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Events from the year 2007 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Events

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

March
  • March 3 - 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.
  • March 5 - Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, is demolished to prevent it from being re-occupied.

April
  • April 11 - 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.

May
  • May 15 - 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.
  • May 25 – Bjarne Riis admits that he won the Tour de France using banned substances.[2]

August
  • August 12 - 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
  • September 4 - Denmark's intelligence service arrests several people on suspicion of plotting a bomb attack.
  • September 28 – The third phase of the Copenhagen Metro opens, connection it to Copenhagen Airport Travelling time between the airport and downtown Copenhagen at Kongens Nytorv is now 14 min.[3]

October

November
  • November 15 – The Spinderiet shopping centre is inaugurated in Valby, Copenhagen[5]

Undated

The arts

Architecture

Film

Literature

Music

Sports

Cycling

Football

Golf

Handball

Motorsports

Births

Deaths
  • 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)
  • 13 June - Jørgen Kastholm, designer (born 1931)
  • 24 June - Natasja Saad, rapper and reggae singer (born 1974)
  • 3 August - Peter Thorup, musician (born 1948)
  • 7 August - Ulla Strand, badminton player (born 1943)
  • 12 September - Isi Foighel, politician (born 1927)
  • 23 November - Per Wiking, television presenter (born 1931)
  • 20 December - Peer Hultberg, author (born 1935)
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gollark: no.
gollark: There are probably significant economies of scale in child-raising.
gollark: That would lead to higher population growth, though, possibly?
gollark: Their gene donors will be stored in records, of course.

See also

References
  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.

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