# 2018 in Denmark

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.
* 15–21 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

* 8–10 June – Denmark wins a bronze medal at the 2018 Canoe Sprint European Championships.
* 5–8 July – Denmark wins a silver medal and a bronze medal at the 2018 Canoe Marathon European Championships.
* 22–26 August – Denmark wins two silver medals at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
* 6–9 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

* 30–12 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
### January–March

* 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)

### April–June

* 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)

### July–September

* 16 August – Benny Andersen, writer and composer (born 1929)
* 30 September – Kim Larsen, musician (born 1945)

### October–December

* 14 November – Morten Grunwald, actor (born 1934)
* 12 December – Troels Wörsel, painter (born 1950)
* 23 December – Troels Kløvedal, author and sailor (born 1943)