1992 in Denmark

1992 in Denmark
Events from the year 1992 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Margrethe II
Prime minister – Poul Schlüter
Events
21–22 June – A European Council was held in Bella Center, Copenhagen leading to the formulation of the Copenhagen Criteria.
The arts
Lars von Trier and Peter Aalbæk Jensen founds Zentropa.
May – Bille August's film The Best Intentions wins the Palme d'Or at the 45th Cannes Film Festival.
Sports
25 July – 9 August – Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona: 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal and 4 bronze medals.
Badminton
1721 March Thomas Lund and Pernille Dupont win gold in mixed double at the 1992 All England Open Badminton Championships.
12–18 April – With four gold medals, six silver medals and one bronze medal, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 13th European Badminton Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
Cycling
March – Rolf Sørensen wins the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race in Italy.
September – Rolf Sørensen wins the Paris–Brussels road cycling race.
Danny Clark (AUS) and Urs Freuler (SUI) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Football
30 May – Denmark national team are entered into the European Championships in Sweden after Yugoslavia, who beat them to qualification six months prior, are banned from the competition due to United Nations sanctions resulting from the nation's political problems.
10 –26 June – Denmark national team competes at UEFA Euro 1992.
11 June – Denmark's first match ends in a goalless draw against England in Malmö.
14 June – Sweden defeats the Danish team 1–0 in Solna.
17 June – Denmark beat France 2–1 in their final group game (with goals from Henrik Larsen and Lars Elstrup) in Malmö, and reach the semi-finals thanks to England's 2–1 defeat by Sweden.
22 June – Henrik Larsen scores twice as Denmark draw 2–2 with Holland in the Euro 92 semi-final in Gothenburg, and a victory in the penalty shoot-out takes them to the final.
26 June – Denmark becomes European football champions, winning the final 2–0 against Germany in Stockholm with goals from John Jensen and Kim Vilfort.
Other
4 September – Johnny Bredahl becomes super-featherweight boxing champions by defeating José Quirino in Copenhagen.
Births
JanuaryMarch
2 January – Cathrine Dufour, dressage rider
7 January – Mark Gundelach, football player
15 January Rasmus Falk, football player
25 January – Mikkel Cramer, football player
28 January – Simone Egeriis, singer
14 February – Christian Eriksen, football player
15 February – Nicolai Boilesen, football player
18 February – Michael Jepsen Jensen, speedway rider
23 February – Markus Kilsgaard, alpine skier
22 March – Oğuzhan Aynaoğlu, football player
26 March – Nina Agdal, model
AprilJune
14 April – Frederik Sørensen, football player
24 April – Nina Hollensen, rower
18 May Emma Klingenberg, orienteering competitor
JulySeptember
3 July – Karen Barbat, tennis player
4 July – Anis Basim Moujahid, pop singer and songwriter
Ø 6 August Christian Sørensen, footballer
23 August – Mads Dittmer Hvilsom, footballer
16 September – Jonas Knudsen, footballer
OctoberDecember
5 October – Kevin Magnussen, racing driver
9 October – Martin Hoberg Hedegaard, singer
1 November – Mikkel Agger, football player
10 November – Anne Dsane Andersen, rower
6 December – Jeppe Andersen, football player
18 December – Mikkel Mac, racing driver
15 November Pernille Harder, football player
Deaths
6 January – Bent Christensen, film director (born 1929)
20 June Acton Bjørn, architect and designer (born 1910)
15 September – Mogens Koch, architect and designer (born 1898)
18 September – Princess Margaret of Denmark (born 1895)
See also
1992 in Danish television
References
Denmark
Years of the 20th century in Denmark
1990s in Denmark