The Embassy of Denmark in

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, or formally the Royal Danish Embassy, is the

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in the

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. It occupies a large, modern building designed by Danish architect

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which it shares with the Embassy of Iceland, completed in 1977. The Royal Danish Embassy houses the Danish-UK Chamber of Commerce founded in 1989, and also hosts the Representation of the

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in London since 2002. In 2006 there were

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outside the embassy following the

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; a number of people were later arrested in connection with the protest.

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Overview of the building's architecture
Arne Jacobsen buildings Government buildings completed in 1977

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