1994 in Denmark

Events from the year 1994 in Denmark.

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See also:	Other events of 1994 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II^[1]
• Prime minister – Poul Nyrup Rasmussen^[2]

Events

• 1 January – Capital punishment in Denmark is officially outlawed in all cases.
• 5 April – 3 die and 2 are injured in the Aarhus University shooting.
• 29 April – Danish forces within the United Nations Protection Force take part in Operation Bøllebank in response to the Bosnian War.
• 27 May – The first European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns is held Aalborg, resulting in the Aalborg Charter.
• 9 June – The 1994 European Parliament election in Denmark are held, electing 16 members to the European Parliament.
• 7 July – The 1994 Faroese general election is held.
• 21 September – The 1994 Danish general election is held.
• 27 September – Following the general election, the Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet is formed.
• 25 October – Danish peacekeeping forces conduct Operation Amanda, a United Nations Protection Force mission within the Bosnian War.

Arts

• The 11th Robert Awards are held. Bille August'sThe House of the Spirits wins Best Danish Film and Best Screenplay.

Sports

Badminton

• Lillerød BK wins Europe Cup.

Cycling

• 2 July – 1994 Tour de France
  • 10 July – Bo Hamburger wins the 8th stage
  • 16 July – Bjarne Riis wins the 13th stage
• 19 August – Jesper Skibby wins the 1994 Ronde van Nederland.
• 21–28 August Alex Pedersen wins gold in the Men's amateur road race at the 1994 UCI Road World Championships.
• September – Rolf Sørensen wins the Paris–Brussels road cycling race.
• Kurt Betschart (SUI) and Bruno Risi (SUI) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Football

• 12 May – Brøndby IF wins the 1993–94 Danish Cup by defeating Næstved BK 3–1 after penalties in the final.

Other

• 10–17 April – With two gold medals, three silver medals and four bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the second best nation at the 14th European Badminton Championships in Den Bosch, Netherlands.
• September 1 – Erik Gundersen wins the 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship.
• 25 September – Denmark wins gold at the 1994 European Women's Handball Championship in Germany by defeating host country 27–23 in the final.

Births

January–March

• 31 January – Kenneth Zohore, footballer
• 10 February – Simone Christensen, BMX rider^[3]

April–June

• 20 April – Line Kjærsfeldt, badminton player^[4]
• 14 May – Pernille Blume, swimmer^[5]
• 9 June – Viktor Fischer, footballer

July–September

• 15 August – Lasse Vigen Christensen, footballer
• 12 September – Amalie Thomsen, canoeist^[6]

October–December

• 23 October – Nanna Koerstz Madsen, golfer^[7]
• 30 November – Ida Villumsen, canoeist^[8]
• 16 December – Philip Zinckernagel, footballer

Deaths

• 13 April – Jørgen Buckhøj, actor (born 1935)
• 28 June – Ulrik Neumann, actor (born 1918)
• 25 September – Paul Høm, artist (born 1905)
• 7 October – Niels Kaj Jerne, immunologist (born 1911)

See also

• 1994 in Danish television