Gradually, Greenland was opened up to Danish merchants, and closed to those from other countries.

Karen Kotte (died 1590) was a Danish merchant.

It entered the field of maritime publishing and started to provide sea charts for Danish merchant and fishing vessels.

Danish merchants were forbidden to participate in economic activities in the country other than trade until 1777.

By 1770 the Danish merchants were beginning to make significant progress in trade and commerce in the area.

Ten years earlier, a ban on Danish merchants residing in Iceland had been lifted and five years later the trade monopoly was ended.

Urbanization also began to appear for the first time around the 18th century, when Danish merchants set up permanent trading posts for themselves.

She inherited the surname 'Andresen' from her paternal grandfather, a Danish merchant.

Danish merchants also arrived from Tranquebar, in search of pepper.

Warehouses built along the harbor by 17th- and 18th-century Danish merchants still play host to hundreds of traders.