Serbia and Denmark established diplomatic relations on October 19th, 1917. Dr. Milutin Jovanović, at the height of the First World War, submits a letter of credence to the Danish court. The issuing of the commemorative postage stamp for 105 years of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Serbia and the Kingdom of Denmark marks an anniversary, a testimony to the significance and lastingness of ties between the two countries.
In spite of being located at two opposite ends of Europe, contact between Serbia and Denmark had existed long before there was discourse concerning diplomatic relations, most notably in the field of culture. Several curated collections of Serbian folk songs were translated into Danish in the 19th century. Hans Christian Andersen portrayed Serbia and the Serbian people in a dedicated chapter titled Dryads of Serbia in his A Poet’s Bazaar travelogue from 1842. Upon returning from their voyage to the Scandinavian country, two prominent Serbian scientists and politicians Milenko Vesnić and Svetomir Nikolajević introduced the Danes’ culture and art to the Serbian public through their articles. Since 1901. Copenhagen has been a home to the Serbian street.
The commemorative postage stamp represents King Petar I Karađorđević and King Christian X since the diplomatic relations between Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of Denmark were established during their reigns. The photographs of the kings are a part of a Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of Denmark collection of documents published by the State Archives of Serbia. The book was issued for the occasion of the 105th anniversary of Serbian-Danish diplomatic relations and edited by Dr. Jasmina Mitrović-Marić, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Copenhagen, Jelica Reljić and Aleksandar Marković.
