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Events in the year2024 inDenmark.

• Monarch:Margrethe II (until 14 January),Frederik X
• Prime Minister –Mette Frederiksen
• Government:Frederiksen II Cabinet
• Folketing:2022–2026 session (elected1 November 2022)
• Leaders of theconstituent countries
  • Prime minister of the Faroe Islands –Aksel V. Johannesen
  • Prime minister of Greenland –Múte Bourup Egede

• 10 January –Pernille Vermund announces that she will recommend thatNew Right be dissolved on the party's next general assembly after five years in parliament.
• 14 January – QueenMargrethe II signs paperwork at aCouncil of State meeting, formalizing herabdication after 52 years on the throne. She is succeeded by her son,Frederik X, who is proclaimed king byprime ministerMette Frederiksen on the balcony ofChristiansborg Castle.

• 18 February –Prime Minister of DenmarkMette Frederiksen announces that the country will donate all of itsartillery shells toUkraine.^[1]

• 2 March –Søren Pape Poulsen, leader of theConservative People's Party, has acerebral hemorrhage at a party conference inVejen and is taken toOdense University Hospital, where he dies aged 52. Deputy leaderMichael Ziegler (da) becomes temporary leader of the Conservatives until a new leader can be elected.^[2]
• 14 March –Denmark announces plans to extendmilitary conscription to women for the first time and to also increase the standard service time.^[3]

• 4 April:
  • An area up to 7 kilometers from Naval BaseKorsør in theGreat Belt is closed to shipping and theairspace is closed for hours as a precaution against a missile suddenly being fired from a malfunctioning launcher aboard thefrigateNiels Juel.^[4]
  • Flemming Lentfer is dismissed asChief of Defence for failing to report a malfunctioning air defense and ammunitions system aboard theIver Huitfeldt that was first recorded when it engaged withHouthi militants in theRed Sea in March.^[5]
• 16 April:
  • Børsen fire: A fire breaks out inCopenhagen's 17th-centuryStock Exchange Building, leading to the collapse of its iconicDragespir, or dragon spire. There were no reports of any deaths. Important Danish artworks were carried to safety.^[6]
  • Argentina and Denmark sign a 2.1 billionkroner ($300 million) deal for the sale of 24Royal Danish Air ForceF-16 Fighting Falcons to Argentina. No date for the F-16s to be handed over to Argentina has been announced.^[7]

• 22 May – Authorities issue a temporary ban on the Danish branch of theBandidos Motorcycle Club, citing threats to public security.^[8]
• 28 May – TheFolketing rejects a proposal to recognise theState of Palestine.^[9]
• 29 May – A fire destroys part of theLegoland Billund Resort.^[10]

• 7 June – Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen is assaulted onKultorvet in Copenhagen. A suspect is arrested.^[11]
• 9 June – The2024 European Parliament election is held.^[12]
• 11 June – A Russian national is arrested south of Copenhagen on suspicion of espionage.^[13]
• 17 June – The first stage of theFehmarn Belt fixed link connectingLolland and Germany is inaugurated.^[14]

• 21 July – Anti-whaling activistPaul Watson, the founder ofSea Shepherd, is arrested shortly after arriving inNuuk,Greenland for a refueling stop aboard the vesselJohn Paul DeJoria by virtue of anInterpol notice requested by Japan in 2012.^[15] He is released on 17 December after the Danish government rejects the extradition request.^[16]

• 7 August – The Polish suspect in the attack on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on 7 June is convicted by the Copenhagen District Court and sentenced to four months imprisonment, deportation and a ban from entering Denmark for six years following his release.^[17]
• 25 August – Two German nationals are killed in a dune collapse inVorupør.^[18]
• 28 August – The government creates three new ministries, including for EU affairs, environmental policy and emergencies management.^[19]
• 29 August – A court inHillerød rejects a request by India to extraditeNiels Holck for his role in thePurulia arms drop case in 1995.^[20]

• 10 September – A 21-year-old man is arrested on terrorism charges after being accused of committing arson on a Jewish woman's home inCopenhagen.^[21]

• 2 October – Two hand grenades are detonated near the Israeli embassy inCopenhagen, damaging the terrace of another building and resulting in the arrest of three Swedish nationals.^[22][23]
• 11 October –Archaeologists announce the discovery of 50 skeletons and other artifacts following a six-month excavation at aViking-era burial ground outsideÅsum.^[24]

• 13 November – The Royal House announces an end to the 19th century practice of allowing symbols and labels associated with it to be used by companies, with full implementation expected by 2029.^[25]
• 16 November –Victoria Kjær Theilvig becomes the first Danish person to win theMiss Universe pageant.^[26]
• 18 November – The government approves a plan to convert 10% of the country's agricultural lands to forest, provide 43 billion kroner ($6.1 billion) in compensation for affected farmers, and plant an additional one billion trees.^[27]
• 28 November – A nationwide telecommunications outage occurs following technical difficulties incurred by network providerTDC Net.^[28]

• 13 December – British hedge fund traderSanjay Shah is sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment over tax fraud amounting to 9 billion kroner ($1.3 billion) involving multiple Danish firms. The sentence is the longest recorded for a financial crime in Danish history.^[29]

• List of Denmark films of 2024
• List of 2024 box office number-one films in Denmark
• List of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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• 14 January –Anders Antonsen wins gold in the men's single at2024 Malaysia Open.
• 14–18 February – Denmark wins gold at the2024 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Lodz, Poland.
• 3 March –Mia Blichfeldt wins gold in Women' Single at2024 German Open.
• 26 May –Viktor Axelsen ins gold in Men's Single andKim Astrup andAnders Skaarup Rasmussen win gold in Men's Double at2024 Malaysia Masters.
• 15 September –Viktor Axelsen wins gold in men's single at2024 Hong Kong Open.

• 10–14 January – Denmark wins two gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals at the2024 UEC European Track Championships.
• 4 February –Mads Pedersen wins the2024 Étoile de Bessèges.
• 11 February –Mads Pedersen wins the2024 Tour de la Provence.
• 25 February –Jonas Vingegaard wins the2024 O Gran Camiño.
• 10 March –Jonas Vingegaard wins the2024 Tirreno–Adriatico.
• 24 March –Mads Pedersen wins the2024 Gent–Wevelgem.
• 2 June –Mads Pedersen wins Stage 1 of the2024 Critérium du Dauphiné.
• 4 June –Magnus Cort wins Stage 2 of the2024 Critérium du Dauphiné.
• 10 July –Jonas Vingegaard winsStage 11 of the2024 Tour de France.
• 22 September –Simon Andreasen wins gold at the2024 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships.

• 9 May –Silkeborg IF wins the2023–24 Danish Cup by defeating AGF 1– in the2024 Danish Cup final.
• 26 May –FC Midtjylland wins the2023–24 Danish Superliga after drawing 3–3 against Silkeborg IF in the last match of the season.

• 28 January –Thorbjørn Olesen wins the 2024Ras Al Khaimah Championship on the2024 European Tour.
• 28 April –Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen wins theUAE Challenge on the2024 Challenge Tour.
• 9 June –Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen wins theChallenge de Cádiz on the2024 Challenge Tour.
• 8 September –Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen wins theGerman Challenge on the2024 Challenge Tour.
• 25 August – TheDanish Golf Championship takes place.
• 1 September –Niklas Nørgaard wins the 2024British Masters on the2024 European Tour.
• 15 September –Rasmus Gøjgaard winsIrish Open on the2024 European Tour.

• 16 June –Nicklas Nielsen wims the2024 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of theFerrari AF Corse team.

• 15 February –Helena Rosendahl Bach wins silver inWomen's 200 metre butterfly at the2024 World Aquatics Championships.

• 3 February –Tonny Landy, opera singer (born 1937)
• 16 February –Jan Sørensen, footballer (born1955)
• 24 February –Ulrik le Fevre, footballer (born1946)
• 2 March –Søren Pape Poulsen, politician (born1971)

• 11 April –Knud Enggaard, politician (born1929)

• 9 July –Jens Werner, ballroom dancer (born 1964)^[30]

• 28 October –Ulf Pilgaard, actor (norn1940)
• 30 October –Erik Clausen, filmmaker (born1942)
• 1 November –Morten Stig Christensenm handballer (born1954)
• 4 November –Johnny Madsen, singer-songwriter (notn1951)

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