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How Denmark votes at the UN
Denmark votes with its EU and Nordic partners at the General Assembly. In 2025 it agreed with Sweden on 99% of recorded votes (votes where each country's choice is listed), with the United Kingdom on 93% and with the United States on 24%, down from 71% in 2024 after the United States voted no on most texts in 2025. The Greenland dispute does not show in its 2025 votes.
- 93%
With United KingdomIn 2024: 92% - 99%
With SwedenTied as its closest match - 24%
With the USIn 2024: 71% - 79%
With ChinaIn 2024: 55%
Share of recorded General Assembly votes on which Denmark and each country voted the same way, 2025.
Does Denmark vote with the US at the UN?
EU member states are bound by treaty to coordinate in international organizations (Treaty on European Union, Article 34). Denmark often speaks with the other four Nordic countries as one bloc. Its 2023 strategy calls for "pragmatic idealism," saying foreign policy "must deal with the world as it actually is: uncertain, unpredictable and complicated" (translated). The United States voted no on 174 of 192 recorded votes in 2025, so most members' agreement with it fell. Denmark has a seat on the Security Council for 2025 and 2026, its fifth term. On February 24, 2025 it voted for Ukraine's Assembly text against the United States. Hours later it abstained on the United States-drafted Resolution 2774 on the war in Ukraine in the Council.
In December 2024 President-elect Trump said that United States "ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity." In January 2026 he announced tariffs on Denmark and seven allies, then dropped them on January 21. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on January 22, 2026 that "we cannot negotiate our sovereignty." Denmark's UN ambassador Christina Markus Lassen said on March 3, 2025 that Greenland "is not on the Council's agenda." On September 22, 2026 the United States, Denmark and Greenland signed a security agreement on the sidelines of the General Assembly. It allows the United States to open two more bases, with Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig named as possible sites, and Denmark keeps sovereignty. It still needs approval from Greenland's parliament and the Danish parliament.
How does Denmark vote on Gaza and Palestine?
Denmark abstained on the first Gaza text on October 27, 2023. It co-sponsored Canada's failed amendment condemning Hamas. From December 2023 it voted yes on every later Gaza ceasefire text through 2025. It kept voting yes on texts that did not condemn Hamas. On June 4, 2025, speaking on a Security Council draft that Denmark co-wrote and the United States vetoed, Denmark's UN ambassador Christina Markus Lassen said: "Denmark regrets that the draft resolution did not condemn the heinous terrorist attacks by Hamas... It does not change, however, our support for the draft resolution as a whole."
Denmark had not recognized Palestine by October 2026. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said recognition should come "when a sustainable and democratic state in Palestine can be secured without the influence of Hamas." Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen set three conditions on September 22, 2025: the hostages released, Hamas disarmed and Hamas kept out of government. Ambassador Lassen told the Assembly: "The keys to recognition of a Palestinian state can no longer lie in the hands of the Israeli government." In 2025 Denmark voted no on the resolution backing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It aligns with NATO's nuclear policy and prefers the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- Oct 2023Humanitarian truce in Gaza, October 2023120 yes, 14 no, 45 abstainedAbstained
- Dec 2023Ceasefire in Gaza, December 2023153 yes, 10 no, 23 abstainedYes
- May 2024Palestine's UN membership bid143 yes, 9 no, 25 abstainedYes
- Jun 2025Ceasefire in Gaza, June 2025149 yes, 12 no, 19 abstainedYes
- Sep 2025Endorsing the New York Declaration on a two-state solution142 yes, 10 no, 12 abstainedYes
Which countries vote most like Denmark?
Compare with any country →Denmark's closest matches in 2025 are EU and Nordic members such as Belgium, Sweden and Luxembourg. They coordinate foreign policy by treaty. Its least alike countries are the United States, Israel, Nauru, Argentina and Paraguay.
Belgium99%
Croatia99%
Luxembourg99%- Sweden99%
Germany98%
Estonia98%
4 countries at 99%
- United States24%
Israel42%
Nauru47%
Argentina48%
Paraguay69%
How did Denmark vote on the big votes?
| Vote | Denmark | United States | United Kingdom | China | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A just and lasting peace in UkraineFebruary 24, 2025 | Yes | No | Yes | Abstained | Adopted 93–18 |
| Demanding a permanent ceasefire in GazaJune 12, 2025 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Adopted 149–12 |
| The New York Declaration on two statesSeptember 12, 2025 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Adopted 142–10 |
| Palestine's bid for UN membershipMay 10, 2024 | Yes | No | Abstained | Yes | Adopted 143–9 |
| Ending the US embargo on CubaOctober 29, 2025 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Adopted 165–7 |
Where does Denmark sit?
Denmark sits in the European group on the right half of the strip, next to Norway.
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