Denmark-Slovenia relations
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Denmark–Slovenia relations are foreign relations between Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 and Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

. Denmark have a embassy in Ljubliana. Slovenia have a embassy in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

. Both countries are members of the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 and NATO. Diplomatic relations were established on 20 January 1992. Denmark and Slovenia has signed many agreements on economic and technological cooperation.

Trade

Trade between Slovenia and Denmark in 2009 amounted to 208,5 million EUR. Slovenian exports to Denmark were worth 134,7 million EUR and imports 73,8 million EUR. Denmark ranks 18th on the list of Slovenia's export country and Slovenia has a surplus in trade with Denmark.

Foreign direct investments of Denmark in Slovenia in 2008 amounted to 91,5 million EUR. Foreign direct investments of Slovenia in Denmark totaled 18,1 million EUR.

High level visits

In 2001, Queen Margrethe II visited Slovenia. In 2002, Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a Danish politician, and the 12th and current Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 27 November 2001 to 5 April 2009....

 visited Slovenia, to support Slovenia in the European Union
2004 enlargement of the European Union
The 2004 enlargement of the European Union was the largest single expansion of the European Union , both in terms of territory, number of states and population, however not in terms of gross domestic product...

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Slovenians in Denmark

There is a small Slovenian community in Denmark, With accession of Slovenia in the European Union, more Slovenians moved to Denmark.

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