2010 in Denmark

none September 2020 2010 Events from the year 2010 in Denmark. Incumbents Monarch – Margrethe IIMargrethe II queen of Denmark https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margrethe-II Encyclopedia Britannica 16 June 2019 en 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8437652.stm Somali charged over attack on Danish cartoonist 2 January 2010 BBC News 4 September 2010 February 5 February – Danish special forces storm a ship captured by armed Somali pirates and free the 25 crew on board.https://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/02/05/danish-forces-storm-somali-pirate-ship-free-people-board 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 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.http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0213/germany.html Three die in German motorway crash 13 February 2010 RTÉ News 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.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48559-denmark-retains-euro-trash-title.html 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 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.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48626-denmark-to-fight-for-north-pole-rights.html 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 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.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48765-denmark-closes-4-embassies.html 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 May 3 May – Nearly ten years after its opening, the 50 millionth vehicle roars over the Øresund Bridge.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48872-50-million-over-oresund-bridge.html 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 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.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48894-11-danish-soldiers-wounded.html 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 9 May – Danish chef Rasmus Kofoed wins Bocuse d'Or.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49186-unemployed-chef-named-europes-best.html '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 28 May – Denmark gets a fourth place in Eurovision 2010 in Oslo, Norway.http://www.cphpost.dk/culture/culture/122-culture/49082-eurovision-relief-for-denmark.html 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 June 16 June – Sweden agrees to fund study looking into whether a bridge between Helsingør and Helsingborg would be viable.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49248-second-oresund-bridge-study-announced.html 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 22 June – Parliament overwhelmingly approves the establishment of Anholt Offshore Wind Park, which will supply some 400,000 homes with green energy.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/national/88-national/49305-nations-largest-wind-park-gets-green-light.html 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 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.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49336-pet-reacts-to-indonesian-terror-threat-.html 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 25 June – Denmark loses to Japan in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.http://www.cphpost.dk/sport/120-sport/49333-the-partys-over-japan-3-denmark-1.html 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 29 June – Denmark has the highest prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks in the European Union, according to the latest survey from Eurostat.http://www.cphpost.dk/component/content/49354.html?task=view Danish food prices the highest in EU 29 June 2010 Copenhagen Post 4 September 2010 September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 30 June – Despite lowering its tax to GDP ratio over the past few years, Denmark still has the EU's highest rate.http://www.cphpost.dk/business/119-business/49357-danish-taxes-eus-highest-in-2008.html 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 July 13 July – A major European survey reveals that Danish employees are least likely to shirk work.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49468-there-is-nothing-like-a-dane.html 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 August 9 August – Over three million visitors have seen the Little Mermaid statue at Expo 2010, in Shanghai, China.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010expo/2010-08/23/content_11191163.htm 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 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.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/49703-troops-to-leave-afghanistan-by-2015.html 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 31 August – The Danish-based Kurdish TV station Roj TV faces terror charges for supporting PKK.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/1-latest-news/49871-tv-station-faces-terror-charges.html 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 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.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/local/87-local/49892-mosque-approved-for-citys-amager-district.html 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 10 September – A man is arrested in connection with a bomb at a hotel in Copenhagen.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11273771 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 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.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/50133-dolphin-massacre-protested.html 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 30 October – Danish People's Party proposes a ban on parabolic antennas in public housing.http://politiken.dk/politik/ECE1097569/pia-kjaersgaard-vil-forbyde-paraboler-i-vollsmose/ 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 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.http://www.maplandia.com/denmark/news/ Danish astronomer's body exhumed to solve mystery 15 November 2010 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.https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/world/europe/31denmark.html?partner=rss&emc=rss The New York Times Christina Anderson J. David Goodman Terror Suspects Appear in Danish Court 30 December 2010 30 December 2010 Undated Shape ApS, a Danish mobile design and development agency is founded in Copenhagen.http://www.trendsonline.dk/2011/05/02/formfuldendte-apps-fra-shape-interview-med-christian-risom/ Formfuldendte apps fra Shape - interview med Christian Risom - Trendsonline.dk 2 May 2011 The arts Architecture 26 February – Lene Tranberg is elected to honorary fellowship (Hon. FAIA) by the American Institute of Architects.http://aiaeurope.org/2010/02/new-honorary-fellows-within.html 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 deadhttp://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/AIAB082321 Lene Tranberg, Hon. FAIA AIA 2012-03-04 5 November – Bjarke Ingels receives the first ever European Prize for Architecture at a gala dinner in Madrid.http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/bjarke_ingels_to_receive_the_european_prize_for_architecture/ Bjarke Ingels to Receive the European Prize for Architecture Bustler 2012-03-04 Film 20 October – Thomas Vinterberg's film Submarino wins the 2010 Nordic Council Film Prize.http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ECE1089092/vinterberg-wins-nordic-film-prize/ Vinterberg wins Nordic Film Prize Politiken 2012-02-19 Literature Bjørn Lomborg - Smart Solutions to Climate Change, Comparing Costs and Benefits, Cambridge University Press, November 2010, 978-0-521-76342-4.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/aug/30/bjorn-lomborg-climate-change-u-turn Bjørn Lomborg: $100bn a year needed to fight climate change Jowit Juliette 30 August 2010 The Guardian 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 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.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/dwars-door-vlaanderen-a-travers-la-flandre-1-1/results Breschel calls Quick Step's bluff, solos to victory cyclingnews 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 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.http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=23610&more=1 Mikkel Kessler Out-Points Carl Froch in Classic War! East Side Boxing 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. http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/boksning/article1335734.ece 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 (b. 1912), inspiration behind the tales of Tintin 2 December – Kirsten Jacobsen, politician (b. 1942)Rasmussen Hanne Brandt Ulrik Kirsten Jacobsen (politiker) Kirsten Jacobsen (politician) https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Kirsten_Jacobsen_-_politiker Den Store Danske Encyklopædi da 7 May 2020 27 February 2022 31 December – Tove Maës, actress (born 1921) See also 2010 in Danish television References 30em 2010 Denmark Category:Years of the 21st century in Denmark