Events from the year 2007 in Denmark.

2007
in
Denmark

Decades:
See also:Other events of 2007
List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

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Events

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February

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  • 21 February – Denmark will withdraw its 460 troops from the Iraq War by August.

March

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  • 3 March – The eviction of Ungdomshuset by Danish police results in more rioting in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, leading to about 100 arrests during a second night of protests.
  • 5 March – Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, is demolished to prevent it from being re-occupied.

April

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  • 11 April – The United States Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates meets with the Defense Ministers of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark as well as officials from Estonia and Romania to discuss progress in Afghanistan in expectation of a Taliban offensive.
  • 15 May – Danish protesters clash with police in Copenhagen with the Little Mermaid being doused with red paint. The clashes followed the demolition of a building in the Freetown Christiania district.
  • 25 May – Bjarne Riis admits that he won the Tour de France using banned substances.[2]

August

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  • 12 August – Denmark sends a scientific team to the Arctic to try to establish that the Lomonosov Ridge is an extension of Greenland so it can claim sovereignty over oil reserves.

September

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October

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November

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The arts

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Architecture

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Film

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Literature

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Music

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Sports

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Badminton

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Cycling

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Football

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Golf

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Handball

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Motorsports

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Other

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Births

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Deaths

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January–March

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  • 26 January – Hans J. Wegner, furniture designer (born 1914)
  • 13 February – Holger Vistisen, actor (born 1932)
  • 20 February – Carl-Henning Pedersen, painter (born 1913)
  • 25 February – Jytte Borberg, author (born 1917)
  • 1 March – Otto Brandenburg, actor and singer (born 1934)

April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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  • 23 November – Per Wiking, television presenter (born 1931)
  • 20 December – Peer Hultberg, author (born 1935)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Margrethe II: Queen of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Tour no longer lists Riis as champ after doping admission". Associated Press/ESPN. June 7, 2007.
  3. ^ "Nu kører metroen til lufthavnen". Politiken. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
  4. ^ "Året der gik i Danmark". TV2. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
  5. ^ "Historien" (in Danish). Spinderiet. Archived from the original on September 9, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
  6. ^ "RIBA National and European Awards winners announced". RIBA. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  7. ^ "The Art of Crying wins Nordic Council Film Prize". Cineuropa. Retrieved February 19, 2012.