1987 in Denmark

Events from the year 1987 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch - Margrethe II
 * Prime minister - Poul Schlüter

Badminton

 * Triton BK Aalborg wins Europe Cup.
 * 15 March – Morten Frost wins gold in men's singles and Kirsten Larsen wins gold in women's singles at the 1987 All England Open Badminton Championships.

Cycling

 * February – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise.
 * March – Rolf Sørensen wins the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race in Italy.
 * May/June – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan.
 * Danny Clark (AUS) and Tony Doyle (GBR) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
 * Unknown date – Hans-Henrik Ørsted wins gold in Men's individual pursuit at the 1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Football

 * 14 October – Denmark qualifies for UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany by defeating Wales in their last game in Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying and thereby winning the group one point ahead of Czechoslovakia.

Swimming

 * 16–23 – Benny Nielsen wins a silver medal in Men's 200 metre butterfly and a bronze medal in Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1987 European Aquatics Championships

January–April

 * 16 January – Morten Madsen, professional ice hockey forward
 * 21 January – Lisbet Jakobsen, rower
 * 3 march – Lasse Nielsen, footballer
 * 7 April – Søren Rieks, footballer
 * 9 April – Sara Petersen, athlete
 * 28 April – Stephanie Corneliussen, actress

May–July

 * 26 May – Madeleine Dupont, curler from Hvidovre
 * 5 June – Magnus Troest, footballer
 * 13 July – Andreas Bube, middle-distance runner
 * 27 July – Thomas Enevoldsen, professional footballer

October–December

 * 10 October – Nicklas Pedersen, footballer
 * 15 October – Kevin Conboy, footballer
 * 18 October – Freja Beha Erich, fashion model
 * 22 October – Mikkel Hansen, handball player
 * 7 November – Natalie Madueño,actress
 * 30 November – Christian Offenberg, footballer
 * 23 December – Martin Christensen, footballer
 * 30 December – Jeanette Ottesen, swimmer

Deaths

 * 16 March – Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, architect (born 1929)
 * 4 July – Bengt Strömgren, astronomer (born 1908)
 * 11 December – Aage Thaarup, fashion designer (born 1906)
 * 14 December – Mogens Lassen, architect (born 1901)
 * 29 December – Ellen Louise Mertz, Denmark's first female geologist (born 1896)