2015 in Denmark

none October 2020 January 2015 2015 The following lists events that happened in 2015 in Denmark. As the Danish constitution require parliamentary elections to occur at least every four years (the latest election to the Folketing being conducted in 2011), 2015 will be an election year. Incumbents Monarch – Margrethe IIMargrethe II queen of Denmark https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margrethe-II Encyclopedia Britannica 16 June 2019 en Prime Minister – Helle Thorning Schmidt (until 28 June), Lars Løkke Rasmussen Events 12 February – Politiken staff photographer Mads Nissen wins the 2014 World Press Photo of the Year.World Press Photo 2014 goes to Mads Nissen http://www.worldpressphoto.org/content/world-press-photo-year-2014-goes-mads-nissen WorldPressPhoto 12 February 2015 da https://web.archive.org/web/20150212215730/http://www.worldpressphoto.org/content/world-press-photo-year-2014-goes-mads-nissen 12 February 2015 dead 14–15 February – 2015 Copenhagen shootings: Two people are killed and several police officers are injured in shootings, the first at a free speech gathering of journalists, artists and cartoonists, the second at the Great Synagogue in Copenhagen. https://news.yahoo.com/one-dead-copenhagen-shooting-171538319.html Two dead, five injured in Copenhagen shootings Billing Sören 15 February 2015 Yahoo! News 15 February 2015http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2015/02/15/073908.htm Politi antager at have dræbt gerningsmanden Peter Krogh Andersen Danmarks Radio 15 February 2015 15 February 2015 Police believe they killed perpetrator da 15 February – Danish police kill a man near Nørrebro station after an exchange of gunfire. The police believe he was the man responsible for two previous attacks. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-15/danish-police-kill-man-in-copenhagen-close-to-earlier-attacks/6107034 Copenhagen shootings: Police kill man close to scene of deadly synagogue and cafe attacks ABC News 15 February 2015 17–19 March – State visit from His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen of the Netherlands. Sports Badminton 13–18 January – Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl win gold in Women's Double at Malaysia Masters. 15 February – Denmark wins gold at the 2015 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships by defeating England 3–0 in the final. 24 February 1 March Jan Ø. Jørgensen wins gold in Men's Single, Mads Conrad-Petersen/Mads Pieler Kolding win gold in Men's Double, Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl win gold in Women's Double and Mads Pieler Kolding/Kamilla Rytter Juhl win gold in Mixed Double at the 2015 German Open Grand Prix Gold. 38 March Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen win gold in men's double at the 2015 All England Super Series Premier. 1016 August Denmark wins one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 2015 BWF World Championships. 1822 November Hans-Kristian Vittinghus wins gold in Men's Single and Line Kjærsfeldt wins gold in Women's Single at the 2015 Scottish Open Grand Prix. Cycling 3 February Michael Mørkøv (DEN) and Alex Rasmussen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race. Golf 31 May – Søren Kjeldsen wins Dubai Duty Free Irish Open on the 2015 European Tour. 4 October – Thorbjørn Olesen wins Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the 2015 European Tour. Sailing Date unknown Anne-Marie Rindom wins gold at the Women's ILCA 6 World Championship in Al Mussanah. Other 1923 August Denmark wins two gold medals at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. 7 September Mark Madsen wins a silver medal in Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships. Deaths JanuaryMarch 6 February – Kathrine Windfeld, film director (born 1966) 13 March – Inge Eriksen, writer and political activist (born 1935) 14 March – Ib Melchior, film director and screenwriter (born 1917) 21 March – Jørgen Ingmann, musician (born 1925) AprilJune 2 April – Per Vilhelm Brüel, physicist and engineer (born 1915) 3 May – Holger Hansen, politician (born 1929) JulySeptember 1 August Harald Nielsen, footballer (born 1941) 9 September Jørgen Sonne, writer (born 1925) See also 2015 in Danish television 2015 in the European Union References 2015 Category:2010s in Denmark Category:Years of the 21st century in Denmark Denmark Denmark