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Denmark at Eurovision

Denmark first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957 and has entered 54 contests. It has won three times: in 1963, 2000 and 2013. The contest has been held there three times, most recently in Copenhagen in 2014.

54
contests
3
wins
3
hosted
first song
1957
contests
54
wins
3 — 1963, 2000, 2013
second place
1 — 2001
last place
1 — 2002
in the final
14 of 22 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
sung in
Danish (31), English (24), French (1)
hosted
Copenhagen 1964, Copenhagen 2001, Copenhagen 2014
not in the line-up
1967–1977, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003

The three wins

Photos are stills from the contest’s own videos on YouTube. Each one opens that year’s story.

Every song

All 55 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.

Year Artist Song Result Points
2026 Vienna Søren Torpegaard Lund “Før vi går hjem” Danish 7th of 25 243
2025 Basel Sissal “Hallucination” English 23rd of 26 47
2024 Malmö Saba “Sand” English Out in semi-final 2 (12th of 16) 36
2023 Liverpool Reiley “Breaking My Heart” English Out in semi-final 2 (14th of 16) 6
2022 Turin Reddi “The Show” English Out in semi-final 1 (13th of 17) 55
2021 Rotterdam Fyr og Flamme “Øve os på hinanden” Danish Out in semi-final 2 (11th of 17) 89
2020 Rotterdam Ben and Tan “Yes” English Contest cancelled —
2019 Tel Aviv Leonora “Love Is Forever” English, French, Danish 12th of 26 120
2018 Lisbon Rasmussen “Higher Ground” English 9th of 26 226
2017 Kyiv Anja “Where I Am” English 20th of 26 77
2016 Stockholm Lighthouse X “Soldiers of Love” English Out in semi-final 2 (17th of 18) 34
2015 Vienna Anti Social Media “The Way You Are” English Out in semi-final 1 (13th of 16) 33
2014 Copenhagen Basim “Cliche Love Song” English 9th of 26 74
2013 Malmö Emmelie de Forest “Only Teardrops” English winner! 281
2012 Baku Soluna Samay “Should've Known Better” English 23rd of 26 21
2011 Düsseldorf A Friend in London “New Tomorrow” English 5th of 25 134
2010 Oslo Chanée and N'evergreen “In a Moment like This” English 4th of 25 149
2009 Moscow Brinck “Believe Again” English 13th of 25 74
2008 Belgrade Simon Mathew “All Night Long” English 15th of 25 60
2007 Helsinki DQ “Drama Queen” English Out in the semi-final (19th of 28) 45
2006 Athens Sidsel Ben Semmane “Twist of Love” English 18th of 24 26
2005 Kyiv Jakob Sveistrup “Talking to You” English 9th of 24 125
2004 Istanbul Tomas Thordarson “Shame on You” English Out in the semi-final (13th of 22) 56
2002 Tallinn Malene “Tell Me Who You Are” English 24th of 24 7
2001 Copenhagen Rollo & King “Never Ever Let You Go” English 2nd of 23 177
2000 Stockholm Olsen Brothers “Fly on the Wings of Love” English winner! 195
1999 Jerusalem Trine Jepsen and Michael Teschl “This Time I Mean It” English 8th of 23 71
1997 Dublin Kølig Kaj “Stemmen i mit liv” Danish 16th of 25 25
1995 Dublin Aud Wilken “Fra Mols til Skagen” Danish 5th of 23 92
1993 Millstreet Seebach Band “Under stjernerne på himlen” Danish 22nd of 25 9
1992 Malmö Lotte Nilsson and Kenny Lübcke “Alt det som ingen ser” Danish 12th of 23 47
1991 Rome Anders Frandsen “Lige der hvor hjertet slår” Danish 19th of 22 8
1990 Zagreb Lonnie Devantier “Hallo Hallo” Danish 8th of 22 64
1989 Lausanne Birthe Kjær “Vi maler byen rød” Danish 3rd of 22 111
1988 Dublin Hot Eyes “Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'” Danish 3rd of 21 92
1987 Brussels Bandjo with Anne-Cathrine Herdorf “En lille melodi” Danish 5th of 22 83
1986 Bergen Lise Haavik “Du er fuld af løgn” Danish 6th of 20 77
1985 Gothenburg Hot Eyes “Sku' du spørg' fra no'en” Danish 11th of 19 41
1984 Luxembourg City Hot Eyes “Det' lige det” Danish 4th of 19 101
1983 Munich Gry Johansen “Kloden drejer” Danish 17th of 20 16
1982 Harrogate Brixx “Video-Video” Danish 17th of 18 5
1981 Dublin Tommy Seebach and Debbie Cameron “Krøller eller ej” Danish 11th of 20 41
1980 The Hague Bamses Venner “Tænker altid på dig” Danish 14th of 19 25
1979 Jerusalem Tommy Seebach “Disco Tango” Danish 6th of 19 76
1978 Paris Mabel “Boom Boom” Danish 16th of 20 13
1966 Luxembourg City Ulla Pia “Stop – mens legen er go'” Danish 14th of 18 4
1965 Naples Birgit Brüel “For din skyld” Danish 7th of 18 10
1964 Copenhagen Bjørn Tidmand “Sangen om dig” Danish 9th of 16 4
1963 London Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann “Dansevise” Danish winner! 42
1962 Luxembourg City Ellen Winther “Vuggevise” Danish 10th of 16 2
1961 Cannes Dario Campeotto “Angelique” Danish 5th of 16 12
1960 London Katy Bødtger “Det var en yndig tid” Danish 10th of 13 4
1959 Cannes Birthe Wilke “Uh, jeg ville ønske, jeg var dig” Danish 5th of 11 12
1958 Hilversum Raquel Rastenni “Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog” Danish 8th of 10 3
1957 Frankfurt Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler “Skibet skal sejle i nat” Danish 3rd of 10 10

Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.

Sent more than once

The three acts Denmark has sent to more than one contest.

Hosting

The three contests held in Denmark.

On air at home

The channels that carried the contest in Denmark, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.

  1. 2026
    • DR1 Ole Tøpholm
  2. 2025
    • DR1 Ole Tøpholm
  3. 2024
    • DR1 Ole Tøpholm
  4. 2023
    • DR1 Nicolai Molbech
  5. 2022
    • DR1 Henrik Milling and Nicolai Molbech
  6. 2021
    • DR1 Henrik Milling and Nicolai Molbech
  7. 2019
    • DR1 Ole Tøpholm
  8. 2018
    • DR1 Ole Tøpholm
  9. 2017
    • DR1 Ole Tøpholm
  10. 2016
    • DR1 Ole Tøpholm
  11. 2015
    • DR1 Ole Tøpholm
    • DR Ramasjang Sign language performers
  12. 2014
    • DR1 (semi-finals) Anders Bisgaard
    • DR1 (final) Ole Tøpholm
    • DR3 (final) Peter Falktoft and Esben Bjerre Hansen
    • DR Ramasjang (final) Sign language performers
    • DR P4 (final) Anders Bisgaard
  13. 2013
    • DR1 Ole Tøpholm
  14. 2012
    • DR1, DR HD Ole Tøpholm
  15. 2011
    • DR1, DR HD Ole Tøpholm
  16. 2010
    • DR1 Nicolai Molbech
  17. 2009
    • DR1 Nicolai Molbech
  18. 2008
    • DR1 Nicolai Molbech
  19. 2007
    • DR1 Søren Nystrøm Rasted and Adam Duvå Hall
  20. 2006
    • DR1 Mads Vangsø and Adam Duvå Hall
  21. 2005
    • DR1 Jørgen de Mylius
  22. 2004
    • DR1 Jørgen de Mylius
  23. 2003
    • DR1 Jørgen de Mylius
  24. 2002
    • DR1 Keld Heick
  25. 2001
    • DR1 Hans Otto Bisgaard and Hilda Heick
    • DR P3
  26. 2000
    • DR1 Keld Heick
  27. 1999
    • DR1 Keld Heick
  28. 1998
    • DR1 Keld Heick
  29. 1997
    • DR1 Hans Otto Bisgaard
    • DR P3 Katrine Nyland Sørensen and Morten H. Pankoke
  30. 1996
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
    • DR P3 Katrine Nyland Sørensen, Martin Loft and Marianne Dinesen
  31. 1995
    • DR TV, DR P3 Jørgen de Mylius
  32. 1994
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
  33. 1993
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
    • DR P3 Jens Michael Nielsen
  34. 1992
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
    • DR P3 Jesper Bæhrenz and Andrew Jensen
  35. 1991
    • DR TV Camilla Miehe-Renard
    • DR P3 Jesper Bæhrenz and Andrew Jensen
  36. 1990
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
    • DR P3 Karlo Staunskær and Kurt Helge Andersen
  37. 1989
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
    • DR P3 Kurt Helge Andersen
  38. 1988
    • DR TV, DR P2 Jørgen de Mylius
  39. 1987
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
  40. 1986
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
  41. 1985
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
  42. 1984
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
  43. 1983
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
  44. 1982
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
  45. 1981
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
  46. 1980
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
  47. 1979
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
  48. 1978
    • DR TV Jørgen de Mylius
  49. 1977
    • DR TV Claus Toksvig
  50. 1976
    • DR TV Per Møller Hansen
  51. 1975
    • DR TV Per Møller Hansen
  52. 1966
    • DR TV Skat Nørrevig
  53. 1965
    • DR TV
  54. 1964
    • DR TV, DR P1, DR P3 Claus Walter
  55. 1963
    • Danmarks Radio TV, Program 1 Ole Mortensen
  56. 1962
    • Danmarks Radio TV, Program 2 Ole Mortensen
  57. 1961
    • Danmarks Radio TV, Program 1 Sejr Volmer-Sørensen
  58. 1960
    • Danmarks Radio TV, Program 2 Sejr Volmer-Sørensen
  59. 1959
    • Danmarks Radio TV, Program 2 Sejr Volmer-Sørensen
  60. 1958
    • Statsradiofonien TV, Program 1 Svend Pedersen
  61. 1957
    • Statsradiofonien TV, Program 2 Svend Pedersen
  62. 1956
    • Statsradiofonien TV Jens Frederik Lawaetz

In our contest stories

Lines about Denmark from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

  • 1956 Fourteen songs

    Austria and Denmark are believed to have wanted in and missed the deadline.

  • 1957 Ten countries

    Austria and Denmark, who had missed the deadline the year before, made it this time, and the United Kingdom entered for the first time.

  • 1957 Firsts

    Denmark sent Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler, the first duo to compete, who finished their song with a passionate kiss on camera.

  • 1959 Who came, and who didn't

    Denmark's Birthe Wilke, third in 1957 as half of a duo, returned alone.

  • 1963

    Denmark won the 1963 contest by two points.

  • 1963 Norway votes twice

    On the second, Denmark did.

  • 1964

    Denmark, the holder, put it in the concert hall inside Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens, in front of 800 people.

  • 1973 The result

    Israel finished fourth, the best debut since Denmark's third place in 1957.

  • 1978 Twenty

    Denmark came back after twelve years away, and Turkey after two.

  • 1984 The result

    Spain was third and Denmark fourth.

  • 2000 The result

    The fans and the bookmakers agreed that Estonia would win. Neither had paid much attention to Denmark, which had sent two brothers with a song called "Fly on the Wings of Love".

  • 2000 The result

    They finished on 195 points, at that time the third-highest total ever, and forty ahead of Russia. It was Denmark's second victory, 37 years after its first.

  • 2001

    Denmark had two problems after winning: not enough money, and nowhere big enough.

  • 2001 The result

    The bookmakers had Greece as the hot favourite, Sweden second, and France, Slovenia and Denmark next.

  • 2002 The result

    Denmark had been among the favourites.

  • 2013 The result

    Denmark's Emmelie de Forest won with "Only Teardrops", on 281 points, 47 ahead of Azerbaijan.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Denmark was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.