Incumbents

• Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark
  Margrethe II of Denmark
  Margrethe II is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Denmark. In 1972 she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margaret I, ruler of the Scandinavian countries in 1375-1412 during the Kalmar Union.-Early life:...
  
  
• Prime minister - Anders Fogh Rasmussen
  Anders Fogh Rasmussen
  Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a Danish politician, and the 12th and current Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 27 November 2001 to 5 April 2009....
  
  

Events

• 8 January - Denmark is hit by the storm called Erwin
  Erwin (storm)
  Erwin was a powerful storm which hit Denmark and Sweden on 8 January 2005. The name Erwin was chosen by the German Weather Service, while the storm was named Gudrun by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and was the name used in Sweden...
  
  , the most powerful storm since the 1999 storm called Anatol
  Anatol
  Anatol is the name given by the German Weather Service to a powerful winter storm that hit Denmark, Southwest Sweden, and Northern Germany on December 3, 1999. The storm had sustained winds of 146 km/h and wind gusts of up to 184 km/h, equivalent to an intense category 1 hurricane, which...
  
  . 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.
• 18 January - Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
  Anders Fogh Rasmussen
  Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a Danish politician, and the 12th and current Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 27 November 2001 to 5 April 2009....
  
   calls for parliamentary elections, scheduled for 8 February.
• 8 February - 2005 Danish parliamentary election: The coalition of the Liberal Party and the Conservative People's Party
  Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
  The Conservative People's Party , also known as Conservatives is a Danish political party.-History:The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre , but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of Venstre , the liberals.The party has participated in several coalition...
  
   is reelected. The Danish Social Liberal Party almost doubles their seats from 9 to 17, while the Liberal Party loses 4 and the Social Democrats
  Social Democrats (Denmark)
  The Social Democrats , is a Danish political party committed to the political ideology of social democracy. It is the major coalition partner in Denmark's government since the 2011 parliamentary election, and party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current Prime Minister of Denmark...
  
   loses 5. Following their failure to gain enough votes, Mogens Lykketoft
  Mogens Lykketoft
  Mogens Lykketoft is a Danish politician, former government minister and current Speaker of the Folketing. In December 2002 he succeeded former Danish prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen as leader of the Social Democratic party ....
  
   steps down as leader of the Social Democrats, Holger K. Nielsen
  Holger K. Nielsen
  Holger Kirkholm Nielsen, known as Holger K. Nielsen for short, is a Danish politician, member of the Danish Folketinget parliament for the Socialist People's Party...
  
   steps down as leader of the Socialist People's Party
  Socialist People's Party (Denmark)
  The Socialist People's Party is a green and socialist political party in Denmark.-1959–69:The SF was founded on 15 February 1959 by Aksel Larsen, a former leader of the Communist Party of Denmark and CIA agent. Larsen was removed from the ranks of the DKP for his criticism over the Soviet...
  
  , and Mimi Jakobsen
  Mimi Jakobsen
  Mimi Jakobsen is a former Danish politician and government minister and the present secretary general of the Danish part of the International Save the Children Alliance....
  
   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 Democrats for the second time in a row.
• 18 February - Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
  Anders Fogh Rasmussen
  Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a Danish politician, and the 12th and current Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 27 November 2001 to 5 April 2009....
  
   presents his updated cabinet
  Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II
  Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen retained his parliamentary support in the 2005 Danish parliamentary election, and was able to continue as head of his government. On 18 February 2005, he presented his updated cabinet, the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II...
  
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• 3 March - At 19.17 the 3500-ton freighter, M/V Karen Danielsen
  M/V Karen Danielsen
  The M/V Karen Danielsen, is a multipurpose container feeder, built in March 1985 by J.J. Sietas KG, at their shipbuilding yard in Hamburg-Neuenfelde, Germany, and labelled a type 111a. This ship is registered as the 970 new-build ship by J.J. Sietas KG....
  
  , crashes into the Western bridge of the Great Belt Bridge, 800m from Funen
  Funen
  Funen , with a size of 2,984 km² , is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants . The main city is Odense, connected to the...
  
  . 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 M/V Karen Danielsen
    M/V Karen Danielsen
    The M/V Karen Danielsen, is a multipurpose container feeder, built in March 1985 by J.J. Sietas KG, at their shipbuilding yard in Hamburg-Neuenfelde, Germany, and labelled a type 111a. This ship is registered as the 970 new-build ship by J.J. Sietas KG....
    
     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
    Roskilde
    Roskilde is the main city in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark on the island of Zealand. It is an ancient city, dating from the Viking Age and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network....
    
    . This is also the coldest day in the month of March since 1987. Source DMI.
• 12 April - The Social Democrats
  Social Democrats (Denmark)
  The Social Democrats , is a Danish political party committed to the political ideology of social democracy. It is the major coalition partner in Denmark's government since the 2011 parliamentary election, and party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current Prime Minister of Denmark...
  
   elect a new leader to replace Mogens Lykketoft
  Mogens Lykketoft
  Mogens Lykketoft is a Danish politician, former government minister and current Speaker of the Folketing. In December 2002 he succeeded former Danish prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen as leader of the Social Democratic party ....
  
   who resigned after losing the 2005 Danish parliamentary election. Helle Thorning-Schmidt
  Helle Thorning-Schmidt
  Helle Thorning-Schmidt is a Danish politician and the current Prime Minister of Denmark. She has been leader of the Danish Social Democrats since April 2005 and prime minister since October 2011....
  
   is elected ahead of Frank Jensen
  Frank Jensen
  Frank Jensen is a Danish politician, member of the Danish Social Democrats, and has been Lord Mayor of Copenhagen since 1 January 2010...
  
   with 24,261 votes (53%) against 21,348 votes (47%).
• 28 April - Villy Søvndal
  Villy Søvndal
  Villy Søvndal is a Danish politician and Minister for Foreign Affairs in the government of Denmark since October 2011. Søvndal, a member of the Danish Parliament since 1994, is also leader of the Socialist People's Party....
  
   is elected as the new leader of the Socialist People's Party
  Socialist People's Party (Denmark)
  The Socialist People's Party is a green and socialist political party in Denmark.-1959–69:The SF was founded on 15 February 1959 by Aksel Larsen, a former leader of the Communist Party of Denmark and CIA agent. Larsen was removed from the ranks of the DKP for his criticism over the Soviet...
  
  .
• 8 June - An arson attack destroys Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration
  Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration (Denmark)
  Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration of Denmark is a Danish ministerial office, often abbreviated as "Minister for Integration" . The office was created by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on 27 November 2001 when he formed the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I after the 2001...
  
   Rikke Hvilshøj
  Rikke Hvilshøj
  Rikke Hvilshøj is a Danish politician representing the liberal party Venstre. She was the Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II from 18 February 2005 to 23 November 2007...
  
  's car and part of her house.
• 7 July - Security in Denmark is stepped up after the 7 July 2005 London bombings
  7 July 2005 London bombings
  The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of co-ordinated suicide attacks in the United Kingdom, targeting civilians using London's public transport system during the morning rush hour....
  
  . The London attack is seen as connected to threats which Al Queda had made against the countries supporting USA in the occupation of Iraq, to which both the United Kingdom and Denmark contributed.
• October 15 - Crown Princess Mary of Denmark gives birth to a healthy boy, expected to be named Prince Christian of Denmark
  Prince Christian of Denmark
  Prince Christian Valdemar Henri John of Denmark, Count of Monpezat , is a member of the Danish Royal Family. He is the elder son of Crown Prince Frederik and his wife, the Australian born Crown Princess Mary. He is a grandson of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her husband Prince Henrik...
  
  . As the first child of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark the boy is expected to become king one day. Prior to the birth there had been some speculation as to what would happen if the child was a girl; the Danish constitution says 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.
• 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
  Sarajevo
  Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
  
   http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=405023. The following day two more Danes were arrested in Denmark http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=405148.
• November 15 - Elections are held at the municipality and regional levels.
• November 16 - First snow of winter, after an unusually warm autumn.

Sports

• Sportsname of the year: Tom Kristensen
  Tom Kristensen
  Tom Kristensen is a Danish racing driver. He has won many championships in auto racing but his most famous achievement is being the only person to win the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans eight times, six of which were consecutive...
  
  , motoring
  Motoring
  Motoring may refer to:* 310 Motoring, an automotive customization garage based in Los Angeles, California* AA Motoring Trust* Best Motoring International, Japanese automobile magazine* Driving* Motoring...
  
   (winner of Le Mans
  24 Hours of Le Mans
  The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world's oldest sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency, race teams have to balance speed against the cars' ability to run for 24 hours without sustaining...
  
   7 times)
• Footballer of the yeat: Christian Poulsen
  Christian Poulsen
  Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen is a Danish footballer who plays for Evian in Ligue 1. He has played for a number of European clubs, winning the Danish Superliga championship with F.C...
  
  , FC Schalke 04
  FC Schalke 04
  Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
  
  
• Goal of the year in the Superliga
  Danish Superliga
  The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
  
  : Álvaro Santos
  Álvaro Santos
  Álvaro Santos , simply known as Álvaro, is a Brazilian football forward currently playing for Swedish Allsvenskan club Helsingborgs IF.- Career :...
  
  , FC København - October 26 against SønderjyskE
  SønderjyskE
  SønderjyskE is a Danish sport club. They have two football teams , two handball teams and an ice hockey team based in Vojens. All the teams play in South Jutland...
  
  
• B.T.'s
  B.T. (tabloid)
  B.T. is a Danish tabloid newspaper which offers general news about various subjects such as sports, politics and current affairs.A large, red neon sign displays the B.T. logo at the square Trianglen in Østerbro, a part of Copenhagen....
  
   Gold: Michael Maze
  Michael Maze
  Michael Maze is a male table tennis player from Faxe, Denmark. He normally plays both in the men's singles and in men's doubles. As of 2005, he is one of the top five left-handed players in the world. His strength is in his strong forehand loop and lobbing. He is considered to be one of the best,...
  
  , table tennis
  Table tennis
  Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
  
  
• The Ragnhild award: Jan Pytlick
  Jan Pytlick
  Jan Pytlick is a Danish team handball coach. He was head coach for the Danish women's national handball team from 1998 to 2006, and again from 2007. Pytlick has led the women's national team to victory in two Summer Olympics, as they became Olympic Champions in 2000, and again in 2004.-References:...
  
  , handball
  Team handball
  Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
  
   (national women's team coach)

• Female footballer of the year: Merete Pedersen
  Merete Pedersen
  Merete Pedersen is a Danish football midfielder. She currently plays for OB Odense and the Danish national team.-References:*...
  
  , Calcio Torres
• Talent of the year: Daniel Agger
  Daniel Agger
  Daniel Munthe Agger is a Danish footballer who plays for Liverpool and the Denmark national football team. He started his senior career at Danish club Brøndby IF in July 2004, with whom he won the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. The Liverpool fans have created a song for him to the tune of...
  
  , Brøndby IF
  Brøndby IF
  Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...
  
  
• Superliga
  Danish Superliga
  The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
  
   profile of the year: Michael Gravgaard
  Michael Gravgaard
  Michael Julius Gravgaard is a Danish former football player, who effectively ended his playing career at FC Nantes in May 2010. Despite the fact of having a contract with FC Nantes until July 2011, his club was not interested to honour the contract, and opted instead in May 2010, to try and file...
  
  , FC København
• 1st Division
  Danish 1st Division
  The 1st Division has been the name of the second highest football league in Denmark since 1991. From 1945 to 1991 the 1st Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark...
  
   profile of the year: Henrik Toft
  Henrik Toft
  Henrik Toft is a Danish professional footballer, who currently plays for club AC Horsens.Toft is known as a powerful striker, who is known for his height and therefore also his great heading ability....
  
  , Vejle Boldklub
  Vejle Boldklub
  Vejle Boldklub is a Danish football club with proud traditions from the town of Vejle. The club has won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six times....
  
  
• 2nd Division West profile of the year: Rene Svendsen, Hobro IK
  Hobro IK
  Hobro IK is a Danish football club currently playing in the Danish 1st Division. They play at Hobro Stadion in Hobro, North Jutland, which has a capacity of 4,000.-Current squad:-External links:...
  
  
• 2nd Division East profile of the year: Gilberto Macena
  Gilberto Macena
  Gilberto Macedo da Macena or Gilberto Macena is a Brazilian football striker, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side AC Horsens....
  
  , Holbæk IF
• Team of the year: GK: Jesper Christiansen
  Jesper Christiansen
  Jesper Ringsborg Christiansen is a Danish professional footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for IF Elfsborg in the Allsvenskan championship. He has previously played for Danish Superliga clubs Odense BK, Vejle BK, Viborg FF, and F.C. Copenhagen, winning four Superliga championships and two Danish...
  
  , FCK ; DF
  Defender (football)
  Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
  
  : Michael Gravgaard
  Michael Gravgaard
  Michael Julius Gravgaard is a Danish former football player, who effectively ended his playing career at FC Nantes in May 2010. Despite the fact of having a contract with FC Nantes until July 2011, his club was not interested to honour the contract, and opted instead in May 2010, to try and file...
  
  , FCK - Daniel Agger
  Daniel Agger
  Daniel Munthe Agger is a Danish footballer who plays for Liverpool and the Denmark national football team. He started his senior career at Danish club Brøndby IF in July 2004, with whom he won the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. The Liverpool fans have created a song for him to the tune of...
  
  , BIF
  Brøndby IF
  Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...
  
   - Lars Jacobsen
  Lars Jacobsen
  Lars Christian Jacobsen, , and raised in Odense on Funen, is a Danish footballer. He currently plays for F.C. Copenhagen.-Odense Boldklub:Jacobsen started his career with local top-flight team Odense Boldklub...
  
  , FCK - Allan K. Jepsen, AaB ; MF
  Midfielder
  A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
  
  : Thomas Kahlenberg
  Thomas Kahlenberg
  Thomas Kahlenberg is a Danish footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for German team Wolfsburg. He started his career with Brøndby IF, winning two Danish Superliga championship, and played four seasons at French club AJ Auxerre...
  
  , Auxerre
  AJ Auxerre
  Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...
  
   - Christian Poulsen
  Christian Poulsen
  Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen is a Danish footballer who plays for Evian in Ligue 1. He has played for a number of European clubs, winning the Danish Superliga championship with F.C...
  
  , Schalke
  FC Schalke 04
  Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
  
   - Martin Retov
  Martin Retov
  Martin Retov is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays as a central midfielder for AC Horsens in the Superliga. He has played more than 200 games for Brøndby IF.-Career:...
  
  , BIF
  Brøndby IF
  Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...
  
   ; FW
  Striker
  Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
  
  : Søren Larsen
  Søren Larsen
  Søren Larsen is a Danish professional football striker who is currently playing for Danish Superliga side AGF Aarhus.-Biography:Larsen started his professional career at Danish club Køge Boldklub in Køge, Denmark. In 2001, he was sold to multiple Danish championship winners Brøndby IF in the...
  
  , Schalke
  FC Schalke 04
  Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
  
   - Jon Dahl Tomasson
  Jon Dahl Tomasson
  Jon Dahl Tomasson is a retired Danish footballer and assistant manager at the Dutch football club SBV Excelsior....
  
  , Stuttgart
  VfB Stuttgart
  Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...
  
   - Morten Rasmussen, AGF
  Aarhus Gymnastik Forening
  Aarhus Gymnastikforening is one of the oldest sport clubs in Denmark. AGF participates in a variety of activities in both individual and team sports. AGF is best known for its football team which has the longest streak in the Danish top division and also holds the record for most number of cup wins...
  
  

Deaths

• 17 February - Jens Martin Knudsen
  Jens Martin Knudsen
  Jens Martin Knudsen was a Danish astrophysicist. During his scientific career Knudsen authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific articles, and was a long time advisor to NASA.-Early years:...
  
  , astrophysicist (born 1930).
• 19 April - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
  Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
  - Discography :* My Name Is Albert Ayler 1963 * Kirk in Copenhagen 1963 * Ben Webster in Denmark 1965-1971 Live at Danish Radio studios, Jazzhus Montmartre and Odd Fellow Palæet - Universal Music Denmark*One Flight Up 1964 *Sunday Walk 1969 - Discography :* My Name Is Albert Ayler 1963 (with...
  
  , jazz bassist (born 1946
  1946 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Knud Kristensen-Births:* January 9 – Mogens Lykketoft, politician* March 15 – Krass Clement, photographer* 19 March – Dan Turèll, writer...
  
  ).
• 23 April - Ebbe Kløvedal Reich, writer (born 1940
  1940 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian X* Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning-Events:*9 April – Operation Weserübung takes place, beginning the Occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany.-Births:* March 29 – Allan Botschinsky, jazz trumpeter...
  
  )
• 19 November - Erik Balling, TV and film director (born 1924
  1924 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Niels Neergaard , Thorvald Stauning-Births:*29 November - Erik Balling, TV and film director * 7 December – Bent Fabricius-Bjerre-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Niels Neergaard (until 24 April), Thorvald...
  
  )