# 2017 in Denmark

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Events in the year 2017 in Denmark.

## 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.
* 12–17 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

* 21–27 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 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).
* 13 February – Aage Birch, competitive sailor and Olympic silver medalist (born 1926).
* 7 February – Svend Asmussen, jazz musician (born 1916)
* 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)