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See also:	Other events of 2004 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 2004in Denmark.

• Monarch –Margrethe II^[1]
• Prime minister –Anders Fogh Rasmussen

• 14 May – Thewedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Mary Donaldson takes place inCopenhagen Cathedral, inCopenhagen.^[2]
• 26 December – Several hundreds ofDanish people are among thethousands of people killed by the2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, at least 2,000 Scandinavians still missing inThailand.

• 10 June – Gala concert with theDanish National Symphony Orchestra inTivoli Concert Hall, celebratingHenrik, the Prince Consort of Denmark's 70th birthday, with the premiere performance ofFrederik Magle's symphonic poemSouffle le vent from theCantabile suite.

• 13–29 August —Denmark at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens: Two gold medals and six bronze medals

• Greve Strands BK winsEurope Cup.
• 9–14 March –Jens Eriksen andMartin Lundgaard Hansen wins gold in men's double at the2004 All England Open Badminton Championships.
• 16–24 April – With three gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the19th European Badminton Championships inGeneve, Switzerland.

• 20 May —FC Copenhagen wins the2003–04 Danish Cup by defeatingAalborg BK 1–0 in the final.
• 12 June – 4 July —Denmark participates at theUEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal.
  • 22 June – Denmark qualifies for the quarter-finals by drawing withSweden in the last group stage match.
  • 27 June – Denmark is defeated byCzech Republic in the quarter-final.

• 1 February —Denmark takes bronze at the2004 European Men's Handball Championship by defeatingCroatia 31–27 in thethird place play-off.
• 29 August —Denmark wins gold in theWomen's handball tournament at the2004 Summer Olympics by defeatingSouth Korea in the final.
• 15 December —Denmark wins silver at the2004 European Women's Handball Championship after being defeated 27–25 byNorway in the final.

• 13 June —Tom Kristensen wins the2004 24 Hours of Le Mans as part ofAudi Sport Japan Team Goh, his sixth win of the24 Hours of Le Mans race.
• 5–16 May – Denmark wins two bronze medals at the2004 European Aquatics Championships.
• 25 July —Michael Rasmussen finishes 3rd in theMountains classification in the2004 Tour de France.
• 12 November —Mikkel Kessler becomesWBA championship ny defeatingManny Siaca in Copenhagen after taking on the match on a short notice after his stablemate,Mads Larsen, had been injured in training.

• The Laundromat Cafe chain is founded in Copenhagen.^[3]
• Kuben Byg A/S purchasesVærløse Air Base for redevelopment, establishing the town ofLaanshøj.
• Wind turbine manufacturerNEG Micon is acquired byVestas.
• Copenhagen Records is founded in Copenhagen.
• CEPOS, aconservativethink-tank, is established.
• TheDanish Centre for Design Research is created by theMinistry of Higher Education and Science.
• TheEY Huset office building is completed inAarhus.
• Warner Bros. Discovery launchesKanal 4 andKanal 5.
• TV 2 launchesTV 2 Charlie.

• 19 March –Gustav Mortensen, footballer

• 13 June –Silas Andersen, footballer
• 20 June –William Clem, footballer

3 July –Filip Bundgaard, footballer

• 15 October –Max Ejdum, footballer
• 26 October –Patrick Dorgu, footballer
• 14 December –Annika Wedderkopp, singer

• 6 February –Jørgen Jersild, composer and music educator (born1913)
• 5 March
  • Hanne Budtz, politician and lawyer (born1915)^[4]
  • Thorkild Bjørnvig, poet (born1018)

• 1 May –Ejler Bille, artist (born1910)
• 5 May –Kate Mundt, actress (born1930)

• 4 September –Rasmus Nellemannm painter and graphic artist (died1923)
• 14 September –Ove Sprogøe, actor (born1919)

• 13 December –Jørn Larsen, painter and sculptor (born1926)

• 2004 in Danish television

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• 2004 in Europe

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