- 2005 in Denmark
"See also:"
2004 in Denmark ,
other events of 2005,2006 in Denmark and the
list of 'years in Denmark'.Events
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8 January - Denmark is hit by the storm called Erwin, the most powerful storm since the 1999 storm calledAnatol . Some areas are flooded as the wind causes very high seawater levels, but overall the damage is limited.
*15 January -The Copenhagen Opera House is opened.
*18 January - Prime MinisterAnders Fogh Rasmussen calls for parliamentary elections, scheduled for8 February .
*8 February -2005 Danish parliamentary election : The coalition of the Liberal Party and theConservative People's Party is reelected. TheDanish Social Liberal Party almost doubles their seats from 9 to 17, while the Liberal Party loses 4 and the Social Democrats loses 5. Following their failure to gain enough votes,Mogens Lykketoft steps down as leader of the Social Democrats,Holger K. Nielsen steps down as leader of the Socialist People's Party, andMimi Jakobsen steps down as leader of theCentre Democrats . TheCentre Democrats and theChristian Democrats fail to get above the 2-percent limit, theCentre Democrats for the second time in a row.
*18 February - Prime MinisterAnders Fogh Rasmussen presents his updated cabinet.
*3 March - At 19.17 the 3500-ton freighter,M/V Karen Danielsen , crashes into the Western bridge of theGreat Belt Bridge , 800m fromFunen . All traffic across the bridge is closed, effectively splitting Denmark in two.
*4 March
** - TheGreat Belt Bridge is reopened shortly after midnight after the freighterM/V Karen Danielsen was pulled free, and inspectors found no structural damage to the bridge.
** - The coldest day so far in Denmark this year. -20.2 degreesCelsius measured atTune Airport nearRoskilde . This is also the coldest day in the month of March since1987 . Source DMI.
*12 April - The Social Democrats elect a new leader to replaceMogens Lykketoft who resigned after losing the2005 Danish parliamentary election .Helle Thorning-Schmidt is elected ahead ofFrank Jensen with 24,261 votes (53%) against 21,348 votes (47%).
*28 April -Villy Søvndal is elected as the new leader of the Socialist People's Party.
*8 June - An arson attack destroys Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and IntegrationRikke Hvilshøj 's car and part of her house.
*7 July - Security in Denmark is stepped up after the7 July 2005 London bombings . The London attack is seen as connected to threats whichAl Queda had made against the countries supporting USA in theoccupation of Iraq , to which both the United Kingdom and Denmark contributed.
*October 15 -Crown Princess Mary of Denmark gives birth to a healthy boy, expected to be namedPrince Christian of Denmark . As the first child ofCrown Prince Frederik of Denmark the boy is expected to become king one day. Prior to the birth there had been some speculation as to what would happen if the child was a girl; theDanish constitution says that any younger boys would be above this girl in the line of succession, while the present-day consensus in Denmark is that the girl should become Queen. There had been a good deal of speculation that this birth of a baby girl would be an opportunity to change the constitution with regard to both the line of succession and a number of other areas like human rights; but as the child was a boy this is no longer relevant.
*October 27 - The police arrests 4 persons suspected to be part of an Islamic extremistterrorist cell planning suicide attacks. The arrests are reported to be connected to other arrests made in Bosnia; weapons and explosives have been found inSarajevo [http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=405023] . The following day two more Danes were arrested in Denmark [http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=405148] .
*November 15 - Elections are held at the municipality and regional levels.
*November 16 - First snow of winter, after an unusually warm autumn.Arts and literature
ports
Awards given at the Sport 2005 show in
Herning onDecember 28 :
* "Sportsname of the year":Tom Kristensen ,motoring (winner of Le Mans 7 times)
* "Footballer of the yeat":Christian Poulsen ,FC Schalke 04
* "Goal of the year in the Superliga":Álvaro Santos ,FC København -October 26 againstSønderjyskE
* "B.T.'s Gold":Michael Maze ,table tennis
* "The Ragnhild award":Jan Pytlick , handball (national women's team coach)Awards given at the Football Party 2005 in
Århus onDecember 6 :
* "Female footballer of the year":Merete Pedersen ,Calcio Torres
* "Talent of the year":Daniel Agger ,Brøndby IF
* "Superliga profile of the year":Michael Gravgaard ,FC København
* "1st Division profile of the year":Henrik Toft ,Vejle Boldklub
* "2nd Division West profile of the year":Rene Svendsen ,Hobro IK
* "2nd Division East profile of the year":Gilberto Macena ,Holbæk IF
* "Team of the year": GK:Jesper Christiansen , FCK ; DF:Michael Gravgaard , FCK -Daniel Agger , BIF -Lars Jacobsen , FCK -Allan K. Jepsen , AaB ; MF:Thomas Kahlenberg , Auxerre -Christian Poulsen , Schalke -Martin Retov , BIF ; FW:Søren Larsen , Schalke -Jon Dahl Tomasson , Stuttgart - Morten Rasmussen, AGFThe Danish
badminton player of the year were given onDecember 29 inCopenhagen to:Kamilla Juhl andThomas Layborn (mixed double)Deaths
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17 February -Jens Martin Knudsen ,astrophysicist (b.1930).
*19 April -Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen ,jazz bassist (b.1946).
*23 April -Ebbe Kløvedal Reich
*19 November -Erik Balling , TV andfilm director (b.1924).
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