1998 in Denmark

Events from the year 1998 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch - Margrethe II
 * Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

Events

 * 14 June - The Great Belt Fixed Link opens to traffic, connecting eastern and western Denmark.

Film

 * 1 May – The first Dogme 95 film, Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration, is released.
 * 20 May – Dogme #2—Lars von Trier's The Idiots—is released.
 * May – The Celebration wins the Prix du Jury at the 51st Cannes Film Festival.

Football

 * 21 May – Brøndby IF wins the 1997–98 Danish Cup by defeating F.C. Copenhagen 4–1 in the final.
 * 10 June – 12 July – Denmark participates in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.
 * 24 June – Denmark takes the second place in Group C of the initial group stage and is on to the knockout stage.
 * 28 June Denmark defeats Nigeria 4–1 in the Round of 16.
 * 3 July – Denmark is defeated 3–2 by Brazil in the quarterfinal.

Badminton

 * Kastrup Magleby BK wins the Europe Cup.

Cycling

 * 8 April – Lars Michaelsen finishes second in the Gent–Wevelgem road cycling race in Belgium.
 * April – Bo Hamburger wins La Flèche Wallonne.
 * 29 August – Rolf Sørensen wins the 1998 Ronde van Nederland.
 * Silvio Martinello (ITA) and Marco Villa (ITA) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Handball

 * 20 December – Denmark wins silver at the 1998 European Women's Handball Championship in the Netherlands after being defeated by Norway in the final.

Other

 * 1 February – Thomas Bjørn wins Heineken Classic in Australia on the 1998 European Tour.
 * 18–25 April – With five gold medals, two silver medals and six bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 16th European Badminton Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
 * 3 September – Erik Gundersen wins the 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship.

January–March

 * 23 January – Thomas Meilstrup, singer, actor and son of Gry Meilstrup.
 * 31 March – Oskar Buur, soccer player

April–June

 * 2 May – Anders Dreyer, footballer

July–September

 * 24 July – Hugo Helmig, musician (died 2022)

October–December

 * 29 October – Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark, eldest son and second child of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece

Deaths

 * 3 June – Poul Bundgaard, actor and singer (born 1922.
 * 5 September – Verner Panton, designer (born 1926)