Danish banks have implemented significant restrictions on how Danish kroner (DKK) used outside Denmark can be repatriated back into Denmark.
Due to these circumstances, which are unfortunately beyond Mullvad’s control, Mullvad will no longer be able to accept DKK from its customers. We will continue to credit DKK received until the end of the month, but considering postal delays, it is best to stop sending it immediately.
Denmark not being part of the eurozone despite its central location is extremely funny to me. Like some monetary San Marino.
They can pry my kroner from my cold dead hands!
But seriously, you’re right. What makes it even stranger is that the value of kroner is pegged at 746,038 kroner pr. 100 euro. Which, basically, is just euros with extra steps.
There’s a lot more to sovereign monetary policy than currency exchange rates, such as the capital controls being exercised here
I was trying to find information about this restriction. It seems it applies to cash and relates to Danish banks’ ability to implement AML controls. https://www.nationalbanken.dk/en/what-we-do/notes-and-coins/exchange-of-danish-cash-abroad
Only Nordic countries think Denmark is central. And Norway isn’t even in the EU.
I mean, we got Finland and half the Baltics.
It’s not really that central, every single eurozone country is south of Denmark. Denmark is only at the periphery of the eurozone.
Well, you have Finland in the north-east, Ireland in the north-west, and every land border faces a Euro-zone country. Few other countries can claim the latter.
Canada is not a Euro-zone country.
And also, Ireland is south of Denmark.
“Every land border”…There is only one…
Edit: and looking at a map, actually several countries have “every land border” to eurozone countries. Portugal, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg all fit that one, several with multiple land borders even. That’s 30% of the eurozone countries.
Denmark does in fact have a very small land border with Canada - this happened quite recently and is pretty funny. So it’s actually 2! 😄
That true…so it doesn’t even share every land border with the eurozone! 😅
Spain has land borders with 3 non-EU countries…
Some of those probably have some tiny overseas territory for which that is not true.
overseas territories would probably be island states, so they’re unlikely to have a land border to any country at all. But sure, maybe there is some. But then the Danish/Canadian border would count too, making it untrue for Denmark as well.