Denmark's Strongest Man

Denmark's Strongest Man

Tournament information
Location	Denmark
Established	1983
Format	Multi-event competition
Current champion
Emil Eriksen (2026)

Denmark's Strongest Man is an annual Strongman contest held in various locations in Denmark, and features exclusively Danish strength athletes. The contest was first held in 1983 with Sven-Ole Thorsen winning the title. Flemming Rasmussen holds the record with 7 wins, while Henrik Henning and Mikkel Leicht share 6 wins each. René Minkwitz and Nikolai Hansen share 5 wins each. Emil Eriksen is the current champion.

Champions breakdown

The competition has been held 40 times and has produced 14 champions throughout the years. It is one of the oldest strongman competitions in the world.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	3rd place
1983	Sven-Ole Thorsen	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1984	Henrik Henning	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1985–1986	Event not held
1987	Henrik Henning	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1988	Henrik Henning	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1989	Henrik Henning	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
1990	Event not held
1991	Henning Thorsen	Henrik Ravn	(To be confirmed)
1992	Henning Thorsen	Henrik Ravn	(To be confirmed)
1993	Henrik Henning	Henning Thorsen	Bo Mortensen
1994	Henrik Henning	Bo Mortensen	Flemming Rasmussen
1995	Flemming Rasmussen	(To be confirmed)	Bo Mortensen
1996	Flemming Rasmussen	(Bo Mortensen)	(To be confirmed)
1997	Flemming Rasmussen	Bo Mortensen	René Minkwitz
1998	Flemming Rasmussen	René Minkwitz	Torben Sørensen
1999	Flemming Rasmussen	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2000	Flemming Rasmussen	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2000	René Minkwitz	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2001	René Minkwitz	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2002	Torben Andersen	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2003	Flemming Rasmussen	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2004	René Minkwitz	Flemming Bruntse	Torben Sørensen
2005	René Minkwitz	Torben Sørensen	Flemming Jensen
2006	René Minkwitz	Gamle Flemming	Nikolai Hansen
2007	Event not held
2008	Jasmin Hajdarevic	Gregor Stenmar	Nikolai Hansen
2009	Nikolai Hansen	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2010	Nicolai Hansen Asbjørn Ettrup	Mikkel Leicht	Kim Haagen
2011	Nikolai Hansen	Mikkel Leicht	Asbjørn Ettrup
2012	Nikolai Hansen	Mikkel Leicht	Thomas Kær
2013	Nikolai Hansen	Mikkel Leicht	Mads Rathmann Erenskjold
2014	Mikkel Leicht	Nikolai Hansen	Mads Rathmann Erenskjold
2015	Mikkel Leicht	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2016	Mikkel Leicht	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2017	Mikkel Leicht	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2018	Mikkel Leicht	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2019	Mikkel Leicht	(To be confirmed)	(To be confirmed)
2021	Emil Jensen	Erik Thomsen	Mikkel Leicht
2022	Anders Aslak	Oliver Storgaard	Magnus Berg
2023	Anders Aslak	Frederik Nordberg	Mads Schmidt
2024	Anders Aslak	Frederik Nordberg	Erik Thomsen
2025	Anders Aslak	Mark Møller Madsen	Emil Eriksen
2026	Emil Eriksen	Mark Møller Madsen	Anders Aslak

Repeat champions

Champion	Times & years
Flemming Rasmussen	7 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003)
Henrik Henning	6 (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994)
Mikkel Leicht	6 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
René Minkwitz	5 (2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Nikolai Hansen	5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Anders Aslak	4 (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Henning Thorsen	2 (1991, 1992)

Regional Competitions

Nordic Strongman Championships

Nordic Strongman Championships consists of athletes from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place
2005	Svend Karlsen	Magnus Samuelsson	Juha-Matti Räsänen
2012	Johannes Årsjö	Lars Rorbakken	Mikkel Leicht
2013	Johannes Årsjö	Ole Martin Hansen	Juha-Matti Järvi

• In 2005, the competition was held under IFSA in Kristiansand, and in 2012 and 2013 in Harstad, Norway under Giants Live.
• From 2014 onwards, the competition was promoted to global level, re-titled as the World's Strongest Viking and was held consecutively for 8 years under Strongman Champions League.

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