March 23, 1991
The Danish and Swedish governments sign an agreement for a fixed link across Øresund.

September 16, 1993
Work begins on the Danish landworks which comprise a 9 km motorway and a 18 km railway.

July 17, 1995
Øresundskonsortiet signs a contract with Øresund Tunnel Contractors for the immersed tunnel for the motorway and railway. Øresundskonsortiet signs a contract with Öresund Marine Joint Venture for dredging work and the construction of the artificial island.

August 1995
Work on the coast-to-coast link commences with dredging of the Øresund seabed.

November 27, 1995
Øresundskonsortiet signs a contract for the construction of the bridge with Sundlink Contractors.

April 1, 1997
The first of the two caissons for the pylons is towed to the bridge alignment from Malmö and immersed in a 17 m deep trench in the seabed.

August 8, 1997
The first of the 20 tunnel elements is towed from the tunnel factory at Copenhagen North Harbour to Drogden and immersed in the tunnel trench.

September 27, 1997
The Øresund motorway to Copenhagen Airport opens to traffic.

September 27, 1998
The Øresund Line between Copenhagen Central Railway Station and Copenhagen Airport opens. This completes the Danish landworks for the Øresund Fixed Link.

March 16, 1999
With the casting of the final metres of the tunnel, the first vehicle drives through the tunnel.

August 14, 1999
The final bridge span is placed in position. Denmark and Sweden are connected for the first time.

December 1, 1999
The final section of track between Malmö and Copenhagen is put in place.

June 9 – 12, 2000
The public has access to the Øresund Bridge for the first time. Several hundred thousand people cycle, run or walk across the link during an "open day" event.

June 17, 2000
Yttre Ringvägen (the outer ring road) in Malmö and the Swedish landworks are inaugurated.

July 1, 2000
The Øresund Bridge opens. Queen Margrethe of Denmark and King Carl Gustaf of Sweden were among the speakers at the opening ceremony.

September 18, 2000
At 03.45, vehicle no. 1,000,000 drives on to the Øresund Bridge - a family from Stockholm on their way home from holiday in Italy.

February 27, 2001
The Øresund exhibition at Lernacken on the Swedish side closes. The exhibition opened in February 1998 and received a total of 600,000 visitors.

July 21, 2003
Vehicle no. 10,000,000 drives through the toll station at Lernacken.

July 1, 2005
The Øresund Bridge's 5. anniversary. After a slow start, traffic increased sharply from around 7,000 per day in the first half of 2001 to around 12,000 per day in the first half of 2005. In the toll station customers were offered non-alcoholic drinks and cleaning of their windshields, making it easier to see the possibilities on the other side.

July 1, 2010
The Øresund Bridge's 10th anniversary ...