Events from the year 1997 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark
• Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

Events

Undated

The Arts

Sports

Cycling

• April 6 — Rolf S rensen wins the Tour of Flanders classic road cycling race.
• July 27 — Bjarne Riis finishes as number 7 in the 1997 Tour de France.
• October — Rolf S rensen finishes second in the Z ri-Metzgete road cycling race.

Other

• March 8 — Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Paris, France.
• May — Mads Larsen becomes IBO super middleweight Champion after a fourth round knockout win over American Shannon Landberg.
• June 15 — Tom Kristensen wins Le Mans for the first time as part of the Joest Racing team.
• August — Wilson Kipketer wins gold in Men's 800 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.
• August 24 — Wilson Kipketer sets his third world record in the men's 800 metres that year with the time 1:41.11.
• September 6
  • Lars Michaelsen wins the first stage of the 1997 Vuelta a Espa a and wears the leader's jersey for three days.
  • Hans Nielsen wins the 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.
• October 12 — Bo Hamburger wins silver in Men's road race at the 1997 UCI Road World Championships.

Sports

Football

Handball

• December 14 — Denmark wins gold at the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany by defeating Norway 33–20 in the final.

Other

Births

Deaths

• January 23 – Hardy Rafn, actor (born 1930)
• November 5 – Niels Macholm, painter and graphic artist (born 1915)

See also