2010 in Denmark

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Events from the year 2010 in Denmark .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II ^[1]
• 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. ^[2]

February

• 5 February – Danish special forces storm a ship captured by armed Somali pirates and free the 25 crew on board. ^[3]
• 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. ^[4]

March

• 19 March – For the second year in a row Denmark is revealed as the most wasteful nation in the European Union. ^[5]
• 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. ^[6]

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. ^[7]

May

• 3 May – Nearly ten years after its opening, the 50 millionth vehicle roars over the Øresund Bridge. ^[8]
• 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. ^[9]
• 9 May – Danish chef Rasmus Kofoed wins Bocuse d'Or. ^[10]
• 28 May – Denmark gets a fourth place in Eurovision 2010 in Oslo, Norway. ^[11]

June

• 16 June – Sweden agrees to fund study looking into whether a bridge between Helsingør and Helsingborg would be viable. ^[12]
• 22 June – Parliament overwhelmingly approves the establishment of Anholt Offshore Wind Park, which will supply some 400,000 homes with green energy. ^[13]
• 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. ^[14]
• 25 June – Denmark loses to Japan in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. ^[15]
• 29 June – Denmark has the highest prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks in the European Union, according to the latest survey from Eurostat. ^[16]
• 30 June – Despite lowering its tax to GDP ratio over the past few years, Denmark still has the EU's highest rate. ^[17]

July

• 13 July – A major European survey reveals that Danish employees are least likely to shirk work. ^[18]

August

• 9 August – Over three million visitors have seen the Little Mermaid statue at Expo 2010, in Shanghai, China. ^[19]
• 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. ^[20]
• 31 August – The Danish-based Kurdish TV station Roj TV faces terror charges for supporting PKK. ^[21]

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. ^[22]
• 10 September – A man is arrested in connection with a bomb at a hotel in Copenhagen. ^[23] _{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. ^[24]
• 30 October – Danish People's Party proposes a ban on parabolic antennas in public housing. ^[25]

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. ^[26]

December

• 29 December – A terrorist plot "to attack Jyllands-Posten and kill an unknown number of people" fails when the accused are arrested. ^[27]

Undated

• Shape ApS, a Danish mobile design and development agency is founded in Copenhagen. ^[28]

The arts

Architecture

• 26 February – Lene Tranberg is elected to honorary fellowship (Hon. FAIA) by the American Institute of Architects. ^{[29] [30]}
• 5 November – Bjarke Ingels receives the first ever European Prize for Architecture at a gala dinner in Madrid. ^[31]

Film

• 20 October – Thomas Vinterberg's film Submarino wins the 2010 Nordic Council Film Prize. ^[32]

Literature

• Bjørn Lomborg - Smart Solutions to Climate Change, Comparing Costs and Benefits, Cambridge University Press, November 2010, ISBN   978-0-521-76342-4. ^[33]

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 – Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen win gold in men's double at the 2010 French Super Series.
• 23–28 August Denmark wins two bronze medals at the 2010 BWF World Championships.

Cycling

• 9 February – 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. ^[34]
• 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.

Equestrain 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 – 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. ^[35] The match is subsequently deemed "a classic" and "one of the best matches in Danish boxing ever" by the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet . ^[36]
• 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) ^[37]
• 31 December – Tove Maës, actress (born 1921)

See also

• 2010 in Danish television

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