2025 in Denmark
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Events in the year 2025 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Frederik X
- Prime Minister – Mette Frederiksen
- Government: Frederiksen II Cabinet
- Folketing: 2022–2026 session (elected 1 November 2022)
- Leaders of the constituent countries
Events
- 8 January–2 February – The 2025 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia, Denmark and Norway.[1]
- 11 March – 2025 Greenlandic general election: The centre-right opposition Democrats win a plurality of votes in the Inatsisartut.[2]
- 9–25 May – 2025 IIHF World Championship in Denmark and Sweden.[3][4]
- 13 May – Kasso, the third facility in the world that produces e-methanol, opens near Aabenraa.[5]
- 1 July – The conscription of women into the Danish Defence through a lottery system comes into effect.[6]
- 3 July – Denmark begins its rotating presidency of the European Union.[7]
Predicted and scheduled events
- 18 November – 2025 Danish local elections[8]
Sports
Badminton
- 19 January – Viktor Axelsen wins India Open.
- 12–16 February – Denmark wins the 2025 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships.
- 2 March – Viktor Axelsen wins German Open.
- 8 June – Amders Antonsen wins 2025 Indonesia Open.
Cycling
- 12–16 February – Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships.
- 16 February – Mads Pedersen wins the Tour de la Provence for the second year in a row.
- 23 February – Jonas Vingegaard wins the 2025 Volta ao Algarve.
- 30 March – Mads Pedersen wins Gent–Wevelgem for the second year in a row and the third time in his career.
- 20 April – Mattias Skjelmose wins 2025 Amstel Gold Race.
Handball
- 2 February – Denmark wins gold in the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
Tennis
- 1 February – Denmark defeats Serbia in the first round of the 2025 Davis Cup.
- 20 April – Holger Rune wins the 2025 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell by defeating Carlos Alcaraz 7–6, 6–2 in the final.
Deaths
January–March
- 2 January – Jytte Abildstrøm, actress (born 1954).[9]
- 4 January – Peter Brandes, painter and sculptor (born 1944)[10]
Aåril–June
- 29 June – Ursula Munch-Petersen, ceramist (born 1937)
References
- ^ "IHF Council awards events up to 2027". ihf.info. 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Greenland's opposition wins election dominated by independence and Trump". BBC. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "IIHF – IIHF Worlds bids in for '23, '24, '25". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ "Danmark bliver VM-vært i 2025 sammen med Sverige". ishockey.dk (in Danish). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Europe's biggest 'green' methanol plant opens in Denmark". France 24. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Danish women to face conscription by lottery". BBC. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Denmark launches its EU presidency facing war in Ukraine and Trump tariff chaos". AP News. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". ft.dk (in Danish). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Daimi reagerer på Jytte Abildstrøms død: Besøgte hende torsdag eftermiddag". BILLED-BLADET (in Danish). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ "Kirkekunster Peter Brandes er død" (in Danish). DR. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.