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. 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. The match is subsequently deemed "a classic" and "one of the best matches in Danish boxing ever" by the Danish newspaper 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 (born 1912), inspiration behind the tales of Tintin 2 December – Kirsten Jacobsen, politician (b. 1942) 31 December – Tove Maës, actress (born 1921) See also 2010 in Danish television References Denmark Years of the 21st century in Denmark