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* March 9–14 — [[Tine Rasmussen]] wins gold in Women's Single at [[2010 All England Super Series|All England Open]]. |
* March 9–14 — [[Tine Rasmussen]] wins gold in Women's Single at [[2010 All England Super Series|All England Open]]. |
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* April 14–18 — With four gold medals, two silver mdeals and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the [[2010 European Badminton Championships|22nd European Badminton Championships]] in [[Manchester]]. |
* April 14–18 — With four gold medals, two silver mdeals and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the [[2010 European Badminton Championships|22nd European Badminton Championships]] in [[Manchester]]. |
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* April 24 — [[Mikkel Kessler]] takes the [[List of super-middleweight boxing champions|WBC super-middleweight title]] from defending champ [[Carl Froch]] in in a [[Super Six World Boxing Classic|Super-Six tournament]]. <ref>{{ |
* April 24 — [[Mikkel Kessler]] takes the [[List of super-middleweight boxing champions|WBC super-middleweight title]] from defending champ [[Carl Froch]] in in a [[Super Six World Boxing Classic|Super-Six tournament]]. <ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=23610&more=1|title=Mikkel Kessler Out-Points Carl Froch In Classic War! |
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|publisher=East Side Boxing|accessdate=2012-02-20}}</ref> The match is subsequently deemed "a classic" and "one of the best matches in Danish boxing ever" by the Danish newspaper [[Ekstra Bladet]].<ref>http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/boksning/article1335734.ece</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:18, 21 February 2012
Events from the year 2010 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark
- Prime minister - Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Events
January
- January 1 – A Somali man has been charged with trying to kill Kurt Westergaard whose drawing of the Prophet Mohammed sparked riots around the world.[1]
February
- February 5 – Danish special forces storm a ship captured by armed Somali pirates and free the 25 crew on board.[2]
- February 13 – Three people died and others were 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
- March 19 – For the second year in a row Denmark has been revealed as the most wasteful nation in the EU.[4]
- March 29 – Ministers from the Arctic countries – Russia, Denmark, Norway, Canada and the US – will meet in Chelsea, Quebec to form a working cooperation over the North Pole region.[5]
April
- April 15 – The Foreign Ministry has decided to shut its embassies in Jordan, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nicaragua as well as the general consulate in Hong Kong.[6]
May
- May 3 – Nearly 10 years after its opening, the 50 millionth vehicle roared over the Øresund Bridge.[7]
- May 4 – The army has announced 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]
- May 9 – Danish chef Rasmus Kofoed wins Bocuse d'Or.[9]
- May 28 – Denmark gets a fourth place in Eurovision 2010 in Oslo, Norway.[10]
June
- June 16 – Sweden agrees to fund study looking into whether a bridge between Helsingør and Helsingborg would be viable.[11]
- June 22 – Parliament overwhelmingly approved the establishment of Anholt Offshore Wind Park, which will supply some 400,000 homes with green energy.[12]
- June 25 – 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]
- June 25 – Denmark loses to Japan in the 2010 World Cup.[14]
- June 29 – Denmark has the highest prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks in the European Union, according to the latest survey from Eurostat.[15]
- June 30 – Despite lowering its tax to GDP ratio over the past few years, Denmark still has the EU’s highest rate.[16]
July
- July 13 – Major European survey reveals that Danish employees are least likely to shirk work.[17]
August
- August 9 – Over three million visitors have see the Little Mermaid statue at Expo 2010, in Shanghai, China.[18]
- August 12 – Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has for the first time put a date on when Danish troops should be pulled out of Afghanistan: 2015.[19]
- August 31 – The Danish-based Kurdish TV station Roj TV faces terror charges for supporting PKK.[20]
September
- September 3 – By an overwhelming majority of 45 votes to three at the Copenhagen City Council, the construction of a new mosque has been pre-approved as part of a new local plan for the city’s Amager district.[21]
- September 10 – A man is arrested in connection with a bomb at a hotel in Copenhagen.[22] See Hotel Jørgensen explosion
October
- October 1 – About 200 protesters gathered outside the Danish Embassy in Paris to demonstrate against what they call ‘a massacre’ of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands.[23]
- October 30 – Danish People's Party proposes a ban on parabols in public housing.[24]
November
- November 15 - The 16th Century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is being exhumed in Prague to clarify the cause of his death, after previous tests showed high levels of mercury in his hair.[25]
December
- December 29 - A terrorist plot "to attack Jyllands-Posten and kill an unknown number of people" failed when the accused were arrested.[26]
The arts
Architecture
Film
- October 20 – Thomas Vinterberg's film Submarino wins the 2010 Nordic Council Film Prize.[27]
Literature
Music
Sports
- March 9–14 — Tine Rasmussen wins gold in Women's Single at All England Open.
- April 14–18 — With four gold medals, two silver mdeals and two bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 22nd European Badminton Championships in Manchester.
- April 24 — Mikkel Kessler takes the WBC super-middleweight title from defending champ Carl Froch in in a Super-Six tournament. [28] The match is subsequently deemed "a classic" and "one of the best matches in Danish boxing ever" by the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.[29]
Deaths
- 6 January – Jakob Nørhøj
- 11 January – Asger Stig Møller
- 15 February – Rigmor Mydtskov, photographer (b. 1925)
- 4 March – Etta Cameron, singer (b. 1939)
- 19 November – Tobias Faber, architect (b. 1915)
See also
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. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Denmark to fight for North Pole rights". Copenhagen Post. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Denmark closes 4 embassies". Copenhagen Post. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "50 million over Øresund Bridge". Copenhagen Post. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "11 Danish soldiers wounded". Copenhagen Post. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "'Unemployed' chef named Europe's best". Copenhagen Post. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Eurovision relief for Denmark". Copenhagen Post. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Second Øresund Bridge study announced". Copenhagen Post. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Nation's largest wind park gets green light". Copenhagen Post. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "PET reacts to Indonesian terror threat". Copenhagen Post. 25 June 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. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Little Mermaid spends 97th birthday in Shanghai". China Daily. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Troops to leave Afghanistan by 2015". Copenhagen Post. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "TV station faces terror charges". Copenhagen Post. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Mosque approved for city's Amager district". Copenhagen Post. 03 September2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Man pleads not guilty to Danish hotel blast charges". BBC. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ^ "Dolphin 'massacre' protested". Copenhagen Post. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ "Pia Kjærsgaard vil forbyde paraboler i Vollsmose". Politiken. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
- ^ "Danish astronomer's body exhumed to solve mystery". 15 November2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Anderson, Christina; Goodman, J. David (30 December 2010). "Terror Suspects Appear in Danish Court". The New York Times.
- ^ "Vinterberg wins Nordic Film Prize". Politiken. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ^ "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
