Dear Visitor,

A warm welcome to the web site of the Swiss Embassy in Copenhagen. It should provide you with some basic information about Switzerland and help you to establish useful contacts in and with Switzerland. I hope that the knowledge in Denmark about my country can be enhanced and the economic and cultural exchanges deepened.

Switzerland and Denmark have quite a few things in common. I do not think only of the two national flags with their white cross on a red background or the practically identical territories of a bit over 40.000 sq km, but also of the well performing economies, which are marked today by high tech industries and modern service sectors. Both countries are today important trade nations, despite their very different geographic locations – Switzerland in the heart of Europe and Denmark surrounded by the sea.

In addition to all these common factors, both countries share the same visions about most of the central themes of modern society, such as the maintaining of peace, sustainable development, protection of the environment, demographic development, education and science.

These numerous similarities and points of contact lead to a fruitful and intensive co-operation between both countries, their governments and citizens. It is the task of the Embassy to facilitate and enhance this co-operation.