Danmarks Nationalbank issues market announcements on behalf of the central government, including in connection with issuances of new government bonds and changes of benchmark series. The announcements are aimed at market participants such as Danish and foreign banks and investors wishing to stay up to date.

Central-government debt

Kingdom of Denmark issued 3Y dollar bond

On 17 April 2013 the Kingdom of Denmark issued a USD bond with maturity 25 April 2016.

The bond was issued as a bullet loan with a coupon of 0.375 per cent. USD 1.5 billion was issued. The proceeds of the loan were swapped into EUR 1.1 billion with a fixed coupon. The issuance process and the distribution of investors can be seen in the attached press release.


The central government raises foreign loans in order to maintain the foreign-exchange reserve. The issue completes Denmark's foreign funding requirement for the year.

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For further information please contact the Danish debt management office.

Press release