2026 in Denmark
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Events in the year 2026 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 6 January – Greenland crisis: Speaking about the proposed United States acquisition of Greenland, the Trump administration refuses to rule out the option of military action to take control of Greenland.[1]
- 17 January – Greenland crisis: In the Hands off Greenland protests, thousands of demonstrators attend rallies in Copenhagen, Odense, Aalborg, and Aarhus, Denmark, and Nuuk, Greenland, to protest the proposed takeover by U.S. president Donald Trump. The Nuuk protest is the largest in Greenland's history.[2]
- 21 January – A disconnected undersea cable due to a technical issue causes a blackout that cuts electricity to Bornholm.[3]
February
- 1 February – 2026 European Men's Handball Championship: The national handball team defeats Germany 40–30 to win the European Men's Handball Championship in Herning.[4]
- 3 February – The Copenhagen City Court convicts two Swedish nationals for carrying out a grenade attack near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen in 2024 and sentences them to up to 14 years' imprisonment.[5]
- 18 February – King Frederik X arrives in Nuuk as part of a three-day visit to Greenland.[6]
March
- 1 March – Danish shipping firm Maersk says that it is suspending all vessel transits through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait until further notice due to the ongoing conflict in the Persian Gulf.[7]
- 2 March – Denmark and France make an agreement on strategic nuclear deterrence. However, French nuclear weapons are not to be located on Danish territory.[8]
- 24 March – The 2026 Danish general election is held.[9]
April
- 2 April – The Viking Ship Museum (Roskilde) announces the discovery of the wreckage of the warship Dannebroge, which was sunk by the British Navy during the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.[10]
- 21 April – Two passenger trains collide head-on between Hillerød and Kagerup, injuring 18 people.[11]
June
- 27 June — 2026 European heatwaves: The highest recorded temperature in Denmark is taken in Ødum, measuring 37 °C (99 °F).[12]
Sports
Badminton
- 24 April – 3 May – The 2026 Thomas & Uber Cup is held in Horsens, Denmark.
Cycling
- 1 February – Tobias Lund Andresen wins 2026 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.
- 15 March – Jonas Vingegaard wins 2026 Paris–Nice
- 29 March – Jonas Vingegaard wins the 2026 Volta a Catalunya.
Handball
- 21 February – Denmark wins the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship.
- 13 March – Mathias Gidsel is announced as the winner of the IHF Male Player of the Year for the third time.[13]
Deaths
- 18 February – Sepp Piontek, football coach (born 1940 in Germany)[14]
- 14 March – Birte Weiss, minister of the interior (1993–1997) (born 1941)[15]
- 25 April – Jesper Thilo, jazz saxophonist (born 1941)[16]
- 28 April –
- Ittai Gradel, academic and antiques dealer (born 1965 in Israel)[17]
- Helge Mortensen, politician, minister of transport (1993–1994), member of the Folketing (1984–2005) (born 1941).[18]
- 11 June – Niels Ersbøll, politician and diplomat, secretary-general of the Council of the European Union (1980–1994) (born 1926).[19]
- 26 June – Kurt Ard, illustrator, painter and graphic artist (born 1925).[20]
- 1 July – Hans Aarsleff, linguist and academic (born 1925).[21] (death announced on this date)
References
- ↑ "US says military use 'always an option' for acquiring Greenland". RTE. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ↑ "Protests in Greenland and Denmark against Trump plans". BBC. 17 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ↑ "Power cut caused by technical fault affects the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm". AP News. 21 January 2026. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ Ford, Matt (1 February 2026). "Handball: Germany loses to Denmark in Euro final". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ↑ "Danish court convicts two Swedes of terrorism for grenade attack near Israeli embassy". AP News. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- ↑ "Denmark's King Frederik in Greenland for symbolic show of support". France 24. 18 February 2026. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- ↑ "Rerouting of ME11 and MECL Service around The Cape of Good Hope". Maersk. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "Denmark to cooperate with France on nuclear deterrence".
- ↑ "Danish PM calls March 24 election amid US, Russia tensions". France 24. 26 February 2026. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ↑ Brooks, James. "Danish warship sunk by Nelson's British fleet discovered after 225 years". AP News. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
- ↑ Ireland, Olivia. "Two trains collide head-on in Denmark, leaving five critically hurt". BBC. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
- ↑ "Heatwave breaks records in Germany, Denmark and Czech Republic". BBC. 28 June 2026.
- ↑ "Gidsel and Reistad at the treble, while Costa and Leuchter cruise to 2025 IHF Player of the Year awards" (in Danish). IHF. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ↑ Petersen, Jacob Qvirin (19 February 2026). "Sepp Piontek er død" [Sepp Piontek is dead]. TV 2 Sport (in Danish). Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- ↑ "Tidligere minister Birte Weiss er død". Politiken.
- ↑ "Den blændende og brændende tenor er her ikke mere". Politiken. 26 April 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ Khomami, Nadia (28 April 2026). "Antiquities dealer who exposed thefts at British Museum dies aged 61". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ AfRitzau (28 April 2026). "Tidligere trafikminister Helge Mortensen er død - 84 år". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ Vestergaard, Mats (12 June 2026). "Danmarks første generalsekretær i EU's ministerråd er død". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2026.
- ↑ "Kurt Ard er død – forsidernes konge blev 100 år". Familie Journal (in Danish). 26 June 2026. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
- ↑ "Hans C. Aarsleff 1925–2026". Princeton University. Retrieved 5 July 2026.