1986 in Denmark

Events from the year 1986 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch - Margrethe II
 * Prime minister - Poul Schlüter

Sport

 * 30 March – 5 April – With three gold medals, three silver medals and three bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 10th European Badminton Championships in Uppsala, Sweden.

Badminton

 * Gentofte BK wins the Europe Cup.
 * 16 March – Morten Frost wins gold in men's singles at the 1986 All England Open Badminton Championships.

Cycling

 * April – Kim Andersen wins Paris–Camembert.
 * August – Jørgen Marcussen wins Trofeo Matteotti.
 * Danny Clark (AUS) and Tony Doyle (GBR) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
 * Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 1986 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Equestrian sports

 * Date unknown – Anne Grethe Jensen wins a gold medal at the World Dressage Championships in Cavan Monaghan, Canada.

January–March

 * 16 January – Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, badminton player
 * 9 February – Stina Lykke Borg, footballer
 * 4 March – Amanda Collin, actress
 * 12 March – Kasper Irming Andersen, handball player
 * 15 March – Jannik Hansen, ice hockey player

April–July

 * 14 April – Michael Færk Christensen, cyclist
 * 16 April – Peter Regin, ice hockey player
 * 18 April – Denice Klarskov, pornographic film actress
 * 20 April – Jonas Aaen Jørgensen, racing cyclist


 * 3 May – Mads Christiansen, handballer
 * 6 May – Marie Bjerre, politician
 * 12 May – Christinna Pedersen, badminton player
 * 27 May – Lasse Schöne, footballer
 * 11 June – Leon Jessen, footballer
 * 20 July – Theresa Eslund, footballer

September–December

 * 18 September – Tobias Mikkelsen, footballer
 * 27 September – Olga Ravn, author
 * 27 September – Natasha Thomas, singer and songwriter
 * 15 October – Janni Arnth, footballer
 * 5 November – Kasper Schmeichel, footballer
 * 2 December – Ken Ilsø, footballer
 * 18 December – Henrik Toft Hansen, handball player

Deaths

 * 1 April (in Canada) – Erik Bruhn, ballet dancer, choreographer, company director, actor (born 1928)
 * 19 April – Gudrun Stig Aagaard, textile artist (born 1895)
 * 27 July – Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer, textile artist (born 1899)
 * 29 September – Prince Georg of Denmark (born 1920)