- History of U.S. – Denmark relations
- Official Reports
- Treaties and Agreements in Force between the United States and Denmark
Here you can find the titles and dates of all treaties and international agreements between the United States and Denmark. For most of them, there are links to the full texts of the treaty or agreement.
AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC
Agreement relating to reciprocal treatment of passenger motor vehicles.
Exchange of notes at Bar Harbor, Maine September 4, 1928, and at Washington October 27, 1928, and February 2, 1929. Entered into force February 2, 1929; operative February 1, 1929. 48 Stat. 1871; EAS 61; 7 Bevans 83
AVIATION
Arrangement relating to pilot licenses to operate civil aircraft.
Exchange of notes at Copenhagen March 14 and 24, 1934, with text of arrangement Entered into force April 16, 1934. 48 Stat. 1865 ; Executive Agreement Series 59.
Agreement relating to air transport services
Exchange of notes at Washington December 16, 1944, supplementing arrangement of March 12 and 24, 1934 Entered into force provisionally January 1, 1945; definitively September 29, 1945
Note: This agreement is suspended for the duration of provisional application of the U.S. – E.U. Air Transport Agreement signed April 25 and 30, 2007 (“Air Transport Agreement”) except in respect of the application of this agreement to those areas that are not encompassed within the definition of “territory” in Article 1 of the Air Transport Agreement.
Air service agreement relating to facilities at Kastrup Airport in Denmark.
Exchange of notes at Copenhagen September 26 and October 1, 1946 Entered into force October 1, 1946.
Agreement relating to the reciprocal acceptance of airworthiness certifications.
Exchange of notes at Washington January 6, 1982. Entered into force January 6, 1982. 34 UST 27; TIAS 10335.
Agreement for promotion of aviation safety.
Signed at Copenhagen November 6, 1998. Entered into force November 6, 1998. TIAS 12992.
COMMERCE
General convention of friendship, commerce, and navigation.
Signed at Washington April 26, 1826. Entered into force August 10, 1826;
Note:
Does not apply to Greenland and Iceland (article 6). This convention was abrogated April 15, 1856, and renewed, with the exception of article 5, by the convention of April 11, 1857 (TS 67), and terminated, with the exception of articles 8, 9 and 10 relating to consular matters, by the treaty of October 1, 1951
Treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation, with protocol and minutes of interpretation
Signed at Copenhagen October 1, 1951. Entered into force July 30, 1961.
CUSTOMS
Agreement on mutual assistance in customs matters.
Signed at Nyborg Castle June 20, 1991. Entered into force July 16, 1991.
DEFENSE
Mutual defense assistance agreement.
Signed at Washington January 27, 1950. Entered into force January 27, 1950.
Agreement concerning the defense of Greenland.
Signed at Copenhagen April 27, 1951. Entered into force June 8, 1951.
Agreement relating to the disposition of equipment and material no longer required by Denmark in the furtherance of its mutual defense assistance program.
Exchange of notes at Copenhagen November 16, 1951, and April 28, 1952. Entered into force April 28, 1952.
Agreement relating to the offshore procurement program in Denmark with model contract attached.
Exchange of notes at Copenhagen June 8, 1954. Entered into force June 8, 1954.
Agreement relating to the status of the personnel of the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group and of the personnel of the offshore procurement program.
Exchange of notes at Copenhagen December 12, 1956. Entered into force December 12, 1956
Agreement relating to a weapons production program.
Exchange of notes at Copenhagen April 12, 1960. Entered into force April 12, 1960.
Memorandum of understanding concerning the principles governing mutual cooperation in the research, development, production, procurement and logistic support of defense equipment.
Signed at Copenhagen and Washington January 2 and 30, 1980. Entered into force January 30, 1980.
Agreement on general security of military information.
Exchange of notes at Copenhagen January 23 and February 27, 1981.
Entered into force February 27, 1981.
Mutual logistical support agreement, with annex.
Signed at Vedbaek and Stuttgart-Vaihingen June 1 and 14, 1982.
Entered into force June 14, 1982.
Memorandum of understanding concerning use of Sondrestrom Aviation Facility, Kulusuk Airfield and other matters related to U.S. military activities in Greenland.
Signed at Copenhagen March 13, 1991.
Entered into force March 13, 1991.
Acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, with annexes.
Signed at Vedbaek, Denmark and Patch Barracks, Germany January 5 and 8, 1998.
Entered into force January 8, 1998.
Agreement regarding the exchange of administraive and professional personnel, with annexes.
Signed at Washington July 7, 1998.Entered into force July 7, 1998.
Memorandum of understanding concerning the Dundas area, with related exchange of notes.
Can be accessed through the following link:
Agreement concerning ballistic missile defense technology.
Signed at Washington October 25, 2005.
Entered into force October 25, 2005.
Memorandum of understanding regarding the assignment of a foreign liaison officer to the headquarters, United States Strategic Command, with annex.
Signed at Omaha and Vedbaek May 21 and
June 2, 2006.
Entered into force June 2, 2006.
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Can be accessed through the following link:
Memorandum of agreement regarding the military reserve exchange program.
Signed at Copenhagen December 11, 2012.
Entered into force December 11, 2012.
ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
- Economic cooperation agreement.
Signed at Copenhagen June 29, 1948.
Entered into force July 2, 1948.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/b-dk-ust000007-0141.pdf
EDUCATION
Agreement for financing certain educational exchange programs.
Exchange of notes at Copenhagen May 28, 1962. Entered into force May 28, 1962.
Can be accessed through:
EMPLOYMENT
Treaty on extraditionSigned at Copenhagen June 22, 1972.
Entered into force July 31, 1974.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://www.congress.gov/109/cdoc/tdoc14/CDOC-109tdoc14.pdf#page=95
FINANCE
Agreement relating to guaranties authorized under Section 111(b)(3) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended.Exchange of notes at Washington July 30 and August 8, 1952.
Entered into force August 9, 1952.
Can be accessed through the following link:
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
See also TRADE-MARK
Agreement with respect to the protection of industrial designs or models.
Exchange of notes at Washington and Bar Harbor, Maine, June 22 and 26, 1906.
Entered into force June 26, 1906.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/b-dk-ust000007-0045.pdf
JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE
Instrument as contemplated by Article 3(3) of the agreement on mutual legal assistance between the United States of America and the European Union signed June 25, 2003, with annex.Signed at Copenhagen June 23, 2005.
Entered into force February 1, 2010.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=130571
Agreement on enhancing cooperation in preventing and combating serious crime.Signed at Copenhagen October 14, 2010.
Entered into force May 5, 2011.
Can be accessed through the following link:
MAPPING
Basic exchange and cooperative agreement concerning mapping, charting and geodesy cooperation, with glossary.Signed at Fairfax and Vedbaek December 20, 1995, and February 7, 1996.
Entered into force February 7, 1996.
Can be accessed through the following link:
MARITIME MATTERS
Agreement for mutual exemption of vessels from readmeasurement in the ports of their respective countries.
Signed at Washington February 26, 1886.
Entered into force April 1, 1886.
Can be accessed through the following link:
MUTUAL SECURITY
Agreement relating to the assurances required by the Mutual Security Act of 1951.Exchange of notes at Copenhagen January 8, 1952. Entered into force January 8, 1952.Can be accessed through the following link:
NARCOTIC DRUGS
Arrangement for the direct exchange of certain information regarding the traffic in narcotic drugs.
Exchange of notes at Copenhagen February 3 and April 23, 1928.
Entered into force April 23, 1928.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/b-dk-ust000007-0078.pdf
NAVIGATION
Agreement concerning the closure of the long-range radio aid to navigation transmitting station at Angissoq, Greenland, with annex.
Signed at Copenhagen December 12, 1994.
Entered into force December 12, 1994.
Can be accessed through the following link:Agreement for the transfer of ownership of long-range radio aid to navigation transmitting station at Ejde, Faroe Islands, Denmark, with annex.Signed at Copenhagen December 12, 1994.
Entered into force December 12, 1994.
Can be accessed through the following link:
PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
Treaty for the advancement of peace.Signed at Washington April 17, 1914.
Entered into force January 19, 1915.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/b-dk-ust000007-0053.pdf
Arbitration treaty.Signed at Washington June 14, 1928.
Entered into force April 17, 1929.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/b-dk-ust000007-0080.pdf
PATENTS
Agreement to facilitate the interchange of patent rights and technical information for defense purposes.Signed at Copenhagen February 19, 1960.
Entered into force February 19, 1960.
Can be accessed through the following link: https://fas.org/sgp/othergov/invention/denmark.pdf
Agreement approving the procedures for the reciprocal filing of classified patent applications in the United States and Denmark.Exchange of notes at Copenhagen June 13 and 20, 1960.
Entered into force June 20, 1960.
Can be accessed through the following link:
POSTAL MATTERS
Agreement concerning the exchange of parcel post, and detailed regulations of execution. (Applicable to Faroe Islands and Greenland)
Signed at Copenhagen December 9 and at Washington December 28, 1932.
Entered into force provisionally July 1, 1932; definitively August 18, 1933.
Can be accessed through the following link:Agreement for collect-on-delivery service.Signed at Copenhagen October 13, and at Washington November 11, 1933.
Operative November 1, 1933.Can be accessed through the following link:
International express mail agreement, with detailed regulations.Signed at Copenhagen and Washington October 19 and November 19, 1984.
Entered into force January 2, 1985.
Can be accessed through the following link:
PUBLICATIONS
Agreement for the exchange of official
publications.
Exchange of notes at Copenhagen July 27 and August 1, 1949.
Entered into force August 1, 1949.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/b-dk-ust000007-0159.pdf
SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION
Memorandum of understanding concerning the furnishing of balloon launching and associated services.
Signed at Copenhagen and Washington September 14 and 20, 1983.
Entered into force September 20, 1983.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201644/v1644.pdf#page=66
Memorandum of understanding concerning scientific and technical cooperation in the earth sciences as related to Greenland, with annexes.
Signed at Copenhagen May 31, 2006.
Entered into force May 31, 2006.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/171847.pdf
Scientific and technological cooperation agreement, with annexes.Signed at Copenhagen September 15, 2009.
Entered into force September 15, 2009.Can be accessed through the following link:
SHIPPING
Agreement relating to jurisdiction over vessels utilizing the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port.
Exchange of notes at Washington August 17 and 22, 1978.
Entered into force August 22, 1978.
Can be accessed through the following link:
SMUGGLING
Convention for prevention of smuggling of intoxicating liquors.
Signed at Washington May 29, 1924.
Entered into force July 25, 1924.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=j7gwAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=da&pg=GBS.PA301
TAXATION
Agreement relating to relief from double income tax on shipping profits.Exchanges of notes at Washington May 22, August 9 and 18, October 24, 25, and 28, and December 5 and 6, 1922.
Entered into force December 6, 1922; operative January 1, 1921.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%202175/v2175.pdf#page=85
- Agreement relating to relief from taxation of United States expenditures in Denmark for common defense.
Exchange of notes at Copenhagen April 7 and 9, 1952.
Entered into force April 9, 1952; operative April 7, 1952.
Can be accessed through the following link:
Convention for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on estates.
Signed at Washington April 27, 1983.
Entered into force November 7, 1984.
Can be accessed through the following link:
http://taxtopics.net/Denmark.htm
Convention for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, with protocol.
Signed at Washington August 19, 1999.
Entered into force March 31, 2000.
Can be accessed through the following link:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/denmark2.pdf
Protocol amending the convention of August 19, 1999 for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, with a related exchange of notes.
Signed at Copenhagen May 2, 2006.
Entered into force December 28, 2007.
Can be accessed through the following link:
