2024 in Denmark
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Events in the year 2024 in Denmark.
Incumbents[edit]
- Monarch: Margrethe II (until 14 January), Frederik X
- Prime Minister – Mette Frederiksen
- Government: Frederiksen II Cabinet
- Folketing: 2022–2026 session (elected 1 November 2022)
- Leaders of the constituent countries
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 10 January – Pernille Vermund announces that she will recommend that New Right be dissolved on the party's next general assembly after five years in parliament.
- 14 January – Queen Margrethe II signs paperwork at a Council of State meeting, formalizing her abdication after 52 years on the throne. She is succeeded by her son, Frederik X, who is proclaimed king by prime minister Mette Frederiksen on the balcony of Christiansborg Castle.
February[edit]
- 18 February – Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen announces that the country will donate all of its artillery shells to Ukraine.[1]
Scheduled[edit]
Art and entertainment[edit]
- List of Denmark films of 2024
- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Denmark
- List of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Sport[edit]
Badminton[edit]
- 14 January – Anders Antonsen wins gold in the men's single at 2024 Malaysia Open.
- 14–18 February – Denmark wins gold at the 2024 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Lodz, Poland.
Cycling[edit]
- 10–14 January – Denmark wins two gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals at the 2024 UEC European Track Championships.
- 4 February – Mads Pedersen wins the 2024 Étoile de Bessèges.
- 11 Fenruary – Mads Pedersen wins the 2024 Tour de la Provence.
- 25 February – Jonas Vingegaard wins the 2024 O Gran Camiño.
Swimming[edit]
- 15 February – Gelena Rosendahl Bach wins silver in Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.
Deaths[edit]
- 3 February – Tonny Landy, opera singer (born 1937)
- 16 February – Jan Sørensen, footballer (born 1955)
- 24 February – Ulrik le Fevre, footballer (born 1946)
References[edit]
- ^ Barber, Harriet (18 February 2024). "Denmark gives all of its artillery shells to Ukraine". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Valg til Europa-Parlamentet" [Elections to the European Parliament]. Ministry of the Interior and Health (in Danish). 19 April 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
