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Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the United States in 1917 due to strategic concerns and economic realities.
Yes — Denmark has sold territory to the United States in the past: Copenhagen transferred the Danish West Indies (today’s U.S. Virgin Islands) to Washington in 1917 in a transaction shaped by strategi...
to sell to cleared the Danish lower chamber but failed in on a tie vote, halting a $5 million transfer that had already ratified . Proponents emphasized economic relief for a chronically unprofitable ...
The failed sale attempt was framed largely as a stalled, politically awkward transaction—one that collapsed amid parliamentary deadlock and complaints about haggling over price—whereas the negotiation...