1997 in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1997 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

April – June

 * 17 April – The weekly newspaper Le Jeudi is launched by Editpress.
 * 17 May – The Compagnie Grand-Ducale d'Électricité du Luxembourg is renamed 'Cegedel'.
 * 31 May – Jeunesse Esch win the Luxembourg Cup, beating Union Luxembourg 2–0 in the final.
 * 15 June – Belgium's Frank Vandenbroucke wins the 1997 Tour de Luxembourg.

July – September

 * 1 July – Luxembourg assumes the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the following six months.
 * 28 September – The first Luxembourg Grand Prix is held: not in Luxembourg, but at the Nürburgring, in the nearby German town of Nürburg. Jacques Villeneuve wins the race.

October – December

 * 9 October – Luxair places an order for two Embraer ERJ 145 regional jets following the airline's decision to create an all-jet fleet.
 * 2 December – SES launches its seventh satellite, Astra 1G.

Births

 * 30 July – Jessica Berscheid, footballer

Deaths

 * 14 March – Nicolas Morn, cyclist
 * 8 July – Joseph Probst, artist
 * 5 December – Jim Kirchen, cyclist