Austria–Denmark relations explained

Foreign relations exist between Austria and Denmark. Austria has an embassy in Copenhagen and Denmark has an embassy in Vienna.[1] [2] Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and of the European Union. Diplomatic relations were established on 19 December 1925.[3]

History

Austria and Denmark were allies against Sweden in 1643–45 and 1657–60. Austria established a legation in Copenhagen in 1691. The Austrian Archduke has the Order of the Elephant, the highest Danish order of chivalry.[4]

In 1927, an agreement on free visas was signed in Berlin.[5]

Second Schleswig War

See main article: Second Schleswig War. The Second Schleswig War was the second military conflict as a result of the Schleswig-Holstein Question. It began on 1 February 1864, when Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig.

Denmark fought Prussia and Austria. Like the First Schleswig War (1848–51), it was fought for control of the duchies because of succession disputes concerning the duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg when the Danish king died without an heir acceptable to the German Confederation. Decisive controversy arose due to the passing of the November Constitution, which integrated the Duchy of Schleswig into the Danish kingdom in violation of the London Protocol.

Reasons for the war were the ethnic controversy in Schleswig and the co-existence of conflicting political systems within the Danish unitary state.

The war ended on 30 October 1864, when the Treaty of Vienna caused Denmark's cession of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Saxe-Lauenburg to Prussia and Austria. It was the last victorious conflict of the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary in its history.[6]

Austrian war refugees

After the First World War, 25,000 children from Vienna fled to Denmark, and 12,000 did so after the Second World War.[7]

Trade

Austria has a trade delegation in Copenhagen.[8]

The Danish pastry was created (accidentally) in Denmark by bakers from Vienna, who were brought in to fill a labor shortage created by striking Copenhagen bakers.[9] [10]

The trade between Austria and Denmark increased from January to August 2010. Austrian exports to Denmark increased by almost 4%, mainly due to export growth in industrial sectors. Exports of pharmaceutical products increased by 8% and 20%.[11]

Melchior Lorck

See main article: Melchior Lorck. Melchior Lorck was a renaissance painter, draughtsman, and printmaker of Danish-German origin. He produced the most thorough visual record of the life and customs of Turkey in the 16th century, to this day a unique source. He was also the first Danish artist of whom a substantial biography is reconstructable and a substantial body of artworks is attributable. Lorck returned to Western Europe in the autumn of 1559. In 1560, he was documented in Vienna, where he stayed until 1566.[12]

Expatriates

806 Danes lived in Austria in 2001, and 1,307 Austrians lived in Denmark in 2005.[13]

Tourism

301,449 Danes visited Austria in 2007.[14]

Resident diplomatic missions

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Austrian representatives in Denmark. de. Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Austria). 12 February 2011. 6 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706092721/http://www.bmeia.gv.at/aussenministerium/buergerservice/oesterreichische-vertretungen.html?dv_staat=38&cHash=f9c12a742a. live.
  2. Web site: Danish embassy in Vienna, Austria. da, de. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark). 12 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719132623/http://www.ambwien.um.dk/da. 19 July 2011.
  3. Web site: Bilateral relations between Austria and Denmark (Treaties). de. Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Austria). 12 February 2011. 20 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120220092119/http://www.bmeia.gv.at/aussenministerium/aussenpolitik/voelkerrecht/staatsvertraege/bilaterale-staatsvertraege.html?dv_staat=38&mode=country&submit=1&vb_vp_id=36&cHash=8e49de6440. live.
  4. Web site: Athanasius Kircher to King Frederik III of Denmark, from Rome, 14 January 1654. Athanasius Kircher. Athanasius Kircher. 14 January 1654. 6 May 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20120711153726/http://insight.stanford.edu/content/kircher/texts/translations/AKFredIIIa.htm. 11 July 2012.
  5. Web site: Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement relating to the Abolition of Passports Visas for the Nationals of the two States. Berlin, June 9, and Copenhagen, June 11, 1927.. 11 June 1927. United Nations Treaty Series. World Legal Information Institute. 6 May 2012. 31 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160131044122/http://www.worldlii.org/int/other/LNTSer/1927/177.pdf. live.
  6. Web site: Prussia and Austria fights Denmark 1864. https://archive.today/20110714012651/http://www.macgregorishistory.com/english/ib/Germany/prussdan.html. dead. 14 July 2011. 12 February 2011.
  7. News: Vienna children remember Denmark. Anne-Marie Mohr Nielsen. da. 15 May 2007. Kristeligt Dagblad. Kristeligt Dagblad. 12 February 2011. 26 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326160955/http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/artikel/252228:Udland--Wienerboernene-husker-Danmark. live.
  8. Web site: Austrian trade delegation in Denmark . de . . 12 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719133101/http://www.ambwien.um.dk/de/menu/Export/die%2B%C3%B6sterreichische%2Bhandelsdelegation%2Bin%2Bkopenhagen . 19 July 2011 . dead .
  9. Web site: Wienerbrød . Arbejdsgiverforeningen Konditorer, Bagere og Chocolademagere . 2012-01-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116214915/http://www.akbc.dk/fagspecialer/wienerdej . 2013-01-16 .
  10. Web site: De danske kager er en fantastisk historie. da. Samvirke. Inger Abildgaard. 1 February 2007. 16 October 2014. 16 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141016005653/http://samvirke.dk/mad-sundhed/artikler/danske-kager-fantastisk-historie.html. dead. Interview with Bi Skaarup, a Danish food-historian and former president of "Det Danske Gastronomiske Akademi" (The Danish Gastronomical Academy).
  11. Web site: Newsletter Austrian embassy - Commercial Section. Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. 6 May 2012. 31 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160131044122/http://www.advantageaustria.org/dk/oesterreich-in-denmark/Newsletter_4-2010_Dezember.pdf. live.
  12. Fischer, Bencard and Rasmussen (2009-2010)
  13. Web site: Ties between Austria and Denmark . de . . . 12 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111113043525/http://www.ambwien.um.dk/de/menu/Daenemark/Bande%2Bzwischen%2BD%C3%A4nemark%2Bund%2B%C3%96sterreich . 13 November 2011 .
  14. Web site: Danish Tourism in Austria . da . . . 12 February 2011 .

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