At half time it was 13-9 and Denmark had a real grip on the match.
The decisive jerk came when you went from 24-20 to 27-20 in three minutes.
At the end, the organizer Kim Larsen played and there were wide Danish smiles both on the bench and on the field.
There was a ring dance to celebrate the victory.
The Danish goalkeeper Sandra Toft had a save percentage of 44 and was chosen as the player of the match.
She got a ball in the face, a heavy shot by Vladlena Bobrovnikova at 5-3, but was able to return in play.
Höjlund scored seven goals
Most of all, it sparkled about Odense's Mie Höjlund who scored seven goals on nine shots after not even being on the field for 20 minutes.
Notably, in her previous matches in the European Championships, she has scored two goals at most in any match.
- She flew today.
She was dangerous and occupied the Russian defense with all her frequent melee and challenges.
If she did not score a goal herself, she attracted so much surveillance that her teammates could step forward and get through, says TV2 Sports expert Kamilla Larsen.