Angular 4 – Select default value in dropdown [Reactive Forms]

Try like this :

component.html

<form [formGroup]="countryForm">
    <select id="country" formControlName="country">
        <option *ngFor="let c of countries" [ngValue]="c">{{ c }}</option>
    </select>
</form>

component.ts

import { FormControl, FormGroup, Validators } from '@angular/forms';

export class Component {

    countries: string[] = ['USA', 'UK', 'Canada'];
    default: string = 'UK';

    countryForm: FormGroup;

    constructor() {
        this.countryForm = new FormGroup({
            country: new FormControl(null);
        });
        this.countryForm.controls['country'].setValue(this.default, {onlySelf: true});
    }
}