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The following lists events that happened during2008 in Denmark.

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

• 16 February – TheRoyal Playhouse onCopenhagen's waterfront is inaugurated with the playHamlet, featuringNicolas Bro in the title role.^[2]

• 1 May –Han Kjøbenhavn is founded.
• 24 May –Prince Joachim marriesMarie Cavallier inMøgeltønder.^[3]

• 2 June – A suicide bomber strikes outside the Danish embassy in thePakistani capitalIslamabad with at least eight people dead.^[4]
• 4 June –al-Qaeda claims responsibility for the 2008 Danish embassy bombing stating it was revenge for theJyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.^[5]

• Realfiction company is founded in Copenhagen.^[6]

• The25 øre coin is demonetised as the lowest-denomination coin in the country. It has been in circulation since1874, when it was introduced on the decimalisation of thekrone.

• 27 June –Lundgaard & Tranberg'sRoyal Playhouse in Copenhagen wins a2008 RIBA European Award at theRoyal Institute of British Architects' annual awards ceremony in London.^[7]
• 23 October –Schmidt hammer lassen'sPerformers House inSilkeborg wins the Grand Prix at the5th LEAF Awards in London.^[8]

• September –Per Fly's filmManslaughter wins the2005 Nordic Council Film Prize.^[9]

• 8 February –Erik Refner fromBerlingske Tidende wins 1st prize in the Sports Features Stories category in the 51stWorld Press Photo Contest for a photo series of exhausted runners inCopenhagen Marathon.

• 19 November –MGP Nordic 2008 is held inÅrhus.

• 8–24 August –Denmark participates at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China: two gold medals, two silver medals, two bronze medals.

• 20 January –Tine Baun wins gold in women's single at the2008 Malaysia Super Series.
• 9 March –Tine Rasmussen wins gold in women's singles at theAll England Open badminton tournament.
• 16–20 April – The21st European Badminton Championships are arranged inHerning, Denmark. With three gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation.
• 26 October –Peter Gade wins gold in men's single at the2008 Denmark Super Series.
• 2 November –Peter Gade wins gold in men's single at the2008 French Super Series.

• 5 February –Franco Marvulli (SUI) andBruno Risi (SUI) win theSix Days of Copenhagensix-day track cycling race.

• 1 May –Brøndby IF wins the2007–08 Danish Cup by defeatingEsbjerg fB 3–2 in the final.
• 6 September –Denmark draws 0–0 in an away game againstHungary inGroup 1 of the2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
• 10 September – Denmark defeatsPortugal 3–2 in Lisbon in the second round of World Cup qualification.
• 11 October – Denmark defeatsMalta 3–0 atParken Stadium, Copenhagen, in the third round of qualification.

• 27 January –Denmark wins the2008 European Men's Handball Championship, arranged in Norway, after defeatingCroatia in the final.

• 19 July –Denmark wins the2008 Speedway World Cup final inVojens, Denmark.
• 18 October –Nicki Pedersen becomesworld champion in speedway by winning the2008 Speedway Grand Prix series.

• 13–24 March —Lotte Friis wins a bronze medal in 1,500 m freestyle at the2008 European Aquatics Championships.
• 8 June –Matti Breschel wins thePhiladelphia International Championship in cycle racing.
• 15 June –Tom Kristensen winsLe Mans for the 8th time when he wins the2008 24 Hours of Le Mans withAudi Sport North America.
• 29 September –Matti Breschel wins bronze inmen's road race at the2008 UCI Road World Championships in Italy.
• 2 November –Søren Kjeldsen wins the 21st and finalVolvo Masters atValderrama Golf Club inAndalucia at eight under par.^[10]

• 28 March –Jacob Ambæk, footballer
• 29 June – Prince Aristidis-Stavros of Greece and Denmark, youngest child ofPavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, andMarie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece

• 16 January – Otto Steen Due, classical philologist (born 1939)
• 10 February –Inga Nielsen, opera singer (born1946)
• 26 February –Bodil Udsen, actress (born 1925)
• 28 February – Ove Guldberg, politician (born 1918)
• 27 March – Hans Chr. Ægidius, actor, writer and filmmaker (born 1933)
• 29 March –Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen, author, conciliator and economist (died1920)^[11]
• 29 April – Claus Nissen, actor (born 1938)
• 11 May –Ole Fritsen, footballer (born 1941)
• 21 May – Ernst Meyer, actor (born 1932)
• 1 July –Mogens Glistrup, politician (born 1926)
• 5 July – Thomas Winding, author, radiohost and television producer
• 10 July –Jakob Ejersbo, journalist and author (born 1968)
• 16 August – Otto Leisner, television presenter (born 1917)
• 11 September –Preben Møller Hansen, writer, cook, politician, and trade unionist (born 1929)
• 20 September – Kamilla Bech Holten, television presenter and actress (born 1972)
• 1 November – Eric Danielsen, news anchor (born 1920)
• 16 November – Hilmer Hassig, musician (born 1960)
• 28 November –Jørn Utzon, architect (born1918)

• 2008 in Danish television

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