Adidas BENDTNER 11 DENMARK HOME JERSEY EURO 2012

Nicklas Bendtner started his national team career by scoring three goals in three starts for the Denmark under-16 national team in February 2004. He then scored six goals in 15 games for the Denmark under-17 national team, and was named 2004 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year. 

Bendtner was the youngest player selected for the Danish under-21 national squad for the 2006 European Under-21 Championship tournament. He replaced Morten Rasmussen in the Danish starting line-up. He got his under-21 debut on 17 May 2006, at the age of 18, scoring both goals in a Danish 2–0 victory over Spain under-21s in a friendly match. When Bendtner was substituted with Rasmussen during the game against the Netherlands under-21 team, Bendtner told the press he found Rasmussen a lesser player. Bendtner was reprimanded, but played the rest of the tournament before Denmark were eliminated.

On 12 May 2011, Bendtner turned down the opportunity of representing his national team at Under-21 level at the European Championship, citing family reasons.

He scored two goals in a 2-0 win against Norway on 6 September 2011. On 7 October 2011, Bendtner failed to score in a 4-1 win against Cyprus after several good chances. But four days later, on 11 October 2011, he scored in the 63rd minute against Portugal to ensure Denmark qualified for Euro 2012. On 11 November 2011, he scored against rivals Sweden in an international friendly. Four days later, on the 15th November, Nicklas Bendtner scored in the second half against Finland, racing away from the defence before finishing hard and low to put Denmark 2-1 up.