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Events from the year
2012 in the
Denmark
.
Incumbents
Monarch –
Margrethe II
[1]
Prime minister –
Helle Thorning Schmidt
Events
1 January – Denmark takes over the
Presidency of the Council of the European Union
for a six-month term.
15 June –
Same-sex marriage
legalised in Denmark.
[2]
Culture
Architecture
10 January –
Bjarke Ingels Group
's
8 House
receives one of nine AIA Honor Awards from the
American Institute of Architects
.
[3]
2 March –
Henning Larsen Architects
'
Harpa Concert Hall
in
Reykjavík
and
C. F. Møller Architects
' Hospice Djursland receive two out of eight 2012
Civic Trust Awards
given to projects outside the UK.
[4]
23 March –
3XN
's Stadshuis Nieuwegein is inaugurated in the Netherlands.
[5]
29 May –
COBE
receives the
Nykredit Architecture Prize
at
Nykredit
's head office in Copenhagen.
[6]
23 October –
Henning Larsen
receives the
Praemium Imperiale Award for Architecture
at a ceremony in Tokyo.
[7]
Film
See also:
Danish films of the 2010s
8 January –
Lars von Trier
's
Melancholia
is selected as the
Best Film of 2011
by the
US Society of Film Critics
.
[8]
29 January – At the
2012 Sundance Film Festival
,
Mads Matthiesen
wins the
World Cinema Directing Award
for his debut film
Teddy Bear
and the
World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary
goes to
Lars Skree
for his work on the Danish documentary
Putin's Kiss
.
[9]
12 February –
Nicolas Winding Refn
's film
Drive
is nominated for Best Film at the
65th British Academy Film Awards
but the award goes to
The Artist
.
18 February – At the
62nd Berlin International Film Festival
, the Danish period drama
A Royal Affair
takes two prizes when
Nickolaj Arcel
and
Rasmus Heisterberg
wins a Silver Bear for Best Script and
Mikkel Boe Følgsgaard
wins a
Silver Bear for Best Actor
.
[10]
3 March – The
65th Bodil Awards
are held in the Bremen Theatre in Copenhagen,
Melancholia
wins the award for
Best Danish Film
of the previous year.
16–27 May –
2012 Cannes Film Festival
:
Thomas Vinterberg
's film
The Hunt
premiers
in competition
and the Danish animated student film
Slug Invasion
is part of the
Cinéfoundation
program.
25 May –
The Hunt
win the Cannes Film Festival.
27 May –
Mads Mikkelsen
wins the award for
Best Actor
at the
Cannes Film Festival
for his role in
The Hunt
.
[11]
1 December –
Thomas Vinterberg
and
Tobias Lindholm
wins the award for
Best Screenwriter
at the
25th European Film Awards
.
Literature
Media
10 February –
Laerke Posselt
wins the award for Best Portrait at the 2012
World Press Photo Contest
for her portrait of the
Iranian
-born Danish actress
Mellica Mehraban
taken while she apprenticed at
Politiken
.
Jan Dagø
from
Jyllands-Posten
wins 3rd prize in the People in the News (Stories) category for a photo series from the
Tahrir Square
in
Cairo
.
[12]
24 April –
Borgen
and
The Killing
(season two) are two of the three nominees for Best International YV Series when the nominations for the
2012 British Academy Television Awards
are announced.
27 May –
Borgen
wins the award for Best International TV Series at the
2012 British Academy Television Awards
.
Music
Sport
27 July – 12 August –
Denmark at the 2012 Summer Olympics
in
London
.
Badminton
16–21 April – With three gold medals, two silver medals and four bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the
2012 European Badminton Championships
.
Cycling
7 February –
Marc Hester
(DEN) and
Iljo Keisse
(BEL) win the
Six Days of Copenhagen
six-day track cycling race
.
5 May –
2012 Giro d'Italia
begins in
Herning
, Denmark.
17 May –
Lars Bak
wins the
12th stage
of
2012 Giro d'Italia
.
Football
17 May –
FC Copenhagen
wins the
2011–12 Danish Cup
by defeating
AC Horsens
1–0 in the
2012 Danish Cup Final
.
23 May –
FC Nordsjælland
wins the
2011–12 Danish Superliga
by defeating
AC Horsens
3–0 in
Farum Park
after passing
FC Copenhagen
in the table in the previous round.
Golf
1 April –
Thorbjørn Olesen
wins
Sicilian Open
on the
2012 European Tour
.
Handball
29 January – Denmark wins the
2012 European Men's Handball Championship
after defeating
Serbia
in the final.
[13]
1 March –
Mikkel Hansen
is named the
World's Best Handball Player
by the
IHF
after receiving 31% of the votes.
[14]
Motorsports
14 July – Denmark wins the
2012 Speedway World Cup
.
Other
28 February –
Frans Nielsen
reaches 300 matches in
NHL
for
New York Islanders
in a match against
Washington Capitals
.
[15]
Births
24 January –
Countess Athena of Monpezat
Deaths
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
John Tchicai
January–March
1 January –
Anders Frandsen
, singer and television presenter (born
1960
)
15 January –
Ib Spang Olsen
, writer and illustrator (born
1921
)
6 February –
Erik Reitzel
, engineer (born
1941
)
19 March
Marianne Grøndahl
, photographer (born
1938
)
Hanne Borchsenius
, film actress (born
1935
)
22 March –
Kirsten Passer
, film actress (born
1930
)
April–June
16 April –
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
, shipping magnate (born
1913
)
6 May –
Jan Trøjborg
, politician (born
1955
)
July–September
29 July –
John Stampe
, footballer (born
1957
)
11 August –
Henning Moritzen
, actor (born
1928
)
2 September –
Le Klint
, designer (born
1920
)
21 September –
Sven Hazel
, author (born
1917
)
October–December
8 October –
John Tchicai
, saxophonist and composer (born
1936
)
22 December – Mira Wanting, film actress (born
1978
)
See also
2012 in Danish television
References
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"Margrethe II | queen of Denmark"
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Encyclopedia Britannica
. Retrieved
16 June
2019
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"Denmark backs same-sex marriage"
.
BBC News
. 7 June 2012
. Retrieved
25 November
2019
.
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"AIA Award 2012 for BIG's 8 House"
Archived
25 May 2014 at the
Wayback Machine
,
DAC
. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
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"2012 Civic Trust Awards Shortlist of Winners Announced"
. Civic Trust Awards. Archived from
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on 4 March 2012
. Retrieved
5 March
2012
.
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"Stadshuis Nieuwegein officieel geopend"
(in Dutch). architechtenweb.nl
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26 March
2012
.
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"COBE Wins 2012 Nykredit Architecture Prize"
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2012
.
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"Henning Larsen wins Praemium Imperiale arts award"
. designMENA
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25 May
2014
.
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"US critics reward Lars Von Trier film Melancholia"
. BBC. 8 January 2012
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26 February
2012
.
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"Factbox: Winners at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival"
.
Reuters
. 29 January 2012
. Retrieved
19 February
2012
.
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"Two silver bears to A Royal Affair"
. Danish Film Institute
. Retrieved
19 February
2012
.
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"Awards 2012"
.
Cannes
. Retrieved
27 May
2012
.
^
"List of World Press Photo winners"
.
The Guardian
. London. 23 January 2008
. Retrieved
25 February
2012
.
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"Denmark European champion"
.
Jyllands-Posten
. Retrieved
18 February
2012
.
^
"IHF: Mikkel Hansen and Heidi Loke are the World's Best Handball Player in 2011!"
. Planet Handball. Archived from
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. Retrieved
1 March
2012
.
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"Dansk milepæl i NHL"
.
Berlingske
. Retrieved
29 February
2012
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