West does have a habit of saying daft things.
If there is one country in Europe the UK can count on, it is Denmark. They have consistently punched well above their weight (measured in GDP and population) in overseas military and civilian cooperation, invariably closely aligned with UK foreign policy objectives.
As Whenurhappy points out, they have had 42 casualties in Afghanistan (many from the Jaegerkorpset - their excellent SF). In terms of relative population, that is equivalent to us taking about 600 casualties.