This is a list of Danish television related events from 1997.

• 1 March - Kølig Kaj is selected to represent Denmark at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Stemmen i mit liv". He is selected to be the twenty-seventh Danish Eurovision entry during Dansk Melodi Grand Prix held at the DR Studios in Copenhagen.
• Animal Planet Nordic launches.
• September - History launches.

• 14 September - Taxa (DR1) (1997-1999)
• Strisser på Samsø (TV2) (1997-1998)

• Teletubbies (TV2)

Launches:

• 1 February: Nickelodeon
• September: National Geographic
• 15 September: Sky Entertainment

Closures:

• Unknown: K-T.V.

• 1997 in Denmark