[3] In 1700 a permanent diplomatic mission of the Tsardom of Russia was established in Denmark in 1700, and in 1893, during the period of the Russian Empire, representation was upgraded to the level of embassies.

[3] Despite the disruption to international relations caused by the Russian Revolution in 1917, diplomatic contacts were quickly established between the nascent Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, with the appointment of Vatslav Vorovsky as diplomatic representative to the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

[4] In April 1944 the Soviet Union established contacts and assigned a representative to the clandestine Danish Freedom Council.

[5] Relations between the Soviet Union and Denmark were resumed after the war in May 1945, with the appointment of Andrey Plakhin [ru] as envoy.

[5] Relations were upgraded to the level of embassies in August 1955, and following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, ambassadors have continued to be exchanged between the Kingdom of Denmark and the Russian Federation.