1973 in Denmark

Events from the year 1973 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Margrethe II
 * Prime minister – Anker Jørgensen (until 19 December), Poul Hartling

Events

 * 1 January – Denmark joined the European Economic Community (EEC) along with Ireland and the United Kingdom.
 * 4 December – 1973 Danish parliamentary election is held, it is later to become known as the Landslide Election (Jordskredsvalget), because 5 new parties got elected, and more than half the members of the parliament were replaced.

Badminton

 * 12–17 March – 1973 Denmark Open
 * Elo Hansen and Ulla Strand win gold in mixed doubles

Handball

 * 1 May – GOG Håndbold is founded

January–March

 * 4 January – Frank Høj, cyclist
 * 10 January – Jakob Cedergren, actor
 * 11 March – Bjarne Corydon, politician, editor-in-chief
 * 24 March – Mette Jacobsen, freestyle and butterfly swimmer
 * 29 March – Kasper Holten, stage director

April–September

 * 29 April – Yildiz Akdogan, politician
 * 5 July – Camilla Andersen, handball player
 * 24 September – Barbara Bertelsen, civil servant
 * 25 September – Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, politician

October–December

 * 9 October – Thomas Frank

Deaths

 * 16 March – Inger Støjberg, politician
 * 9 April – Sigurd Swane, painter (born 1879)
 * 1 May – Asger Jorn, painter (born 1914)
 * 9 August – Christian Arhoff, actor (born 1893)
 * 23 November – Helga Foght, textile artist (born 1902)