Was Danish debt a pressure on Scotland before the Union?

Did Scotland owe Denmark enough money to raise fears of Danish control?

The speakers say so and link the alleged debt to Scottish military weakness, without supplying documentary support in the discussion.

A participant asks whether Scotland owed large sums to Denmark and risked Danish intervention. Alex Clarke agrees and describes borrowing from Danish creditors as an attempt to escape earlier dependence on England and France. He connects the alleged debt crisis with an inability to finance troops or a naval force. This specific creditor account is a claim made in the conversation; no documentary evidence is supplied there.