Denmark–Portugal relations

Denmark–Portugal relations refers to the current and historical relations between Denmark and Portugal. Denmark has an embassy in Lisbon.[1] Portugal has an embassy in Copenhagen.[2] Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the European Union and NATO.

Danish-Portuguese relations
Map indicating locations of Denmark and Portugal

Denmark
Portugal

History

Diplomatic relations between Denmark and Portugal were established on 18 March 1641[3] when Portuguese diplomats Francisco de Sousa Coutinho and António Moniz de Carvalho were sent to Copenhagen. The diplomatic relations were established as Portugal was at war with Spain as part of the Restoration War. King Christian IV chose not to offer the diplomats a formal audience as he did not wish to compromise the neutrality of Denmark in the conflict.[4]

First Portuguese legation in Copenhagen opened officially in January 1769.[4]

See also

References
  1. Government of Denmark. "Danish embassy in Lisbon, Portugal". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark). Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  2. Government of Portugal. "Portuguese embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Portugal). Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  3. Damião Peres, Manuel Paulo Merêa (1920). História de Portugal, segundo o programa oficial para as classes VI e VII do ensino secundário (in Portuguese). p. 215.
  4. "Dinamarca" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 December 2022.

Further reading
  • de Passos Canavarro, Pedro Manuel Guedes (1967), "Portugal e a Dinamarca durante a restauração: relações diplomáticas, 1640-1668", Instituto de Alta Cultura, Centro de Estudos Históricos, anexo à Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
  • Larsen, Sofus (1983), "Dinamarca e Portugal no século XV", Biblioteca Nacional (in Portuguese)
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