1996 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1996 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1996 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Magrethe II
• Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

The arts

Film

• May – Lars von Trier's film Breaking the Waves wins the Grand Prix at the 49th Cannes Film Festival.

Sports

• 19 July – 4 August — Denmark at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta: 4 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.

Football

• 8 – 30 June — Denmark participates in the UEFA Euro 1996 in England but does not make it beyond the initial group stage after finishing third in Group D.

Cycling

• 3 March — Rolf Sørensen wins Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne.
• 29 June – 21 July — 1996 Tour de France takes place with Bjarne Riis as the overall winner.
  • 8 July — Bjarne Riis wins the 8th stage.
  • 13 July — Rolf Sørensen wins the 13th stage.
  • 16 July — Bjarne Riis wins the 16th stage.
  • 21 July — Bjarne Riis wings the 1996 Tour de France.
• 31 July — Rolf Sørensen wins a silver medal in Men's road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• 31 August — Rolf Sørensen wins the 1996 Ronde van Nederland.

Handball

• 3 August — Denmark wins gold in the Women's handball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics by defeating South Korea 37–33 in the final.
• 6–15 December — 1996 European Women's Handball Championship takes place in Denmark
  • 15 December — Denmark wins gold by defeating Norway 25–23 in the final.

Other

• 13–20 April — With six gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 15th European Badminton Championships in Herning, Denmark.
• 30 August — Hans Nielsen wins the 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 22 September — Thomas Bjørn wins Loch Lomond World Invitational on the 1996 European Tour.

Births

• 25 September – Mie Nielsen, swimmer

Full date unknown

• Line, singer

Deaths

• 17 April – Piet Hein, scientist, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet (born 1905)
• 1 September – Vagn Holmboe, composer (born 1909)