[1] In January 2006, in the context of the Muhammed drawings controversy, Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador "because of the Danish government's lack of action towards insults against the prophet Muhammed in the newspapers of the country".

[3] In November 2018, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it would suspend approvals for export of weapons to Saudi Arabia, in light of the latter's policies in Yemen, the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and discussions among EU ministers of foreign affairs.

[4] On 3 February 2019, Denmark said that it has arrested three Iranian suspects of spying for the Saudi regime.

[5] The Danish police said that the suspects are members of the Iranian opposition group that attacked a military parade in Ahvaz in 2018.

[6] The Danish intelligence service stated that the suspects had spied on individuals in Denmark between 2012 and 2018.