2005 in Denmark
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Events from the year 2005 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Margrethe II[1]
- Prime minister - Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Events
January
- 1 January - New Year's celebrations all over Denmark fall silent for two minutes as mark of respect for Scandinavian memorial service for those affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
- 8 January - Denmark is hit by the storm called Erwin, the most powerful storm since the 1999 storm called Anatol. Some areas are flooded as the wind causes very high seawater levels, but overall the damage is limited.
- 15 January - The new Copenhagen Opera House is inaugurated.[2]
- 18 January - Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls for parliamentary elections, scheduled for 8 February.
February
- 8 February - Socialist People's Party, and Mimi Jakobsen steps down as leader of the Centre Democrats. The Centre Democrats and the Christian Democrats fail to get above the 2-percent limit, the Centre Democratsfor the second time in a row.
- 18 February - Prime Minister cabinet.
March
- 3 March - At 19.17 the 3500-ton freighter, MV Karen Danielsen, crashes into the Western bridge of the Great Belt Bridge, 800m from Funen. All traffic across the bridge is closed, effectively splitting Denmark in two.
- 4 March
- - The Great Belt Bridge is reopened shortly after midnight after the freighter MV Karen Danielsen was pulled free, and inspectors found no structural damage to the bridge.
- - The coldest day so far in Denmark this year. -20.2 degrees Celsius measured at Tune Airport near Roskilde. This is also the coldest day in the month of March since 1987. Source DMI.
April
- 12 April - The 2005 Danish parliamentary election. Helle Thorning-Schmidt is elected ahead of Frank Jensenwith 24,261 votes (53%) against 21,348 votes (47%).
- 28 April - Socialist People's Party.
June
- 8 June - An arson attack destroys Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration Rikke Hvilshøj's car and part of her house.
July
- 7 July - Security in Denmark is stepped up after the occupation of Iraq, to which both the United Kingdom and Denmark contributed.
September
- September 30 - Jyllands-Posten, a Danish newspaper, publishes 12 editorial cartoons which depict Muhammad, which would later cause controversy and unrest.
October
- 15 October - Danish constitutionsays that any younger boys would be above this girl in the line of succession, while the present-day consensus in Denmark is that the girl should become Queen. There had been a good deal of speculation that this birth of a baby girl would be an opportunity to change the constitution with regard to both the line of succession and a number of other areas like human rights; but as the child was a boy this is no longer relevant.
- 17 October - Egyptian newspaper El Fagr publishes six of the cartoons during Ramadan along with an article strongly denouncing them. The publication of the images does not provoke any known protests from either Egyptian religious authorities nor the Egyptian government.[3][4]
- October 27 - The police arrests 4 persons suspected to be part of an Islamic extremist terrorist cell planning suicide attacks. The arrests are reported to be connected to other arrests made in Bosnia; weapons and explosives have been found in Sarajevo [permanent dead link]. The following day two more Danes were arrested in Denmark [permanent dead link].
- 27 October - A number of Muslim organizations file a complaint with the Danish police claiming that Jyllands-Posten had committed an offence under section 140 and 266b of the Danish Criminal Code.[5]
- October - Taynikma, first volume of a Danish book series is published.[6]
November
- November 15 - Elections are held at the municipality and regional levels.
- November 16 - First snow of winter, after an unusually warm autumn.
The arts
Architecture
- 20 May –
- 17 June — 3XN's Sampension HQ in Copenhagen wins a 2005 RIBA European Award at the Royal Institute of British Architects' annual awards ceremony in London.[8]
- September – Henning Larsen Architects' IT University of Copenhagen wins the Grand Prize at the 2nd LEAF Awards in London.[9]
Film
Literature
Music
Television
- November – DR series The Eagler wins the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series at the 33rd International Emmy Awards.[10]
Sports
Badminton
- 21 August – Peter Gade wins a bronze medal in men's single at the 2005 IBF World Championships.
- Kastrup Magleby BK wins Europe Cup.
Cycling
- 1 February — Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise.
- 25 March — Alex Rasmussen wins gold in Men's scratch at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles.
- 2–24 July – 2005 Tour de France
- 10 July — Michael Rasmussen wins the 9th stage.
- 24 July Michael Rasmussen finishes 6th and tops the Mountain classification in the 2005 Tour de France.
- 10 September — Lars Bak wins Tour de l'Avenir.
- Date unknown – Jimmi Madsen (DEN) and Jakob Piil (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cyling race.
Football
- 5 May — Brøndby IF wins the 2004–05 Danish Cup by defeating FC Midtjylland 2–1 in the final.
- 13 July — Brøndby IF wins the League Cup at Brøndby Stadium.
- 26 May — F.C. Copenhagen wins 2004–05 Royal League by defeating IFK Göteborg in the final.
- 17 August — Denmark beats England 4–1 in a friendly match at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen.[11]
- 29 September — Brøndby IF, as the only Danish team, qualifies for the group stage of the UEFA Cup by beating FC Zürich 3–2.
- October 12 — In spite of having won their three last matches, Denmark only finishes third in Group 2 of the World Cup qualification and has therefore failed to qualify for 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
- 15 December — Palermo. After only 1 victory (against M. Petach-Tikva) and 1 draw (against Espanyol) in four games, Brøndby ends 4th in the group and is finished in the tournament.
Golf
- 15 May — The Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters on the 2005 European Tour.
- 15 August – Thomas Bjørn wins the 2005 PGA Championship.
Other
- 27 March – 3 April — The Arhus.
- 31 March — The Danish team wins gold at the 2009 European Table Tennis Championships.[12]
- 8 June — Mikkel Kessler defends his WBA super-middleweight title against Anthony Mundine in Sydney, Australia.[13]
- 19 June Tom Kristensen wins the Le Mans for the sixth year in a row, the seventh in total, when he wins the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans with ADT Champion Racing.
Births
- 8 January Theo Sander, footballer
- 15 October – Prince Christian of Denmark
Deaths
- 17 February – Jens Martin Knudsen, astrophysicist (born 1930).
- 18 April – Claus Bjørn, author and historian (born 1944)
- 19 April – Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, jazz bassist (born 1946).
- 23 April – Ebbe Kløvedal Reich, writer (born 1940)
- 17 June – Nanna Ditzel, designer (born 1923)
- 12 July – Axel Strøbye, actor (born 1928)
- 19 November – Erik Balling, TV and film director (born 1924)
See also
References
- ^ "Margrethe II | queen of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Operaen indviet med festforestilling". DR. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
- ^ "Egyptian Newspaper Pictures that Published Cartoons 5 months ago". Freedom for Egyptians. 8 February 2006.
- ^ "Egyptian Newspaper Publishes Cartoons". El Fagr. 9 February 2006.
- ^ "Official Response by the Danish Government to the UN Special Rapporteurs" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. 24 January 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2006.
- ^ "Тайникма".
- ^ "Jørn Utzon - ceremony". Pritzker Architecture Prize. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Winners of RIBA Awards 2005 and RIBA Worldwide Awards announced (UK)". europe-re.com. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
- ^ "Leaf Awards 2005". The Plan 054. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "33rd International Emmy Awards". CBS News. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Denmark 4-1 England". BBC. 17 August 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Table Tennis Gold to Denmark!". Dandesign. Archived from the original on 5 May 2006. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "Kessler proves better man in classic". smh.com.au. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
