1990 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
- 2 February – After four years of occupation, squatters are evicted from the Black HorseSorte HestSorte Hest is the oldest building in the Vesterbro in Copenhagen, Denmark. It used to be a roadside inn, then located well outside the limits of the fortified city, standing on the Vestre Landevej leading in and out of Copenhagen through the Western City Gate...
, a former roadside inn from 1771, today the oldest building in Vesterbro, 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...
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Births
- March 14 – Saban ÖzdoganSaban ÖzdoganSaban Özdogan is a Danish footballer of Turkish descent who currently plays as a winger for Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen.-Biography:...
, footballer - April 23 – Mathias "Zanka" JørgensenMathias JørgensenMathias Jattah-Njie "Zanka" Jørgensen is a Danish footballer who plays as a central defender for F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga. He was recently named as captain for F.C. Copenhagen.-Biography:...
, football player - July 11 – Caroline WozniackiCaroline WozniackiCaroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
, tennis player
Deaths
- June 19 – Steen Eiler RasmussenSteen Eiler RasmussenSteen Eiler Rasmussen was a Danish architect and urban planner who was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and a prolific writer of books and poetry...
, architect and writer (born 18981898 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – Hugo Egmont Hørring-Births:* January 11 – Hans Kirk, author * January 13 – Kaj Munk, playwright and Lutheran priest...
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