Danish East India Company
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The Danish East India Company refers to two separate Danish-Norwegian chartered companies. The first company operated between 1616 and 1650. The second company existed between 1670 and 1729, however,
Fort Dansborg at Tranquebar, built by Ove Gedde in 1620.
The Tranquebar Treaty of 1620.
Ove Gjedde's Expedition
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Ove Gjedde's Expedition or the Danish Expedition to India of 1618–1622 was the first Danish colonial expedition to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, reaching Sri Lanka, Thanjavur and Ayuttha
Painting of Ove Gjedde by Karel van Mander III (c. 1630). From the National Gallery of Denmark.
