Everton's agreement to make Jonas Lossl their first signing of the summer marks a new chapter in the Blues often quirky relationship with Denmark.
The goalkeeper, who is out of contract at relegated Huddersfield Town, will officially complete his free transfer to Goodison Park on July 1.
Having been the Terriers number one for their two seasons in the Premier League, the 30-year-old will provide competition for England international Jordan Pickford.
Here's a look at Everton's previous dealings with the Danes.
Aalborg
Not only the first in the alphabet when it comes to all of Everton's opponents but the only Danish club that the Blues have faced in competitive action.
Aalborg Boldspilklub, referred to as AaB, were founded back in 1885 but had to wait until 1966 to win their first major honour, the Danish Cup.
Their reward on their European debut was a plum tie against Harry Catterick's side in the Cup-Winners' Cup.
In an era when Scandinavian clubs were semi-professionals and routinely thrashed by English opposition, Aalborg gave Everton a stern test.
They held the Blues to a goalless draw in the first leg in Jutland before handing them a scare in the return match at Goodison Park.
Johnny Morrissey eventually broke the deadlock on 59 minutes but 10 minutes later Bjarne Lildballe equalised to put the visitors ahead on the away goals rule although Alan Ball spared the hosts' blushes with a second goal two minutes later to edge them through.
Hafnia
Hafnia, the Latin word for Denmark's capital city Copenhagen, became Everton's first shirt sponsors 40 years ago in 1979.
This Hafnia were actually a Danish cooked meat company selling products like corned beef; pork roll; jellied veal and ox tongue but given they were never embarked on a major assault on the UK retail market their choice to emblazon their logo on Everton's jerseys was a curious one.
Fortunately for them, their association with the Blues coincided with the most-successful period during the club's history but after their deal ended in 1985, Hafnia were dissolved soon after with the name being passed on to Tyson Foods.
Claus Thomsen
Everton had to wait until 1997 before they landed their first Danish player of their own.
Claus Thomsen was a regular international who would win 20 caps but after arriving towards what proved to be the dying embers of Joe Royle's reign he failed to set Goodison alight.
Standing at 6ft 4in, Thomsen, who could operate as a centre-back or holding midfielder was a powerful performer but signing from Ipswich Town's 'Tractor Boys' he was something of an agricultural performer on Merseyside.
Netting just once in 25 appearances – the consolation goal in a 2-1 home defeat to Derby County on Valentine's Day 1998 – he infamously registered a Merseyside Derby own goal in a 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Goodison on April 16, 1997 and returned home to Denmark to join Akademisk Boldklub the following Spring.
Peter Degn
Degn, pronounced 'Dane' had a fleeting Everton career under Walter Smith, the manager who once enticed his compatriot Brian Laudrup to Ibrox.
A right-sided midfielder, he had established himself as a regular at AGF before joining the Blues in February 1999.
He made just five first team appearances for Everton with his only start coming in the 1-0 home defeat to Oxford United that saw his side humiliatingly dumped out of the League Cup 2-1 on aggregate.
Degn left the Blues for Brondby in 2001 and in typical retired footballer fashion the 42-year-old now owns a pub in his home town of Ebeltoft.
Thomas Gravesen
The only rip-roaring success among his compatriots at Goodison Park, the man known as 'Mad Dog' is undoubtedly Everton's 'Great Dane.'
A wild-eyed, first-pumping midfield maestro, he and fellow shaven-headed centre of the park partner Lee Carsley might have resembled a couple of nightclub bouncers but Gravesen was no enforcer and was actually much more artist than artisan in his style.
His silky displays during the push towards fourth place in 2004/05 prompted Real Madrid to come calling and after hanging up his boots Gravesen made a fortune in investments and went to live the high life in Las Vegas.
Per Kroldrup
With Everton preparing for a crack at the Champions League for the first time and captain Alan Stubbs heading to Sunderland, David Moyes was in search of a new centre-back with European pedigree in the summer of 2005.
Danish international Per Kroldrup was snapped up from Italian club Udinese for £5million – a then club record for a defender.
Despite looking the part given that he was even taller than Duncan Ferguson, from day one at the Blues it seemed that Kroldup had a rather worrying Achilles heel for a stopper in the English game – he struggled to head a football.
Leon Osman recalls: ‘On his very first day of training, the gaffer took him to one side and started doing heading practice with him, like you would with a seven-year-old.
“It was a case of holding the ball, saying: “Are you ready? One, two, three – jump.”
Just how such a deficiency got past Everton's scouting system remains unclear but after just a single Premier League appearance – in a 4-0 drubbing at Aston Villa – and a cameo as a substitute in a 1-0 win over Millwall in an FA Cup third round replay, Kroldrup returned to Serie A to join Fiorentina.
Lars Jacobsen
Unperturbed by the Kroldrup debacle, Moyes snapped up another Dane in the shape of Lars Jacobsen in the summer of 2008.
Given that the right-back arrived on a Bosman-style free transfer from 1. FC Nurnberg he offered far less of a risk even though he had had been hampered by a series of injuries in the years before.
Playing an understudy role to the similarly solid and dependable Tony Hibbert, Jacobsen made just six appearances during his solitary season at Goodison Park although his last outing for the club was as a half-time replacement for the aforementioned Everton stalwart in the 2009 FA Cup final.
Jacobsen would continue in English football for another two years spending a season apiece at Blackburn Rovers and West Ham United.
