Relationship dossier
Denmark
Norway
Relationship assessment
Denmark and Norway maintain close ties, including a bilateral framework for defense cooperation.
Denmark toward Norway
+40Denmark participates in bilateral defense cooperation with Norway under an agreement providing a framework for closer military coordination.
Norway toward Denmark
+40Norway participates in bilateral defense cooperation with Denmark under an agreement providing a framework for closer military coordination.
Overall relationship
+45The relationship is characterized by close Nordic ties and a concrete bilateral defense-cooperation framework. These features support a cooperative assessment, although the agreement’s scope and implementation are not fully clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Denmark and Norway maintain a close bilateral relationship, including practical defense cooperation. A bilateral defense cooperation agreement provides a concrete framework for closer military coordination. The breadth of other government-to-government cooperation and the agreement’s implementation are less clear.
Key developments
Denmark and Norway concluded a bilateral defense cooperation agreement to provide a framework for closer military coordination.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral defense cooperation agreement are unclear.
- The extent of cooperation in policy areas beyond defense is uncertain.