Events from the year 2009 in Denmark.

Events

January

• January 16 - Somali pirates release the Danish cargo ship CEC Future after receiving a ransom payment.
• January 31 - Niels Brinck wins Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009.

February

• February 4 - Intrusion by Russian aircraft into Danish airspace, requiring intervention from Danish fighter jets.
• February 5 - Asylum reopened in Ebeltoft and Gren .
• February 12 - A Macedonian man killed in Copenhagen.
• February 16 China's Navy and Denmark's Navy rescue Italian and Chinese merchant vessels from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden.

March

• March 27 - The Faroese singer Linda Andrews wins the second season of X Faktor.

April

• April 3 4 – At the 21st NATO Summit, former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is appointed as the new Secretary General of NATO.
• April 8 - Somali pirates hijack the Danish container ship MV Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean.

June

• June 7 - A referendum on changing the Act of Succession was held in Denmark.
• June 13 - Stein Bagger is sentenced to 7 years in prison for having rigged with 862 million dollars.^[1]
• June 17 - Three Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Denmark has lost a total of 25 soldiers in the War in Afghanistan.
• June 21 – As a step toward total independence from The Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland assumes control over its law enforcement, judicial affairs, and natural resources. Greenlandic becomes the official language.

September

• September 2 - Twenty-two Iraqis whose asylum requests have been rejected are on their way out of the country.
• September 13 - Kim Clijsters of Belgium defeats Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark to win the 2009 US Open - Women's Singles.
• September 24 - Nine North Koreans enter Denmark's embassy in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi to seek political asylum.

October

• October 2 - The host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics will be announced at the 121st Session (which will also be the XIIIth Olympic Congress) of the International Olympic Committee to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• October 20 - Nine North Koreans who entered the Danish embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam last month leave for South Korea.
• October 29 - Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen says a deal at a UN climate change summit in December is unlikely.

November

• November 15 - APEC leaders say a deal on global warming will not be possible before next month's United Nations summit in Denmark.

December

• December 7 December 18 The UNFCCC's United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 conference is held in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[2]
• December 12 - Police in Denmark detain 900 people after thousands gather in Copenhagen to demand more action on climate change and global warming by leaders at the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
• December 15 - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Danish hosts urge countries on to compromise to salvage agreement on a new U.N. pact aimed at averting dangerous climate change and global warming.
• December 16 - Danish Prime Minister Lars L kke Rasmussen replaces Connie Hedegaardin a "procedural move" as president of the U.N. climate talks, as further clashes take place around the perimeter of the summit

The arts

Architecture

• May 21 — The new Fuglsang Art Museum designed by Tony Fretton receives a 2000 RIBA European Award at the Royal Institute of British Architects' annual awards ceremony in London.^[3]
• July 14 — 3XN's Saxo Bank HQ receives a 2009 RIBA International Award at another ceremony in London.^[4]

Film

• October 21 – Lars von Trier's film Antichrist receives the 2009 Nordic Council Film Prize.^[5]

Literature

Music

• March 3 - Judas Priest sang in Horsens
• March 14 - Red Warszawa sang in Lyngby
• July 20–27 - Metallica performs four concerts in Forum, Copenhagen
• August 11 - Madonna sang in Parken Stadium

Television

• November 23 – DR series The Protectors wins the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series at the 37th International Emmy Awards.^[6]

Sports

Football

• May 21 — FC Copenhagen wins the 2008 09 Danish Cup by defeating AAB 1–0 in the final.
• June 6 Denmark defeats Sweden 1–0 away in Group 1 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
• September 5 — Denmark draws with Portugal in Group 1 of the World Cup qualification.
• October 10 — Denmark achieves another 1–0 victory, now at home, in Group 1 of the World Cup qualification and is now sure of winning Group 1 and thus qualifying directly for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Handball

• February 1 — Denmark comes in fourth place in the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship after being defeated by Poland in the Vronze match.

Other

• January 11 — Anders Hansen wins Joburg Open on the 2009 European Tour
• March 29 — S ren Kjeldsen wins Open de Andalucia on the 2009 European Tour and becomes Golfer of the Month.
• June 7 — Jeppe Huldahl wins ISPS Handa Wales Open on the 2009 European Tour.
• July 16 — Nicki S rensen wins the 12th stage in the 2009 Tour de France.
• September 20 — Michael Maze wins gold in Men's Single at the 2009 Table Tennis European Championship after defeating Werner Schlager.^[7]
• September 21–27 – World Cup's Wrestling Champion 2009 takes place in Herning.
• December 10–13 — Denmark wins 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 8 bronze medals at the 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.

Births

• May 4 - Prince Henrik

Deaths

• January 1 - Gert Petersen, politician (born 1927)
• January 2 - Inger Christensen, poet (1935)
• January 17 - Trine Michelsen
• January 21 - Finn Kobber , badminton player (1936)
• January 22 - J rgen Grunnet
• January 23 - Christine von Kohl
• January 24 - Palle Jacobsen, ballet dancer (born 1940)
• January 27 - Harald J rgensen
• January 28 - Ib Bj rn Poulsen
• February 6 - Sven Fugl
• February 13 - Lis Hartel, equestrian athlete (born 1921)
• February 15 - Lars Okholm
• February 22 - Erik Haunstrup Clemmensen
• March 9 - Anne Just
• March 21
  • Eugen Tajmer
  • Ebbe Lundgaard
• April 11 - Gerda Gilboe, actress and singer (born 1914)
• June 10 - Helle Virkner, actress and Danish First Lady (born 1925)
• Sugust 4 – Svend Auken, politician (born 1943)
• September 8 – Aage Bohr, nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)
• September 19 – Willy Breinholst, writer (born 1918)
• October 2 – J rgen Jensen, athlete (born 1944)
• October 7 – Poul Anker Bech, painter (born 1942)
• November 1 – Niels Wenkens
• November 13 – Erik Stinus
• November 15 – Jesper Jensen
• November 26 – Lis L wert, actress (born 1919)
• December 27 – Arne Vodder, furniture designer (b. 1926)

References

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