# 1997 in Denmark

Events from the year 1997 in Denmark.

## Incumbents

* Monarch - Margrethe II
* Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

## Events

* 13 July–23 July – The 1997 Summer Deaflympics are held in Copenhagen.

## Sports
### Badminton

* 24 May – 1 June – Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals at the 1997 IBF World Championships.
* Hvidovre BK wins the Europe Cup.

### Cycling

* 6 April – Rolf Sørensen wins the Tour of Flanders classic road cycling race.
* 26 April – Bjarne Riis wins the 1997 Amstel Gold Race.
* 27 July – Bjarne Riis finishes as number 7 in the 1997 Tour de France.
* October – Rolf Sørensen finishes second in the Züri-Metzgete road cycling race.
* Jimmi Madsen (DEN) and Jens Veggerby (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

### Football

* 7 May – F.C. Copenhagen wins the 1996–97 Danish Cup by defeating Ikast FC 2–0 in the final.

### Handball

* 14 December — Denmark wins gold at the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany by defeating Norway 33–20 in the final.

### Swimming

* 18–24 – 1997 European Aquatics Championships
** 19 August – Denmark wins a bronze medal in Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.
** 22 August Mette Jacobsen wins a gold medal in Women's 100 metre butterfly
** 24 August Mette Jacobsen wins a bronze medal in Women's 200 metre butterfly.

### Other

* 8 March — Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Paris, France.
* May — Mads Larsen becomes IBO super middleweight Champion after a fourth-round knockout win over American Shannon Landberg.
* 15 June — Tom Kristensen wins Le Mans for the first time as part of the Joest Racing team.
* August — Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.
* 24 August — Wilson Kipketer sets his third world record in the men's 800 metres that year with the time 1:41.11.
* 6 September
** Lars Michaelsen wins the first stage of the 1997 Vuelta a España and wears the leader's jersey for three days.
** Hans Nielsen wins the 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.
* 12 October — Bo Hamburger wins silver in Men's road race at the 1997 UCI Road World Championships.

## Births
### January–March

* 10 March – Emil Nielsen, handballer

### April–June

* 27 April – Anders Antonsen, badminton player
* 20 May – Joakim Mæhle, footballer
* 28 May – Jacob Rasmussen, footballer

### July–September

* 11 August – Saba, singer and musical theatre actress
* 19 August – Mia Blichfeldt, badminton player

### October–December

* 6 October – Kasper Dolberg, professional footballer
* 28 October – Justin Shaibu, professional footballer
* 5 December – Clara Rugaard, actress
* 9 December – Alexander Bah, professional footballer

## Deaths
### January–March

* 23 January – Hardy Rafn, actor (born 1930)
* 3 March – Finn Høffding, composer (born 1899)
* 10 March – Johannes Theodor Suhr, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1896)
* 15 March – Svend Wiig Hansen, sculptor and painter (born 1927)

### July–September

* 5 August – Poul Møller, politician (born 1919)

### October–December

* 5 November – Niels Macholm, painter and graphic artist (born 1915)
* 17 December – Marie Gudme Leth (born 1895)