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{{Short description|Diplomatic mission of Denmark in the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox Diplomatic Mission
|name = Embassy of Denmark in London<br />''Danmarks Ambassade, London''
|location = [[Knightsbridge]], [[London]]
|coordinates = {{coord|51.4978|-0.1594|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|image = Embassy of Denmark (London, UK - June 2008).jpg
|address = 55 [[Sloane Street]], London, SW1X 9SR
|ambassador = {{Ill|Claus Grube|da}}
}}

The '''Embassy of Denmark''' in [[London]], or formally the '''Royal Danish Embassy''', is the [[diplomatic mission]] of [[Denmark]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf |title=The London Diplomatic List |date=13 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211155353/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-11 }}</ref> It occupies a large, modern building designed by Danish architect [[Arne Jacobsen]] which it shares with the [[Embassy of Iceland, London|Embassy of Iceland]], completed in 1977. The Royal Danish Embassy also hosts the Representation of the [[Faroe Islands|Faroes]] in London since 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Faroese Section|url=http://storbritannien.um.dk/en/about-us/the-embassy/the-faroese-section/|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark|access-date=21 August 2013|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004072410/http://storbritannien.um.dk/en/about-us/the-embassy/the-faroese-section/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2006 there were [[2006 Islamist demonstration outside the Embassy of Denmark in London|protests]] outside the embassy following the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]; a number of people were later arrested in connection with the protest.<ref name='BBC 2007-07-19'>{{cite news | first=Dominic | last=Casciani | title=The angry young men jailed over protest | date=19 July 2007 |work=BBC News| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6903445.stm | access-date =29 September 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071008202837/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6903445.stm| archive-date= 8 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Copenhagen House Grounds]], where once the Danish Ambassador resided

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://storbritannien.um.dk/en}}
*[http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/danishembassy/ Overview of the building's architecture]

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[[Category:International style architecture in England]]
[[Category:Modernist architecture in London]]
[[Category:Denmark–United Kingdom relations]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]]
[[Category:Knightsbridge]]


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