Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner and Liverpool defender Daniel Agger are amongst the 20 players named by Denmark coach Morten Olsen for Euro 2012.
Highly-rated Ajax midfielder Christian Eriksen is also named, along with Stoke goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen.
Dennis Rommedahl has a thigh injury but is included with Olsen certain the Brondy winger "will be ready".
Olsen named the majority of his squad on Wednesday, leaving three spots open before the 29 May deadline.
The most difficult choice left for Olsen is deciding who to pick for third-choice goalkeeper, after Sorensen and Stephan Andersen.
His options include Leicester's Kasper Schmeichel and Anders Lindegaard of Manchester United.
Olsen said Bendtner "is an important piece" in the puzzle, and his role is not just to score goals but "he is very good in combinations."
The 24-year-old spent the 2011-12 season on loan at Sunderland for whom he scored eight goals.
Agger played 34 times for Liverpool, including appearances in the Carling Cup final against Cardiff, which Liverpool won on penalties, and the FA Cup final, which the Reds lost 2-1 to Chelsea.
Denmark have a tough draw for the tournament, where they will face the Netherlands, Germany and Portugal in Group B.
The team will start gathering for a training camp north of Copenhagen on Thursday. They will play friendlies against Brazil and Australia before taking off for their Euro 2012 base in Poland.
Provisional Denmark squad for Euro 2012
Goalkeepers : Thomas Sorensen (Stoke), Stephan Andersen (Evian).
Defenders : Lars Jacobsen (FC Copenhagen), Michael Silberbauer (BSC Young Boys), Simon Busk Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar), Daniel Wass (Evian), Simon Kjaer (AS Roma) , Daniel Agger (Liverpool), Andreas Bjelland (FC Nordsjaelland).
Midfielders : William Kvist (Stuttgart), Christian Poulsen (Evian), Niki Zimling (Brugge), Jakob Poulsen (FC Midtjylland), Lasse Schone (Nijmegen), Christian Eriksen (Ajax).
Forwards : Dennis Rommedahl (Brondby), Tobias Mikkelsen (FC Nordsjaelland), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brondby), Thomas Kahlenberg (Evian), Nicklas Bendtner (Sunderland).
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