Events from the year 2010 in Denmark.
Contents
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]
Literature
Music
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
- ^ "Somali charged over attack on Danish cartoonist". BBC News. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Danish Forces Storm Somali Pirate Ship, Free 25 People On Board". Fox News Channel. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Three die in German motorway crash". RTÉ News. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Denmark retains Euro trash title". Copenhagen Post. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Denmark to fight for North Pole rights". Copenhagen Post. 29 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Denmark closes 4 embassies". Copenhagen Post. 15 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "50 million over Øresund Bridge". Copenhagen Post. 3 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "11 Danish soldiers wounded". Copenhagen Post. 5 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "‘Unemployed’ chef named Europe’s best". Copenhagen Post. 28 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Eurovision relief for Denmark". Copenhagen Post. 28 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Second Øresund Bridge study announced". Copenhagen Post. 16 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Nation’s largest wind park gets green light". Copenhagen Post. 22 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "PET reacts to Indonesian terror threat". Copenhagen Post. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "The party’s over: Japan 3, Denmark 1". Copenhagen Post. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Danish food prices the highest in EU". Copenhagen Post. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Danish taxes EU’s highest in 2008". Copenhagen Post. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "There is nothing like a Dane". Copenhagen Post. 13 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Little Mermaid spends 97th birthday in Shanghai". China Daily. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Troops to leave Afghanistan by 2015". Copenhagen Post. 12 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "TV station faces terror charges". Copenhagen Post. 1 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Mosque approved for city's Amager district". Copenhagen Post. 3 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Man pleads not guilty to Danish hotel blast charges". BBC. 11 September 2010. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ^ "Dolphin ‘massacre’ protested". Copenhagen Post. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ "Pia Kjærsgaard vil forbyde paraboler i Vollsmose". Politiken. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
- ^ "Danish astronomer's body exhumed to solve mystery". 15 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ^ Anderson, Christina; Goodman, J. David (30 December 2010). "Terror Suspects Appear in Danish Court". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ "New honorary fellows within aiaeurope.org". AIA. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ "Lene Tranberg, Hon. FAIA". AIA. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ "Bjarke Ingels to Receive the European Prize for Architecture". Bustler. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ "Vinterberg wins Nordic Film Prize". Politiken. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ^ "Breschel calls Quick Step's bluff, solos to victory". cyclingnews. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ^ "Mikkel Kessler Out-Points Carl Froch In Classic War!". East Side Boxing. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/boksning/article1335734.ece
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