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2011 in Denmark

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Events from the year 2011 in Denmark.

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January

  • 10 January – Denmark and Serbia signs a defense agreement.[2]
  • 13 January – Lene Espersen, party leader of the Danish Conservative Party, announces her resignation from the post after a period of intense criticism in the media and from fellow party members.[3]
  • 14 January – Lars Barfoed is elected as new political leader of the Conservative party.[4]
  • 19 January – Denmark starts the trial against the Somali man who attacked Kurt Westergaard.[5][6]

February

  • 24 February – A Danish family is kidnapped from their private yacht off the coast of Somalia by Somali pirates.[7]

March

  • 13 March – By unanimous vote, Denmark's Parliament authorized direct military action by its air force to help enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973, marking the only time so far in the state's history that military commitment was supported by full parliamentary unity.[8] The Royal Danish Air Force is participating with six F-16AM fighters, one C-130J-30 Super Hercules military transport plane and the corresponding ground crews. Only four F-16s will be used for offensive operations, while the remaining two will act as reserves.[9] The first airstrikes from Danish aircraft were carried out on 23 March with four aircraft making twelve sorties as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn.[10] The Guardian reported in May 2011, that Danish F-16 fighters killed Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Arab Gaddafi.[11]

April–June

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Copenhagen Suborbitals' rocket launch on 3 June

July–September

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Presentation of the new government on 3 October

October–December

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