1997 in the Netherlands

Incumbents

• Monarch: Beatrix
• Prime Minister: Wim Kok

  Events

• 6 to 14 September – The 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship was held in the Netherlands, in the two cities of Den Bosch and Eindhoven.

  Births

• 2 January – Gijs Blom, actor
• 4 January – Patrick Maneschijn, footballer
• 5 January – Thijs van Dam, field hockey player
• 19 January – Marcel Bosker, speed skater
• 31 January – Arnaut Groeneveld, footballer
• 31 January – Thijs Dekker, footballer
• 7 February – Jan Verduijn, footballer
• 8 February – Robin Ciric, kickboxer
• 8 February – Pascal Eenkhoorn, cyclist.
• 10 February – Maan de Steenwinkel, singer and actress
• 16 February – Thijmen Goppel, footballer
• 17 February – Lugman Bezzat, footballer
• 28 February – Joanne Koenders, water polo player
• 17 March – Daniel Sprong, ice hockey player
• 28 March – Asad Zulfiqar, cricketer
• 4 May – Wietse van Lankveld, footballer
• 12 May – Frenkie de Jong, footballer
• 2 June – Michel Vlap, footballer
• 3 June – Solomonica de Winter, writer
• 26 June – Joost Meendering, footballer
• 3 July – Jeremy Helmer, footballer
• 8 July – Kevin Inkelaar, cyclist.
• 22 July – Terrence Bieshaar, basketball player
• 23 July – Jelle de Louw, footballer
• 23 July – Fabian Plak, volleyball player
• 2 August – Esmee de Graaf, footballer
• 6 August – Rinka Duijndam, handball player.
• 9 August – Yara Kastelijn, racing cyclist.
• 5 September – Maartje Verhoef, fashion model
• 25 September – Suzanne Schulting, speed skater.
• 1 October – Stan van Bladeren, footballer
• 8 October – Steven Bergwijn, footballer
• 10 October – Tessa Polder, volleyball player
• 26 December – Nicole Oude Luttikhuis, volleyball player

  Deaths

• 5 January – Frans Piët, comics artist
• 10 January – Julie van der Veen, visual artist
• 21 January – Jan Dekkers, painter, designer and sculptor
• 8 March – Niel Steenbergen, sculptor, painter and medalist
• 26 May – Jack Jersey, singer, composer, arranger, lyricist and music producer
• 10 June – Leo Fuld, singer
• 8 July – Dick van Dijk, footballer
• 6 August – Berend Hendriks, artist
• 15 August – Ida Gerhardt, classicist and poet
• 15 November – Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh, actor, musician, composer, record producer and television presenter
• 20 December – Jan van Stolk, ceramist