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Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Deferred Tax Asset and Liabilities Remeasurement Rate, Percent

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Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Transition Tax on Accumulated Foreign Earnings, Amount

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Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Transition Tax on Accumulated Foreign Earnings, Percent

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Income Tax Examination, Tax Deposit, Amount Paid

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Income Tax Examination, VAT Refund Applied to Income Tax Liability

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Income Tax Examination, VAT Taxes Withheld by Tax Authority

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Royalty Rate Assessed on Danish Earnings

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Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards.

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to changes in the income tax rates.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The portion of the valuation allowance pertaining to the deferred tax asset representing potential future taxable deductions from net operating loss carryforwards for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) DKK in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2016 DKK	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 DKK	Dec. 31, 2016 DKK
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Remeasurement of deferred taxes		$ 0.0	$ (69.7)	$ 0.0
Tax reform tax rate change (percentage)		(0.00%)	37.00%	(0.00%)
Effective income tax provision (percentage)			25.70%	39.00%
Transition Tax		$ 0.0	$ 45.9	$ 0.0
Transition Tax (percentage)		0.00%	24.40%	0.00%
Unrecognized tax benefits		$ 67.7		$ 21.4	$ 67.7
Income tax penalties and interest expense			$ 0.4	1.6	33.5
Accrued interest and penalties		43.8	59.9	52.3	43.8
Uncertain tax liability		$ 69.8	84.5	71.7	$ 69.8
Deferred income taxes			107.1	142.4
Valuation allowance			55.1	45.2
Tax deposit paid	DKK 615.2		98.9	87.2
US State
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards, valuation allowance			124.2
Tax credit carryforward, valuation allowance			8.1
US Federal
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Tax credit carryforward, valuation allowance			$ 12.2
Danish Tax Authority
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Royalty rate assessed on Danish earnings (percentage)			20.00%
Cumulative assessment amount including interest and penalties			$ 264.3	219.3		DKK 1,638.4	DKK 1,547.3
Uncertain tax liability			137.8	120.6		854.0	850.0
Deferred income taxes			47.2	43.5
Valuation allowance			19.3	17.6
VAT taxes withheld by tax authority			54.1	36.6		336.5	258.0
VAT refund applied to income tax liability	DKK 224.6		36.1	31.8
Tax Years 2001-2011 \| Danish Tax Authority
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Uncertain tax liability			134.8	118.5		835.0
Tax Years After 2011 \| Danish Tax Authority
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Uncertain tax liability			$ 3.0	$ 2.1		DKK 18.0	DKK 15.0