2003 in Denmark

Events from the year 2003 in Denmark.

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See also:	Other events of 2003 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II^[1]
• Prime minister – Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Events

• 12 October – The second phase of the Copenhagen Metro opens, extending it to Vanløse^[2]

The arts

Architecture

Film

• 23 March — This Charming Man by Martin Strange-Hansen wins an Oscar for Best Short Subject at the 75th Academy Awards.
• 23 May – Christoffer Boe's film Reconstruction wins the Caméra d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

Literature

Music

• 15 November — The first ever Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Television

• 24 November – DR series Nikolaj and Julie wins the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series at the 31st International Emmy Awards.

Sports

Badminton

• 28 July – 3 August – Denmark wins one gold medal and two bronze medals at the 2003 IBF World Championships.

Cycling

• 15 July — Jakob Piil wins the 10th stage of the 2003 Tour de France.

Golf

• 22 June — Søren Kjeldsen wins the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles.
• 20 July – Thomas Bjørn wins the 2003 Open Championship.
• 23 November — Thomas Bjørn wins Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in Japan.^[3]

Football

• 29 May – Brøndby IF wins the 2002–03 Danish Cup by defeating FC Midtjylland 3–0 in the final.
• 11 October — Denmark draws with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last round of in the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying, but still wins Group 2 and was thus ready for UEFA Euro 2004.

Other

• 15 March — Wilson Kipketer wins silver in Menøs 800 metres at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
• 11 April — Mikkel Kessler wins the WBC International title by defeating Craig Cummings by a knockout in the third round.
• 15 June — Tom Kristensen wins the 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of Team Bentley, his fifth win of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
• 24–28 September – Denmark wins a silver medal and a bronze medal at the 2003 World Taekwondo Championships.
• 4 October – Nicki Pedersen becomes Speedway World Champion by winning the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix series.

Births

• 4 February – Rasmus Højlund, footballer
• 13 April – Lucas Hey, footballer
• 29 April – Holger Rune, tennis player^{[citation needed]}
• 28 May – Valdemar Lund, footballer
• 12 June – Elias Jelert, footballer

Deaths

• 17 April – Mogens Andersen, artist (died 1916)
• 26 July – Hilde Levi, physicist (born 1909)
• 28 July – Henning Holck-Larsen, engineer and Larsen & Toubro co-founder (born 1907)

Full date unknown

• Wermund Bendtsen, photographer (born 1917)

See also

• 2003 in Danish television