Incumbents

• Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II
  Margrethe II of Denmark
  Margrethe 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 Nyrup Rasmussen
  Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
  Poul Nyrup Rasmussen , informally Poul Nyrup, born 15 June 1943), was Prime Minister of Denmark from 25 January 1993 to 27 November 2001 and is currently President of the Party of European Socialists . He was the leader of the governing Social Democrats from 1992 to 2002...
  
  

Events

• 2 July - The Øresund Bridge opens for traffic across the link, connecting Copenhagen
  Copenhagen
  Copenhagen 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...
  
   and Malmö
  Malmö
  Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
  
  , Sweden.

Births

• August 12 - Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark, second son and third child of Crown Prince Pavlos
  Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
  Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, is the eldest son and heir apparent of Constantine II, who was King of Greece from 1964 to 1973....
  
   and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal
  Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
  Marie-Chantal Claire, Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark , is a member of the Greek Royal Family through her marriage to Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece...
  
   of Greece
  Greece
  Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
  
  

Deaths

• 30 April - Poul Hartling
  Poul Hartling
  Poul Hartling was a Danish diplomat and politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1973 to 1975....
  
  , politician, former prime minister of Denmark (born 1914
  1914 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Carl Theodor Zahle-Births:* March 3 - Asger Jorn, painter * April 2 - Hans J...
  
  )
• 7 November - Queen Ingrid
  Ingrid of Sweden
  Ingrid of Sweden was a Swedish princess and the queen consort of King Frederick IX of Denmark.-Background:...
  
   (born in 1910)

See also