1988 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch — HM Queen Magrethe IIMargrethe II of DenmarkMargrethe II is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Denmark. In 1972 she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margaret I, ruler of the Scandinavian countries in 1375-1412 during the Kalmar Union.-Early life:...
- Prime minister — Poul SchlüterPoul SchlüterPoul Holmskov Schlüter is a Danish politician, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993.Born in Tønder, south Jutland, he graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1957 with a degree in law, and joined the bar in 1960. Schlüter was a member of the Danish Parliament for the...
Events
- November 3 — The old main post office in Købmagergade, CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, is robbed by what is later to become known as Blekinge Street GangThe Blekinge Street GangThe Blekinge Street Gang was a group of about a dozen communist political activists who during the 1970s and 80s committed a number of highly professional robberies in Denmark and sent the money to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine...
. One policeman is killed under the robbery.
Births
- January 9 – Michael Lumb, footballer
- January 16 — Nicklas BendtnerNicklas BendtnerNicklas Bendtner , is a Danish international footballer who plays for Sunderland on loan from Arsenal as a striker...
, footballer - February 7 – Nicki Bille NielsenNicki Bille NielsenNicki Bille Nielsen is a Danish footballer who plays as a forward for Elche in the Spanish second division, on loan from Villarreal CF. He has played 26 games for various Danish national youth teams, including 21 games and 15 goals for the Denmark national under-21 football team...
, footballer - October 23 – Nicolaj AggerNicolaj AggerNicolaj Moesgaard Agger is a Danish footballer who plays in forward for Djurgårdens IF on loan from Brøndby IF.- Biography :...
, footballer