Danish East India Company

E652020

The Danish East India Company was a Danish chartered trading company that operated from the 17th to the 19th century, establishing colonies and trading posts in India and Southeast Asia to participate in the lucrative spice and textile trades.

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Danish East India Company canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chartered company
charterGranted 1616
competedWith Dutch East India Company
English East India Company
French East India Company
continentOfOperation Asia
countryOfOrigin Denmark–Norway
Kingdom of Denmark
linked to: Denmark
dissolved 1729
era Age of Discovery
linked to: Age of Exploration

Age of Sail
flagCountry Denmark
grantedBy Christian IV of Denmark
hadMonopolyOn Danish trade east of the Cape of Good Hope
hasColony Serampore
Tranquebar
hasTradingPost Nicobar Islands
Serampore
Tharangambadi
Tranquebar
headquartersLocation Copenhagen
historicalPeriod 17th century
18th century
inception 1616
involvedIn Atlantic triangular trade
legalForm joint-stock company
linkedTo Danish West India Company
mainActivity maritime trade
spice trade
textile trade
operatedIn Bay of Bengal
Coromandel Coast
Indian subcontinent
Southeast Asia
ownedBy Danish crown
linked to: Danish Crown

private shareholders
partOf Danish colonial empire
reestablishedAs Asiatic Company
linked to: Asiatisk Kompagni
successor Asiatic Company
linked to: Asiatisk Kompagni
tradedIn coffee
cotton textiles
indigo
pepper
porcelain
silk
spices
tea
usedCurrency rigsdaler

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Fort Dansborg occupant Danish East India Company
Cassimbazar hadTradingPostOf Danish East India Company
Zion Church, Tranquebar associatedWith Danish East India Company
Tharangambadi foundedAsTradingPostBy Danish East India Company
Ove Gjedde affiliation Danish East India Company
Dano-Norwegian overseas maritime domains operatedBy Danish East India Company