2010 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|2010}}
Events from the year 2010 in Denmark.
Incumbents
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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8437652.stm|title=Somali charged over attack on Danish cartoonist|date=2 January 2010|work=BBC News|access-date=4 September 2010}}
=February=
- 5 February – Danish special forces storm a ship captured by armed Somali pirates and free the 25 crew on board.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/02/05/danish-forces-storm-somali-pirate-ship-free-people-board|title=Danish Forces Storm Somali Pirate Ship, Free 25 People on Board|date=5 February 2010|work=Fox News Channel|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026092039/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/02/05/danish-forces-storm-somali-pirate-ship-free-people-board/|archive-date=26 October 2012|url-status=live}}
- 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0213/germany.html|title=Three die in German motorway crash|date=13 February 2010|work=RTÉ News|access-date=4 September 2010}}
=March=
- 19 March – For the second year in a row Denmark is revealed as the most wasteful nation in the European Union.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48559-denmark-retains-euro-trash-title.html|title=Denmark retains Euro trash title|date=19 March 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100902072242/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48559-denmark-retains-euro-trash-title.html| archive-date= 2 September 2010 | url-status= live}}
- 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48626-denmark-to-fight-for-north-pole-rights.html|title=Denmark to fight for North Pole rights|date=29 March 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100902072103/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48626-denmark-to-fight-for-north-pole-rights.html| archive-date= 2 September 2010 | url-status= live}}
=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48765-denmark-closes-4-embassies.html|title=Denmark closes 4 embassies|date=15 April 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902071205/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48765-denmark-closes-4-embassies.html|archive-date=2 September 2010|url-status=dead}}
=May=
- 3 May – Nearly ten years after its opening, the 50 millionth vehicle roars over the Øresund Bridge.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48872-50-million-over-oresund-bridge.html|title=50 million over Øresund Bridge|date=3 May 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100902071220/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48872-50-million-over-oresund-bridge.html| archive-date= 2 September 2010 | url-status= live}}
- 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48894-11-danish-soldiers-wounded.html|title=11 Danish soldiers wounded|date=5 May 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902071046/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48894-11-danish-soldiers-wounded.html|archive-date=2 September 2010|url-status=dead}}
- 9 May – Danish chef Rasmus Kofoed wins Bocuse d'Or.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49186-unemployed-chef-named-europes-best.html|title='Unemployed' chef named Europe's best|date=28 May 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902065015/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49186-unemployed-chef-named-europes-best.html|archive-date=2 September 2010|url-status=dead}}
- 28 May – Denmark gets a fourth place in Eurovision 2010 in Oslo, Norway.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/culture/culture/122-culture/49082-eurovision-relief-for-denmark.html|title=Eurovision relief for Denmark|date=28 May 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902044049/http://cphpost.dk/culture/culture/122-culture/49082-eurovision-relief-for-denmark.html|archive-date=2 September 2010|url-status=dead}}
=June=
- 16 June – Sweden agrees to fund study looking into whether a bridge between Helsingør and Helsingborg would be viable.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49248-second-oresund-bridge-study-announced.html|title=Second Øresund Bridge study announced|date=16 June 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902065105/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49248-second-oresund-bridge-study-announced.html|archive-date=2 September 2010|url-status=dead}}
- 22 June – Parliament overwhelmingly approves the establishment of Anholt Offshore Wind Park, which will supply some 400,000 homes with green energy.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/national/88-national/49305-nations-largest-wind-park-gets-green-light.html|title=Nation's largest wind park gets green light|date=22 June 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100902082322/http://cphpost.dk/news/national/88-national/49305-nations-largest-wind-park-gets-green-light.html| archive-date= 2 September 2010 | url-status= live}}
- 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49336-pet-reacts-to-indonesian-terror-threat-.html|title=PET reacts to Indonesian terror threat|date=25 June 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902002844/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49336-pet-reacts-to-indonesian-terror-threat-.html|archive-date=2 September 2010|url-status=dead}}
- 25 June – Denmark loses to Japan in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/sport/120-sport/49333-the-partys-over-japan-3-denmark-1.html|title=The party's over: Japan 3, Denmark 1|date=25 June 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628055008/http://www.cphpost.dk/sport/120-sport/49333-the-partys-over-japan-3-denmark-1.html|archive-date=28 June 2010|url-status=dead}}
- 29 June – Denmark has the highest prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks in the European Union, according to the latest survey from Eurostat.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/component/content/49354.html?task=view|title=Danish food prices the highest in EU|date=29 June 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- 30 June – Despite lowering its tax to GDP ratio over the past few years, Denmark still has the EU's highest rate.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/business/119-business/49357-danish-taxes-eus-highest-in-2008.html|title=Danish taxes EU's highest in 2008|date=30 June 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703054941/http://www.cphpost.dk/business/119-business/49357-danish-taxes-eus-highest-in-2008.html|archive-date=3 July 2010|url-status=dead}}
=July=
- 13 July – A major European survey reveals that Danish employees are least likely to shirk work.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49468-there-is-nothing-like-a-dane.html|title=There is nothing like a Dane|date=13 July 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902003050/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49468-there-is-nothing-like-a-dane.html|archive-date=2 September 2010|url-status=dead}}
=August=
- 9 August – Over three million visitors have seen the Little Mermaid statue at Expo 2010, in Shanghai, China.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010expo/2010-08/23/content_11191163.htm|title=Little Mermaid spends 97th birthday in Shanghai|date=23 August 2010|work=China Daily|access-date=4 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100827123644/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010expo/2010-08/23/content_11191163.htm| archive-date= 27 August 2010 | url-status= live}}
- 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49703-troops-to-leave-afghanistan-by-2015.html|title=Troops to leave Afghanistan by 2015|date=12 August 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902002743/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49703-troops-to-leave-afghanistan-by-2015.html|archive-date=2 September 2010|url-status=dead}}
- 31 August – The Danish-based Kurdish TV station Roj TV faces terror charges for supporting PKK.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/1-latest-news/49871-tv-station-faces-terror-charges.html|title=TV station faces terror charges |date=1 September 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100904043741/http://www.cphpost.dk/news/1-latest-news/49871-tv-station-faces-terror-charges.html| archive-date= 4 September 2010 | url-status= live}}
=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/local/87-local/49892-mosque-approved-for-citys-amager-district.html|title=Mosque approved for city's Amager district|date=3 September 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=4 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100903100544/http://cphpost.dk/news/local/87-local/49892-mosque-approved-for-citys-amager-district.html| archive-date= 3 September 2010 | url-status= live}}
- 10 September – A man is arrested in connection with a bomb at a hotel in Copenhagen.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11273771|title=Man pleads not guilty to Danish hotel blast charges|date=11 September 2010|work=BBC|access-date=15 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100914013858/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11273771| archive-date= 14 September 2010 | url-status= live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/50133-dolphin-massacre-protested.html|title=Dolphin 'massacre' protested|date=1 October 2010|work=Copenhagen Post|access-date=11 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013022241/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/50133-dolphin-massacre-protested.html|archive-date=13 October 2010|url-status=dead}}
- 30 October – Danish People's Party proposes a ban on parabolic antennas in public housing.{{cite web|url=http://politiken.dk/politik/ECE1097569/pia-kjaersgaard-vil-forbyde-paraboler-i-vollsmose/|title=Pia Kjærsgaard vil forbyde paraboler i Vollsmose|work=Politiken|access-date=2 November 2010|archive-url=http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20101125121601/http://politiken.dk/politik/ECE1097569/pia-kjaersgaard-vil-forbyde-paraboler-i-vollsmose/|archive-date=25 November 2010|url-status=dead}}
=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.maplandia.com/denmark/news/|title=Danish astronomer's body exhumed to solve mystery|date= 15 November 2010| access-date= 30 November 2010 }}
=December=
- 29 December – A terrorist plot "to attack Jyllands-Posten and kill an unknown number of people" fails when the accused are arrested.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/world/europe/31denmark.html?partner=rss&emc=rss |work=The New York Times |first1=Christina |last1=Anderson |first2=J. David |last2=Goodman |title=Terror Suspects Appear in Danish Court |date=30 December 2010 |access-date=30 December 2010}}
=Undated=
- Shape ApS, a Danish mobile design and development agency is founded in Copenhagen.{{cite web|url=http://www.trendsonline.dk/2011/05/02/formfuldendte-apps-fra-shape-interview-med-christian-risom/|title=Formfuldendte apps fra Shape - interview med Christian Risom - Trendsonline.dk|date=2 May 2011|publisher=}}
The arts
=Architecture=
- 26 February – Lene Tranberg is elected to honorary fellowship (Hon. FAIA) by the American Institute of Architects.{{cite web|url=http://aiaeurope.org/2010/02/new-honorary-fellows-within.html|title=New honorary fellows within aiaeurope.org|publisher=AIA|access-date=2012-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061254/http://aiaeurope.org/2010/02/new-honorary-fellows-within.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/AIAB082321|title=Lene Tranberg, Hon. FAIA|publisher=AIA|access-date=2012-03-04}}
- 5 November – Bjarke Ingels receives the first ever European Prize for Architecture at a gala dinner in Madrid.{{cite web|url=http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/bjarke_ingels_to_receive_the_european_prize_for_architecture/|title=Bjarke Ingels to Receive the European Prize for Architecture|publisher=Bustler|access-date=2012-03-04}}
=Film=
- 20 October – Thomas Vinterberg's film Submarino wins the 2010 Nordic Council Film Prize.{{cite web|url=http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ECE1089092/vinterberg-wins-nordic-film-prize/|title=Vinterberg wins Nordic Film Prize
|publisher=Politiken|access-date=2012-02-19}}
=Literature=
- Bjørn Lomborg - Smart Solutions to Climate Change, Comparing Costs and Benefits, Cambridge University Press, November 2010, {{ISBN|978-0-521-76342-4}}.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/aug/30/bjorn-lomborg-climate-change-u-turn |title=Bjørn Lomborg: $100bn a year needed to fight climate change |last=Jowit |first=Juliette |date=30 August 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=10 June 2019}}
=Music=
Sports
=Badminton=
- 9–14 March – Tine Rasmussen wins gold in Women's Single and Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen win gold in Men's Double at the 2010 All England Super Series.
- 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.
- 7 November {{ndash}} Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen win gold in men's double at the 2010 French Super Series.
- 23{{ndash}}28 August Denmark wins two bronze medals at the 2010 BWF World Championships.
=Cycling=
- 9 February {{ndash}} Michael Mørkøv (DEN) and Alex Rasmussen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race for the second year in a row.
- 24 March – Matti Breschel wins Dwars door Vlaanderen.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/dwars-door-vlaanderen-a-travers-la-flandre-1-1/results|title=Breschel calls Quick Step's bluff, solos to victory|publisher=cyclingnews|access-date=2012-02-23}}
- 24–28 March – 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships talks place in Ballerup Super Arena in Copenhagen
- 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.
=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.
=Equestrian sports=
- 23 September Denmark wins three silver medals and three bronze medals at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky.
=Swimming=
- 4–15 August {{ndash}} Denmark wins two gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships.
=Tennis=
- 1–11 October – Caroline Wozniacki wins China Open.
=Other=
- 24 April – Boxer Mikkel Kessler takes the WBC super-middleweight title from defending champion Carl Froch in an installment of the Super-Six tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=23610&more=1|title=Mikkel Kessler Out-Points Carl Froch in Classic War!|publisher=East Side Boxing|access-date=2012-02-20}} The match is subsequently deemed "a classic" and "one of the best matches in Danish boxing ever" by the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.{{cite web| url = http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/boksning/article1335734.ece| title = Mikkel Kessler vandt en klassiker – Ekstra Bladet}}
- 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
- 2 December – Kirsten Jacobsen, politician (b. 1942){{cite encyclopedia|last=Rasmussen|first=Hanne|last2=Brandt|first2=Ulrik|title=Kirsten Jacobsen (politiker)|trans-title=Kirsten Jacobsen (politician)|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Kirsten_Jacobsen_-_politiker|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske Encyklopædi|language=da|date=7 May 2020|access-date=27 February 2022}}
- 31 December – Tove Maës, actress (born 1921)
See also
References
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