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]
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]
22 June – Parliament overwhelmingly approves the establishment of Anholt Offshore Wind Park, which will supply some 400,000 homes with green energy.[13]
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
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]
