Events in Denmark

100 notable events in Denmark — shipwrecks, murders and wars.

• Nord Stream pipelines sabotage
  Sep 26, 2022 · Attack (other)
• Murder of Kim Wall
  Aug 2017 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Emilie Meng
  Jul 2016 · Murder & homicide
• SM U-20 (Germany)
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Partnair Flight 394
  Sep 8, 1989 · Aviation accident
• Battle of Copenhagen (1807)
  Aug 16, 1807–Sep 5, 1807 · War & armed conflict
• Operation Carthage
  Mar 21, 1945 · War & armed conflict
• Egtved Girl
  date unknown · Death & funeral
• Dagmar Overbye
  Jan 1, 1913–Jan 1, 1920 · Murder & homicide
• Emma Mærsk
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Nordic Biker War
  1994–1997 · War & armed conflict
• Christina Aistrup Hansen
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• SMS Pommern
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Japan Air Lines food poisoning incident
  Feb 3, 1975 · Epidemic & disease
• Børsen
  date unknown · Fire
• Little Danes experiment
  1951 · Science & concept
• 2000 UEFA Cup final riots
  May 17, 2000 · Riot & unrest
• Borremose bodies
  date unknown · Suicide & execution
• 2015 Copenhagen shootings
  Feb 14, 2015–Feb 15, 2015 · Shooting
• 2024 Baltic Sea submarine cable disruptions
  Nov 18, 2024 · Scandal & controversy
• 2022 Copenhagen mall shooting
  Jul 3, 2022 · Shooting
• Kvissel murder
  Oct 8, 2014 · Murder & homicide
• 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash
  Jan 26, 1947 · Aviation accident
• Kaj Munk
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• German submarine U-3523
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Bullshit Motorcycle Club
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Pill clinical trial woman dismemberment murder case
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• 2025 European drone sightings
  from Sep 22, 2025 · Aviation accident
• Great Belt Bridge rail accident
  Jan 2, 2019 · Rail accident
• Skrydstrup Woman
  date unknown · Death & funeral
• Copenhagen hypnosis murders
  Mar 29, 1951 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Ghazala Khan
  Sep 23, 2005 · Murder & homicide
• Copenhagen Fire of 1728
  from Oct 20, 1728 · Fire
• Seest fireworks disaster
  Nov 3, 2004 · Bombing & explosion
• Easter Crisis
  1920 · Epidemic & disease
• HMS St George (1785)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting
  Mar 10, 1996 · Shooting
• Denmark v Sweden (UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying)
  Jun 2, 2007 · Scandal & controversy
• Aarhus University shooting
  Apr 5, 1994 · Shooting
• 1982 Harpoon missile misfire incident
  Sep 6, 1982 · Disaster
• Scandinavian Airlines Flight 1209
  Sep 9, 2007 · Aviation accident
• 1996 Copenhagen rocket attack
  Oct 6, 1996 · Attack (other)
• HMS Defence (1763)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Hornslet wind-turbine collapse
  Feb 22, 2008 · Disaster
• German submarine U-22 (1936)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• MV Lisco Gloria
  until 2011 · Maritime disaster
• HMS Spearfish
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• March Revolution (Denmark)
  Mar 1848 · Riot & unrest
• German submarine U-251
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Aarhus air raid
  Oct 31, 1944 · War & armed conflict
• Cyclone Anatol
  Dec 2, 1999–Dec 4, 1999 · Natural disaster
• Bieszczady (yacht)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• German torpedo boat Tiger (1928)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Cymbrian flood
  120 BC–114 BC · Natural disaster
• 1985 Copenhagen bombings
  Jul 22, 1985 · Terrorism
• Copenhagen Fire of 1795
  Jul 1, 1795 · Fire
• Danish collaborator trials
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Langebro
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Bombardment of Copenhagen (1428)
  Apr 6, 1428–Jun 15, 1428 · Bombing & explosion
• MV Fu Shan Hai
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 1992 Copenhagen bombing
  Mar 16, 1992 · Bombing & explosion
• 1853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak
  Jun 11, 1853–Oct 1853 · Epidemic & disease
• Hotel Jørgensen explosion
  Sep 10, 2010 · Bombing & explosion
• 1988 Sorø derailment
  Apr 25, 1988 · Rail accident
• 2010 Copenhagen terror plot
  Dec 29, 2010 · Terrorism
• Danish Royal Life Guards' Mutiny
  Dec 25, 1771 · War & armed conflict
• 2011 Præstø Fjord dragon boat accident
  Feb 11, 2011 · Maritime disaster
• Great book theft
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Hans Günther Hermann Stumpe
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Glostrup case
  2005 · Terrorism
• Vigerslev train crash
  Nov 1, 1919 · Rail accident
• Aeroflot Flight 103
  Aug 15, 1957 · Aviation accident
• Pionier (ship, 1933)
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• 1944 Ålvand RAF Lancaster crash
  Aug 30, 1944 · Aviation accident
• German submarine U-579
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• SM UC-30
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 2014 Se og Hør media scandal
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• 1897 Gentofte train crash
  Jul 11, 1897 · Rail accident
• Elsass (ship)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• German submarine U-393
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Vollsmose terrorist trial
  2006 · Terrorism
• 2024 Børsen fire
  Apr 16, 2024 · Fire
• Bramminge train accident
  Jul 26, 1913 · Rail accident
• Gerd Maersk
  date unknown
• SM UB-90
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen
  Sep 4, 2007 · Bombing & explosion
• Oldenburg
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Murder of Mia Stevn
  Feb 2022 · Murder & homicide
• Damkatastrofen
  Jul 8, 1959 · Disaster
• Tübingen (ship, 1929)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Death of Pernille Lind
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Dwarssee (ship, 1920)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Wigbert (ship, 1921)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Edmund Hugo Stinnes 4
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Assens train crash 1960
  Mar 1, 1960 · Rail accident
• Battle of Fælleden
  May 5, 1872 · War & armed conflict
• Hansted accident 1867
  Dec 26, 1876 · Rail accident
• Odense railroad accident
  Aug 10, 1967 · Rail accident
• Lehnskov (ship, 1943)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Tommerup train accident
  Oct 21, 1946 · Rail accident