2010 in Denmark explained

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, .^[33]

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 Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen win gold in men's double at the 2010 French Super Series.
• 2328 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.

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 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margrethe II queen of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.
2. News: Somali charged over attack on Danish cartoonist. 2 January 2010. BBC News. 4 September 2010.
3. News: Danish Forces Storm Somali Pirate Ship, Free 25 People on Board. 5 February 2010. Fox News Channel. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026092039/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/02/05/danish-forces-storm-somali-pirate-ship-free-people-board/. 26 October 2012. dead.
4. Web site: Three die in German motorway crash. 13 February 2010. RTÉ News. 4 September 2010.
5. Web site: Denmark retains Euro trash title. 19 March 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902072242/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48559-denmark-retains-euro-trash-title.html. 2 September 2010 . live.
6. Web site: Denmark to fight for North Pole rights. 29 March 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902072103/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48626-denmark-to-fight-for-north-pole-rights.html. 2 September 2010 . live.
7. Web site: Denmark closes 4 embassies. 15 April 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902071205/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48765-denmark-closes-4-embassies.html#. 2 September 2010. dead.
8. Web site: 50 million over Øresund Bridge. 3 May 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902071220/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48872-50-million-over-oresund-bridge.html. 2 September 2010 . live.
9. Web site: 11 Danish soldiers wounded. 5 May 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902071046/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48894-11-danish-soldiers-wounded.html#. 2 September 2010. dead.
10. Web site: 'Unemployed' chef named Europe's best. 28 May 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902065015/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49186-unemployed-chef-named-europes-best.html#. 2 September 2010. dead.
11. Web site: Eurovision relief for Denmark. 28 May 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902044049/http://cphpost.dk/culture/culture/122-culture/49082-eurovision-relief-for-denmark.html#. 2 September 2010. dead.
12. Web site: Second Øresund Bridge study announced. 16 June 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902065105/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49248-second-oresund-bridge-study-announced.html#. 2 September 2010. dead.
13. Web site: Nation's largest wind park gets green light. 22 June 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902082322/http://cphpost.dk/news/national/88-national/49305-nations-largest-wind-park-gets-green-light.html. 2 September 2010 . live.
14. Web site: PET reacts to Indonesian terror threat. 25 June 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902002844/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49336-pet-reacts-to-indonesian-terror-threat-.html#. 2 September 2010. dead.
15. Web site: The party's over: Japan 3, Denmark 1. 25 June 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100628055008/http://www.cphpost.dk/sport/120-sport/49333-the-partys-over-japan-3-denmark-1.html. 28 June 2010. dead.
16. Web site: Danish food prices the highest in EU. 29 June 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010.
17. Web site: Danish taxes EU's highest in 2008. 30 June 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100703054941/http://www.cphpost.dk/business/119-business/49357-danish-taxes-eus-highest-in-2008.html. 3 July 2010. dead.
18. Web site: There is nothing like a Dane. 13 July 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902003050/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49468-there-is-nothing-like-a-dane.html#. 2 September 2010. dead.
19. Web site: Little Mermaid spends 97th birthday in Shanghai. 23 August 2010. China Daily. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100827123644/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010expo/2010-08/23/content_11191163.htm. 27 August 2010 . live.
20. Web site: Troops to leave Afghanistan by 2015. 12 August 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100902002743/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49703-troops-to-leave-afghanistan-by-2015.html#. 2 September 2010. dead.
21. Web site: TV station faces terror charges . 1 September 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100904043741/http://www.cphpost.dk/news/1-latest-news/49871-tv-station-faces-terror-charges.html. 4 September 2010 . live.
22. Web site: Mosque approved for city's Amager district. 3 September 2010. Copenhagen Post. 4 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100903100544/http://cphpost.dk/news/local/87-local/49892-mosque-approved-for-citys-amager-district.html. 3 September 2010 . live.
23. News: Man pleads not guilty to Danish hotel blast charges. 11 September 2010. BBC. 15 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100914013858/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11273771. 14 September 2010 . live.
24. Web site: Dolphin 'massacre' protested. 1 October 2010. Copenhagen Post. 11 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101013022241/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/50133-dolphin-massacre-protested.html#. 13 October 2010. dead.
25. Web site: Pia Kjærsgaard vil forbyde paraboler i Vollsmose. Politiken. 2 November 2010. http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20101125121601/http://politiken.dk/politik/ECE1097569/pia-kjaersgaard-vil-forbyde-paraboler-i-vollsmose/. 25 November 2010. dead.
26. Web site: Danish astronomer's body exhumed to solve mystery. 15 November 2010. 30 November 2010 .
27. News: Terror Suspects Appear in Danish Court . The New York Times . Christina . Anderson . J. David . Goodman . 30 December 2010 . 30 December 2010.
28. Web site: Formfuldendte apps fra Shape - interview med Christian Risom - Trendsonline.dk. 2 May 2011.
29. Web site: New honorary fellows within aiaeurope.org. AIA. 2012-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061254/http://aiaeurope.org/2010/02/new-honorary-fellows-within.html. 4 March 2016. dead.
30. Web site: Lene Tranberg, Hon. FAIA. AIA. 2012-03-04.
31. Web site: Bjarke Ingels to Receive the European Prize for Architecture. Bustler. 2012-03-04.
32. Web site: Vinterberg wins Nordic Film Prize. Politiken. 2012-02-19.
33. News: Bjørn Lomborg: $100bn a year needed to fight climate change . Jowit . Juliette . 30 August 2010 . . 10 June 2019.
34. Web site: Breschel calls Quick Step's bluff, solos to victory. cyclingnews. 2012-02-23.
35. Web site: Mikkel Kessler Out-Points Carl Froch in Classic War!. East Side Boxing. 2012-02-20.
36. Web site: Mikkel Kessler vandt en klassiker – Ekstra Bladet.
37. Encyclopedia: Rasmussen. Hanne. Brandt. Ulrik. Kirsten Jacobsen (politiker). Kirsten Jacobsen (politician). Den Store Danske Encyklopædi. da. 7 May 2020. 27 February 2022.