate Speed skating Men's mass start
Alpine skiing
Denmark qualified one male and one female alpine skier through the basic quota.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankChristian BorgnæsMen's giant slalom1:17.10221:11.25152:28.3520Clara-Marie Holmer VorreWomen's slalom53.034958.69431:51.7242
Biathlon
Based on the IBU Qualifying Points list, Denmark qualified three athletes: Ukaleq Slettemark, Sondre Slettemark and Anne de Besche. Ukaleq and Sondre Slettemark compete for Greenland (a constituent country in the Kingdom of Denmark) in the Biathlon World Cup, but as they don't have a National Olympic Committee, Greenlandic athletes compete at the Olympics for Denmark.
AthleteEventTimeMissesRankSondre SlettemarkMen's individual59:44.53 (0+2+0+1)62Men's sprint25:59.52 (1+1)60Men's pursuit37:41.24 (1+0+3+0)54Anne de BescheWomen's individual48:11.84 (0+1+1+2)71Women's sprint22:07.61 (0+1)16Women's pursuit32:31.92 (0+2+0+0)20Women's mass start41:18.22 (0+0+1+1)29Ukaleq Astri SlettemarkWomen's individual46:30.41 (0+0+0+1)52Women's sprint24:59.03 (1+2)86
Bobsleigh
18 year old Maja Voigt has qualified in monobob. She is the second youngest Dane ever to qualify for the Winter Olympics.https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/ol/18-aarig-dansker-er-ol-klar/11065381
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMaja VoigtMonobob1:00.1081:00.16859.70859.89123:59.859
Curling
Summary TeamEventGroup stageSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMadeleine DupontMathilde HalseJasmin HoltermannDenise DupontMy LarsenWomen's tournamentL 4–10W 10–7L 5–6W 6–3W 7–2L 2–7L 3–10W 8–7L 4–67Did not advance
Women's tournament
Denmark qualified a women's team by finishing in the top seven based on the combined points at the 2024 and 2025 World Championships. Team Madeleine Dupont was selected as the Danish representatives in November 2025.
Round robin Denmark had a bye in draws 4, 8 and 12.
Draw 1 Thursday, 12 February, 9:05
Draw 2 Thursday, 12 February, 19:05
Draw 3 Friday, 13 February, 14:05
Draw 5 Saturday, 14 February, 19:05
Draw 6 Sunday, 15 February, 14:05
Draw 7 Monday, 16 February, 9:05
Draw 9 Tuesday, 17 February, 14:05
Draw 10 Wednesday, 18 February, 9:05
Draw 11 Wednesday, 18 February, 19:05
Ice hockey
Summary Key: OT – Overtime GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout TeamEventGroup stageQualificationplayoffQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDenmark men'sMen's tournamentL 3–1L 6–3W 4–23 QL 2–3 Did not advance9
Men's tournament
Denmark men's national ice hockey team qualified a team of 25 players by winning a final qualification tournament.
Roster
Group play
Qualification play-offs
Skeleton
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRasmus JohansenMen's56.821156.52756.521156.45103:46.3111Nanna JohansenWomen's58.271858.372058.972258.63213:54.2420Rasmus JohansenNanna JohansenMixed team1:02.151459.4310colspan=42:01.5812
Speed skating
Denmark qualified one male speed skater through performances at the 2025-26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup.
Distance AthleteEventFinalTimeRankViktor Hald ThorupMen's 10000m
Mass start AthleteEventSemifinalFinalPointsTimeRankPointsTimeRankViktor Hald ThorupMen's38:01.778 Q478:00.52
See also Denmark at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
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