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Events in the year2018 inDenmark.

• Monarch –Margrethe II^[1]
• Prime Minister –Lars Løkke Rasmussen

• May 31 – It was announced that Denmark would be banning full-face veils.^[2]

• 19 November –Lars Mikkelsen wins anInternational Emmy Award for Best Actor at the46th International Emmy Awards for his role inHerrens veje.

• 16–21 January –Viktor Axelsen wins gold in Men's Single andKamilla Rytter Juhl andChristinna Pedersen win gold in Women's Double at2018 Malaysia Masters.
• 30 January-4 February –Mathias Christiansen andChristinna Pedersen win Men's Double at2018 India Open.
• 14–18 March –Kamilla Rytter Juhl andChristinna Pedersen wins gold in Women's Doubles at2018 All England Open.
• 24–29 April – With two gold medals, two, silver medals and four bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the2018 European Badminton Championships.
• 15–21 October2018 Denmark Open takes place in Odense.
• 2 September –Rasmus Gemke wins gold in Men's Single andNiclas Nøhr andSara Thysesen win gold in Mixed Double at the2018 Spain Masters.

• 8–10 June – Denmark wins a bronze medal at the2018 Canoe Sprint European Championships.
• 5–8 July – Denmark wins a silver medal and a bronze medal at the2018 Canoe Marathon European Championships.
• 22–26 August – Denmark wins two silver medals at the2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
• 6–9 September – Denmark wins two gold medals at the2018 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships.

• 6 February –Kenny De Ketele (BEL) andMichael Mørkøv (DEN) win theSix Days of Copenhagensix-day track cycling race.
• 24 February –Christina Siggaard winsOmloop Het Nieuwsblad.
• 27 February – 4 March – Denmark wins two silver medals and one bronze medal at the2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
• 1 April –Mads Pedersen finishes second in theTour of Flanders.
• 15 April –Michael Valgren wins theAmstel Gold Race.
• 4–20 May –2018 IIHF World Championship will be hosted byCopenhagen andHerning,Denmark.
• 12 June –Christopher Juul-Jensen winsStage 4 of the2018 Tour de Suisse.
• 14 June –Søren Kragh Andersen winsStage 6 of the2018 Tour de Suisse.
• 22 July –Magnus Cort wins the 15th stage of theTour de France.
• 7 October –Søren Kragh Andersen wins2018 Paris–Tours.

• 11 September Denmark wins two gold medals and one bronze medal at the2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Germany.

• 3 JuneThorbjørn Olesen winsItalian Open on the2018 European Tour.
• 8 September – Denmark wins theEisenhower Trophy for the first time.
• 30 September –Thorbjørn Olesen wins the2018 Ryder Cup as part of the European team.
• 7 October –Lucas Bjerregaard winsAlfred Dunhill Links Championship in the2018 European Tour.

• 30–12 August – The2018 Sailing World Championships are held in Aarhus.
  • Anne-Marie Rindom wins a bronze medal inLaser Radial.

• 3–12 August – Denmark wins three silver medals and one bronze medal at the2018 European Aquatics Championships.

• 27 January –Caroline Wozniacki winsAustralian Open.
• 1–7 October –Caroline Wozniacki winsChina Open.

• 18 April – In basketball,Bakken Bears loses a2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup semifinal toS.S. Felice Scandone.
• 14 July –Helle Frederiksen wins a gold medal in theITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships.
• 4–11 August – With one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal, Denmark finishes as the fourth best nation at the2018 World Orienteering Championships.

• 14 January –Erling Mandelmann, photographer (born1935)
• 21 January –Jens Okking, actor (born1939)
• 2 February –Ole Thestrup, actor (born1948)
• 13 February –Prince Henrik, Prince Consort (born1934)
• 19 February –Nini Theilade, ballet dancer and choreographer (born1915)

• 16 May –Nils Foss, engineer, company founder (born1928)
• 5 April –Grethe Krogh, organist and professor (born1928)^[3][4]
• 9 May –Per Kirkeby, artist (born 1938)
• 25 May –Merete Ries, publisher (born1938)^[5]
• 28 May –Jens Christian Skou, biochemist andNobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
• 19 June –Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, member of the extended Danish royal family (born 1935)^[6]

• 16 August –Benny Andersen, writer and composer (born 1929)
• 30 September –Kim Larsen, musician (born 1945)

• 14 November –Morten Grunwald, actor (born 1934)
• 12 December –Troels Wörsel, painter (born1950)
• 23 December –Troels Kløvedal, author and sailor (born 1943)

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