• Monarch – Margrethe II^[1]
• Prime minister – Anker Jørgensen

• 23 October – The 1979 Danish parliamentary election is held.

Badminton edit

• 23 March – Lene Køppen wins gold in women's singles at the 1980 All England Open Badminton Championships.
• Gentofte BK wins Europe Cup.

Cycling edit

• Gert Frank (DEN) and René Pijnen (NED) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race

January–June edit

• 6 January – Christina Chanée, Musical artist
• 17 January – Asbjørn Sennels, footballer (died 2023)
• 2 February – Anne Sofie Madsen, fashion designer
• 17 February – Juliane Rasmussen, rower^[2]
• 1 March – Mikkel Kessler, boxer

July–September edit

• 21 July – Tine Baun, badminton player
• 7 June – Julie Berthelsen, singer, songwriter
• 25 June – Daniel Jensen, footballer
• 16 July – Kim Christensen, footballer
• 21 July – Tine Baun, badminton player
• 31 July – Per Krøldrup, footballer
• 4 August – Bo Svenssonm football coach and former footballer
• 17 September – Michel Nykjær, racing driver
• 18 September – Lasse Boesen, handballer
• 20 September – Lars Jacobsen, footballer
• 29 September – Nicolas Winding Refn, film director

October–December edit

• 1 October – Nicolai Nørregaard, chef and restaurateur
• 9 November – Casper Ankergren, footballer
• 23 November – Thomas Gaardsøe, footballer

• 28 January – Hans Scherfig, author and painter (born 1905)
• 15 January – Lis Ahlmann, textile artist (born 1894)
• 10 May – Hans Bjerrum, field hockey player (born 1989)
• 12 September – Carl Theodor Sørensen, landscape architect (born 1893 in Germany)
• 17 December – A. J. Iversen, cabinetmaker and furniture designer (born 1888)

• 1979 in Danish television