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Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Friis Arne PETERSEN
chancery: 3200 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 234-4300
FAX: [1] (202) 328-1470
consulate(s) general: Chicago, New York

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador James P. CAIN
embassy: Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24, 2100 Copenhagen
mailing address: PSC 73, APO AE 09716
telephone: [45] 33 41 71 00
FAX: [45] 35 43 02 23

Flag description:
red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the
vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side, and that
design element of the Dannebrog (Danish flag) was subsequently
adopted by the other Nordic countries of Finland, Iceland, Norway,
and Sweden

Economy Denmark

Economy - overview:
The Danish economy is undergoing strong expansion fueled by private
consumption growth, low unemployment, rising real wages, and a
strong increase in house prices. This thoroughly modern market
economy features high-tech agriculture, up-to-date small-scale and
corporate industry, extensive government welfare measures,
comfortable living standards, a stable currency, and high dependence
on foreign trade. Denmark is a net exporter of food and energy and
enjoys a comfortable balance of payments surplus. Government
objectives include streamlining the bureaucracy and further
privatization of state assets. The government has been successful in
meeting, and even exceeding, the economic convergence criteria for
participating in the third phase (a common European currency) of the
European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), but Denmark has decided
not to join 12 other EU members in the euro. Nonetheless, the Danish
krone remains pegged to the euro. Economic growth gained momentum in
2004 and the upturn continued through 2006. Because of high GDP per
capita, welfare benefits, a low Gini index, and politic