1990 in Denmark

Events from the year 1990 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Margrethe II
 * Prime minister – Poul Schlüter

Events

 * 2 February – Squatters are evicted from the Black Horse, a former roadside inn, on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen after four years.

The arts

 * 26 March – At the 62nd Academy Awards, Kaspar Rostrup's Waltzing Regitze is among the five films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film but the Oscar goes to the Italian Cinema Paradiso.

Badminton

 * 8–14 April – With five gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 12th European Badminton Championships in Moscow, Soviet Union.
 * 24– 28 March – 1990 Denmark Open
 * Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen wins gold in men's single by defeating Morten Frost in the final
 * Lotte Olsen and Dorte Kjær win gold in women's double by defeating Gillian Gowers and Gillian Clark in the final.
 * Thomas Lund and Pernille Dupont win gold in mixed double by defeating Henrik Svarrer and Marlene Thomsen in the final.

Cycling

 * 24 March – Søren Lilholt wins 1990 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen.
 * 14 October – Rolf Sørensen wins 1990 Paris–Tours.

Soccer

 * Summer of 1992 wins Denmark a Europe tournament for soccer.

Births

 * 14 March – Şaban Özdoğan, footballer
 * 23 April – Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen, football player
 * 1 June – Kennie Chopart, footballer
 * 11 July – Caroline Wozniacki, tennis player
 * 22 September – Peter Ankersen, footballer

Deaths

 * 19 June – Steen Eiler Rasmussen, architect and writer (born 1898)
 * 18 December – Grethe Glad, fashion designer and educator (born 1891)
 * 30 December  – Albert Mertz, painter (born 1920)

Full date unknown

 * Harald Salomon, medallist and sculptor (born (1900)