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Denmark picks French, German and Norwegian air defence suppliers

By Reuters June 11, 2025
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen attends a press conference with President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola (not pictured), ahead of Denmark’s takeover of the European Union presidency, at the Prime Minister’s Office at Christiansborg, Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 3, 2025. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS/File Photo

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark will acquire short-range air defence systems from MBDA France, Germany’s Diehl Defence and Kongsberg Gruppen of Norway, the Nordic country’s defence ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in February ordered the military to go on a buying spree to beef up the country’s defences in preparation for potential future Russian aggression in Europe.

Denmark will spend over six billion Danish crowns ($919 million) on the artillery acquisition, with the first deliveries expected in 2026, the defence ministry said.

Denmark received 10 offers, including from suppliers in Turkey, Israel and Italy, and decided in the end to buy systems from French and German suppliers and to lease one from Norway‘s Kongsberg, it added.

($1 = 6.5304 Danish crowns)

(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen and Terje Solsvik, editing by Jacob Gronholt Pedersen)

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