2010 in Denmark

Events from the year 2010 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Magrethe II
• Prime minister – Lars Løkke Rasmussen

Events

January

• 1 January – A Somali man is charged with trying to kill Kurt Westergaard, whose drawing of the Prophet Mohammed has sparked riots around the world.^[1]

February

• 5 February – Danish special forces storm a ship captured by armed Somali pirates and free the 25 crew on board.^[2]
• 13 February – Three people die and others are seriously injured after a Danish bus en route from Berlin to Munich hits a barrier and flips over on the Bundesautobahn 9 near Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt. The Autobahn is closed in both directions.^[3]

March

• 19 March – For the second year in a row Denmark is revealed as the most wasteful nation in the European Union.^[4]
• 29 March – Ministers from the Arctic countries – Russia, Denmark, Norway, Canada and the United States – meet in Chelsea, Quebec, to form a working cooperation over the North Pole region.^[5]

April

• 15 April – The Foreign Ministry decides to shut its embassies in Jordan, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Nicaragua, as well as the general consulate in Hong Kong.^[6]

May

• 3 May – Nearly 10 years after its opening, the 50 millionth vehicle roars over the Øresund Bridge.^[7]
• 4 May – The army announces that 11 Danish soldiers were wounded when their patrol base in Afghanistan came under attack. Two local interpreters were also injured in the incident.^[8]
• 9 May – Danish chef Rasmus Kofoed wins Bocuse d'Or.^[9]
• 28 May – Denmark gets a fourth place in Eurovision 2010 in Oslo, Norway.^[10]

June

• 16 June – Sweden agrees to fund study looking into whether a bridge between Helsingør and Helsingborg would be viable.^[11]
• 22 June – Parliament overwhelmingly approves the establishment of Anholt Offshore Wind Park, which will supply some 400,000 homes with green energy.^[12]
• 25 June – According to the Indonesian authorities, Sonata planned to bomb the Danish embassy in revenge for allowing the Mohammed cartoons to be printed in 2005.^[13]
• 25 June – Denmark loses to Japan in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[14]
• 29 June – Denmark has the highest prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks in the European Union, according to the latest survey from Eurostat.^[15]
• 30 June – Despite lowering its tax to GDP ratio over the past few years, Denmark still has the EU's highest rate.^[16]

July

• 13 July – A major European survey reveals that Danish employees are least likely to shirk work.^[17]

August

• 9 August – Over three million visitors have seen the Little Mermaid statue at Expo 2010, in Shanghai, China.^[18]
• 12 August – Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen for the first time puts a date on when Danish troops should be pulled out of Afghanistan: 2015.^[19]
• 31 August – The Danish-based Kurdish TV station Roj TV faces terror charges for supporting PKK.^[20]

September

• 3 September – By an overwhelming majority of 45 votes to 3 at the Copenhagen City Council, the construction of a new mosque is pre-approved as part of a new local plan for the city's Amager district.^[21]
• 10 September – A man is arrested in connection with a bomb at a hotel in Copenhagen.^[22] _{See Hotel Jørgensen explosion}

October

• 1 October – About 200 protesters gather outside the Danish Embassy in Paris to demonstrate against what they call ‘a massacre’ of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands.^[23]
• 30 October – Danish People's Party proposes a ban on parabols in public housing.^[24]

November

• 15 November – The 16th century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is exhumed in Prague to clarify the cause of his death, after previous tests showed high levels of mercury in his hair.^[25]

December

• 29 December – A terrorist plot "to attack Jyllands-Posten and kill an unknown number of people" fails when the accused are arrested.^[26]

The arts

Architecture

• 26 February – Lene Tranberg is elected to honorary fellowship (Hon. FAIA) by the American Institute of Architects.^[27][28]
• 5 November – Bjarke Ingels receives the first ever European Prize for Architecture at a gala dinner in Madrid.^[29]

Film

• 20 October – Thomas Vinterberg's film Submarino wins the 2010 Nordic Council Film Prize.^[30]

Sports

Football

• 13 May – FC Nordsjælland wins the 2009–10 Danish Cup by defeating FC Midtjylland 2–0 in the final.
• 11 June – 11 July – Denmark participates in the FIFA World Cup, but does not make it beyond the group stage after only finishing third in Group E.

Cycling

• 24 March – Matti Breschel wins Dwars door Vlaanderen.^[31]
• 25 March – Alex Rasmussen wins gold in men's scratch at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
• 3 October – Matti Breschel wins silver in men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Australia.

Other

• 9–14 March – In badminton, Tine Rasmussen wins gold in women's single at the All England Open.
• 14–18 April – With four gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 22nd European Badminton Championships in Manchester, England.
• 24 April – Boxer Mikkel Kessler takes the WBC super-middleweight title from defending champion Carl Froch in an installment of the Super-Six tournament.^[32] The match is subsequently deemed "a classic" and "one of the best matches in Danish boxing ever" by the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.^[33]
• 13 June – In golf, Thomas Bjørn wins the Portuguese Open on the European Tour.
• 5 September – Denmark wins the Team Speedway Junior World Championship final at Rye House Stadium in Hoddesdon, England.

Deaths

• 6 January – Jakob Nørhøj, Socialist People's Party politician (b. 1976)
• 11 January – Asger Stig Møller, author (b. 1965)
• 12 February - Grethe Sønck, actress and singer (born 1929)
• 15 February – Rigmor Mydtskov, photographer (b. 1925)
• 17 February – Aksel Erhardsen (b. 1927)
• 4 March – Etta Cameron, singer (b. 1939)
• 3 June – Lars Kjeldgaard, author (b. 1956)
• 20 August – Gyda Hansen, actress (b. 1938)
• 9 September – Bent Larsen, chess Grandmaster (b. 1935)
• 13 October – Ulrik Cold, opera singer (b. 1939)
• 19 November – Tobias Faber, architect (b. 1915)
• 26 November - Palle Huld, actor and writer (born 1912), inspiration behind the tales of Tintin
• 3 December - Kirsten Jacobsen, politician (b. 1942)
• 31 December - Tove Maës, actress (born 1921)

References

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2. "Danish Forces Storm Somali Pirate Ship, Free 25 People On Board". Fox News Channel. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
3. "Three die in German motorway crash". RTÉ News. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
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5. "Denmark to fight for North Pole rights". Copenhagen Post. 29 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
6. "Denmark closes 4 embassies". Copenhagen Post. 15 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
7. "50 million over Øresund Bridge". Copenhagen Post. 3 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
8. "11 Danish soldiers wounded". Copenhagen Post. 5 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
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13. "PET reacts to Indonesian terror threat". Copenhagen Post. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
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23. "Dolphin ‘massacre’ protested". Copenhagen Post. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
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28. "Lene Tranberg, Hon. FAIA". AIA. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
29. "Bjarke Ingels to Receive the European Prize for Architecture". Bustler. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
30. "Vinterberg wins Nordic Film Prize". Politiken. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
31. "Breschel calls Quick Step's bluff, solos to victory". cyclingnews. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
32. "Mikkel Kessler Out-Points Carl Froch In Classic War!". East Side Boxing. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
33. http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/boksning/article1335734.ece