International Career
Rommedahl was selected to play for the Danish under-19 national youth team in July 1996. In all, he went on to play a combined 19 matches and score 5 goals for the under-19 and under-21 national youth teams.
After the appointment of Morten Olsen, Rommedahl was immediately called up for his Denmark debut in August 2000. Rommedahl went on to play the next 38 Danish national team matches in a row, the first 32 games in the starting line-up. The 38 games included Denmark's four games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a goal against defending world champions France in Denmark's 2–0 victory. His unbroken run of national team games was stopped in February 2004 when he missed the friendly against Turkey. He also played all four Danish matches at the Euro 2004.
On 28 May 2010, Olsen announced that the player would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the 2010 World Cup. He scored the winning goal, and assisted Bendtner on 19 June 2010, in a group stage game against Cameroon.
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