The foreign policy of Denmark is based on its identity as a sovereign state in Europe,the Arctic and the North Atlantic. As such its primary foreign policy focus is on its relations with other nations as a sovereign state compromising the three constituent countries:Denmark,Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Denmark has long had good relations with other nations. It has been involved in coordinating Western assistance to the Baltic states.
The Christian Democrats are a political party in Denmark. The party was founded in April 1970 as the Christian People's Party to oppose the liberalization of restrictions on pornography and the legalization of abortion. The party renamed itself to its current name in 2003. Originally,the party was not considered part of the European Christian-democratic tradition,and it was better known as a religious conservative party.
Mette Frederiksen is a Danish politician who has served as prime minister of Denmark since June 2019,and leader of the Social Democrats since June 2015. The second woman to hold either office,she is also the youngest prime minister in Danish history,the first to be born after Margrethe II's accession to the throne,and the first to serve under Frederik X.
The Arctic Policy of the Kingdom of Denmark defines the Kingdom's foreign relations and policies with other Arctic countries,and the Kingdom's strategy for the Arctic on issues occurring within the geographic boundaries of "the Arctic" or related to the Arctic or its peoples. In order to clearly understand the Danish geopolitical importance of the Arctic,it is necessary to mention Denmark's territorial claims in areas beyond its exclusive EEZ in areas around the Faroe Islands and north of Greenland covering parts of the North Pole,which is also claimed by Russia.
Lars Faaborg-Andersen was a Danish diplomat who served as ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Israel from 2013 –2017. He had a distinguished career spanning over thirty years in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Michael Peter Zilmer-Johns is a Danish retired senior diplomat and civil servant. He is currently senior fellow at the Royal Danish Defence College and the think tank Axcelfuture,having previously served as Permanent Representative of Denmark to NATO (2014–2018) as well as Chief of Protocol (2018–2023) and State Secretary for Foreign and European Affairs (2005–2013) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Nye Borgerlige is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Denmark. Formed by Pernille Vermund and Peter Seier Christensen in 2015,the party first entered the Danish Parliament,the Folketing,in 2019 with four seats and again in 2022 with six. After three defections in the first months after the election,by March 2023 the party's number of seats in the Folketing was reduced to three.
Svend Olling is a Danish diplomat,who is currently the Danish Ambassador to the Republic of Korea since March 2023.
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen is a Danish former politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and Minister of Defence under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen from 2022 to 2023. He led the Venstre party from 2019 to 2023.
Beata Anna Pęksa is a Polish diplomat,since 2023 serving as the European Union Ambassador to Turkmenistan. Between 2018 and 2020 she was Poland Ambassador to Iraq.
The 2024 European Parliament election in Denmark was held on 9 June 2024. The elections were held as part of the wider 2024 European Parliament election,but did not take place in the Faroe Islands and Greenland,which are not part of the European Union.
Mette Thiesen is a Danish politician and former schoolteacher who has been a member of the Folketing since June 2019,at first representing the Nye Borgerlige political party,but from November 2022 being an independent,and from February 2023 representing the Danish People's Party.
A referendum on the abolition of the defence opt-out,one of the country's opt-outs from the European Union,was held in Denmark on 1 June 2022. The referendum was announced on 6 March 2022 following a broad multi-party defence agreement reached during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The referendum resulted in the "Yes" side winning with approximately two-thirds of the vote.
The Denmark Democrats is a right-wing populist political party in Denmark. The party was founded in June 2022 by Inger Støjberg,and is officially titled Denmark Democrats –Inger Støjberg. The party is currently in opposition to the second Frederiksen government.
The Frederiksen II Cabinet is the current Government of Denmark,which took office on 15 December 2022. It succeeded the Frederiksen I Cabinet following the 2022 general election.
Lone Dencker Wisborg is a Danish diplomat,lawyer and civil servant. She is the current Permanent Representative of Denmark to NATO,having previously served as Ambassador of Denmark to the United States,from 2019 to 2022,the first woman to hold that position.
Liselotte Ellegaard Kjærsgaard Plesner is a Danish diplomat and civil servant. She is the current Ambassador of Denmark to Saudi Arabia,concurrently serving as ambassador to Kuwait,Bahrain,Oman and Yemen,having previously served as Permanent Representative of Denmark to NATO,from 2018 to 2022,the first woman to hold that position.
Kristina Miskowiak Beckvard is a Danish diplomat,jurist and civil servant. She is the current Ambassador of Denmark to Sweden,having previously served as Ambassador of Denmark to Estonia,from 2017 to 2022.
