Denmark
- Faroe Islands
- High Commissioner -
- Leif Groth, High Commissioner in the Faroe Islands (1972–1981)
- Niels Bentsen, High Commissioner in the Faroe Islands (1981–1988)
- Prime Minister -
- Atli Dam, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1970–1981)
- Pauli Ellefsen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1981–1985)
- High Commissioner -
- Greenland
- High Commissioner - Torben Hede Pedersen, High Commissioner in Greenland (1979–1992)
- Prime Minister - Jonathan Motzfeldt, Prime Minister of Greenland (1979–1991)
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