Danish East India Company West European countries not occupied by Bonaparte) lost its entire fleet and the island of Helgoland (part of the duchy of Holstein-Gottorp) to Britain. Denmark finally sold its remaining settlements in mainland India in 1845 and the Danish Gold Coast in 1850, both to the British. Danish East India Company The Danish East India Company () refers to two separate Danish chartered companies. The first company operated between 1616 and 1650. The second company existed between 1670 and 1729, however, in 1730 it was re-founded as the Asiatic Company (). The first Danish East India Company was chartered in 1616
Danish minority of Southern Schleswig only very few of the old elite changed their self-professed ethnic identity. As the Danish government provided food aid to the minority during 1945–49, this contingent became derogatorily known as "", ("bacon Danes"). At the end of 1946 the minority had thus reached a membership of 62,000 and in 1948 78,000, many of whom were monolingual German-speakers with typical German names. On the other hand, many German-minded inhabitants had and have ethnic Danish ancestors and typical Nordic surnames. The Danish political party got almost 99,500 votes in 1947. However, the Danish government and the British Occupation Zone governors both opposed