2004 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Margrethe II
• Prime minister - Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Events

January

February

March

April

May

• 14 May - Crown Prince Frederik marries Australian Mary Elizabeth Donaldson in Copenhagen Cathedral, in Copenhagen.

  June

July

August

September

October

November

December

• 26 December - Several hundreds of Danish people are among thousands of people killed by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, at least 2,000 Scandinavians still missing in Thailand.

  The arts

Music

• 10 June — Gala concert with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Tivoli Concert Hall, celebrating Henrik, the Prince Consort of Denmark's 70th birthday, with the premiere performance of Frederik Magle's symphonic poem Souffle le vent from the Cantabile suite.

  Sports

• 13-29 August — Denmark at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens: Two gold medals and six bronze medals

  Football

• 20 May — FC Copenhagen wins the 2003–04 Danish Cup by defeating Aalborg BK 1-0 in the final.
• 12 June - 4 July — Denmark participates at the UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal.
• * 22 June — Denmark qualifies for the quarter-finals by drawing with Sweden in the last group stage match.
• * 27 June — Denmark is defeated by Czech Republic in the quarter-final.

  Badminton

• Greve Strands BK wins Europe Cup.

  Handball

• 1 February — Denmark takes bronze at the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship by defeating Croatia 31-27 in the third place play-off.
• 29 August — Denmark wins gold in the Women's handball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics by defeating South Korea in the final.
• 15 December — Denmark wins silver at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship after being defeated 27-25 by Norway in the final.

  Other

• 16-24 April — With three gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 19th European Badminton Championships in Geneve, Switzerland.
• 13 June — Tom Kristensen wins the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of Audi Sport Japan Team Goh, his sixth win of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
• 25 July — Michael Rasmussen finishes 3rd in the Mountains classification in the 2004 Tour de France.
• 12 November — Mikkel Kessler becomes WBA championship ny defeating Manny Siaca in Copenhagen after taking on the match on a short notice after his stablemate, Mads Larsen, had been injured in training.

  Deaths

• 6 February - Jørgen Jersild, composer and music educator
• 5 May - Kate Mundt, actress
• 14 September - Ove Sprogøe, actor
• 13 December - Jørn Larsen, painter and sculptor