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List of ambassadors of Denmark

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Ambassadors of Denmark are people appointed to serve as the country's diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large. The head of mission to an international organization is usually a permanent representative. For some nations, a consul-general is appointed.

Ambassadors are the highest-ranking diplomats of the Kingdom of Denmark and are usually based at the embassy in the host country. They are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and answer directly to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The positions have a dual role, being representatives of the Danish Monarchy and the Danish Government.[1][2][3]

As of October 2022, Denmark has a total of 100 diplomatic missions abroad, of which 67 are embassies.[4] Appointments change regularly for various reasons, such as reassignment or retirement, although the majority of senior positions have an initial duration of 4 years, with the possibility of reduction and extension by 1 year.[5]

Current Danish ambassadors

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Africa

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Host country Host city Mission Ambassador / Head of Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Algeria Algiers Embassy Vanessa Vega Saenz
Countries:
  •  Tunisia
[6]
 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Embassy Kristian Kirkegaard Edinger
Countries:
  •  Benin
  •  Chad
  •  Niger
[7]
 Egypt Cairo Embassy Anne Dorte Riggelsen [8]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy Sune Krogerup
Countries:
  •  Djibouti
  •  South Sudan
  •  Sudan
[9]
 Ghana Accra Embassy Tom Nørring
Countries:
  •  Guinea
  •  Ivory Coast
  •  Liberia
  •  Sierra Leone
  •  Togo
[10]
 Kenya Nairobi Embassy Stephan Schønemann
Countries:
  •  Eritrea
  •  Seychelles
  •  Somalia
[11]
 Mali Bamako Embassy Rolf Holmboe
Countries:
  •  Gambia
  •  Senegal
[12]
 Morocco Rabat Embassy Berit Basse
Countries:
  •  Mauritania
[9]
 Nigeria Abuja Embassy Jens-Ole Bach Hansen
Countries:
  •  Cameroon
  •  Central African Republic
  •  Congo-Brazzaville
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  •  Gabon
[9]
Lagos Consulate-General Jette Bjerrum
 South Africa Pretoria Embassy Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone
Countries:
  •  Angola
  •  Botswana
  •  Eswatini
  •  Lesotho
  •  Mozambique
  •  Namibia
  •  Zambia
  •  Zimbabwe
International Organizations:
[13]
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam Embassy Jesper Kammersgaard [9]
 Uganda Kampala Embassy Signe Skovbakke Winding Albjerg
Countries:
  •  Burundi
  •  Congo-Kinshasa
  •  Madagascar
  •  Rwanda
[14]

Americas

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Host country Host city Mission Ambassador / Head of Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Brazil Brasília Embassy Eva Pedersen
Countries:
  •  Guyana
  •  Suriname
  •  Uruguay
[15]
São Paulo Consulate-General Nikolaj Fredsted [16]
 Canada Ottawa Embassy Jarl Frijs-Madsen [9]
Toronto Consulate-General Karina Bech [17]
 Chile Santiago de Chile Embassy Henrik Bramsen Hahn
Countries:
  •  Ecuador
  •  Peru
[18]
 Colombia Bogotá Embassy Jens Godtfredsen
Countries:
  •  Bolivia
  •  Costa Rica
  •  Panama
  •  Venezuela
[9]
 Mexico Mexico City Embassy Kim Højlund Christensen
Countries:
  •  Bahamas
  •  Barbados
  •  Belize
  •  Cuba
  •  Dominica
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  El Salvador
  •  Grenada
  •  Guatemala
  •  Haiti
  •  Honduras
  •  El Salvador
  •  Jamaica
  •  Nicaragua
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  •  Saint Lucia
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  •  Trinidad & Tobago
[19]
 United States Washington, D.C. Embassy Jesper Møller Sørensen
International Organizations:
  •  Organization of American States[a]
[20]
Chicago Consulate-General Jesper Køks Andersen [21]
Houston Consulate-General Morten Siem Lynge [22]
New York City Consulate-General Helle Meinertz [9]
Palo Alto Consulate-General N/A

Asia

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Host country Host city Mission Ambassador / Head of Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Bangladesh Dhaka Embassy Christian Brix Møller [23]
 China Beijing Embassy Michael Starbæk Christensen
Countries:
  •  Mongolia
[9]
Guangzhou Consulate-General Søren Bindesbøll [24]
Shanghai Consulate-General Mikael Hemniti Winther [25]
 Georgia Tbilisi Embassy Anne Toft Sørensen
Countries:
  •  Armenia
[26]
 India New Delhi Embassy Rasmus Abildgaard Kristensen
Countries:
  •  Bhutan
  •  Maldives
  •    Nepal
  •  Sri Lanka
[9]
Bengaluru Consulate-General Eske Bo Knudsen Rosenberg [27]
 Indonesia Jakarta Embassy Sten Frimodt Nielsen
Countries:
  •  Malaysia
  •  Papua New Guinea
  •  Timor-Leste
International Organizations:
[28]
 Iraq Baghdad Embassy Christian Thorning [29]
 Iran Tehran Embassy Søren Jacobsen [9]
 Israel Tel Aviv Embassy Thomas Winkler [30]
 Japan Tokyo Embassy Peter Taksøe-Jensen [31]
 Lebanon Beirut Embassy N/A
Countries:
  •  Jordan
 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Embassy Kirstine Vangkilde Berner [9]
 Myanmar Yangon Embassy John Nielsen [32]
 Pakistan Islamabad Embassy Jakob Linulf [33]
 Palestine Ramallah Representative office Ketil Karlsen [34]
 Philippines Manila Embassy Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin
Countries:
  •  Palau
[35]
 Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei Trade council Peter Sand [36]
 Saudi Arabia Riyadh Embassy Liselotte Plesner
Countries:
  •  Bahrain
  •  Kuwait
  •  Oman
  •  Yemen
[37]
 Singapore Singapore Embassy Jakob Brix Tange
Countries:
  •  Brunei
[9]
 South Korea Seoul Embassy Svend Olling [38]
 Thailand Bangkok Embassy Danny Annan
Countries:
  •  Cambodia
[9]
 Turkey Ankara Embassy Ole Toft
Countries:
  •  Azerbaijan
[9]
Istanbul Consulate-General Thierry Hoppe [39]
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy Anders Bjørn Hansen
Countries:
  •  Qatar
[40]
Dubai Consulate-General Jens Martin Alsbirk [41]
 Vietnam Hanoi Embassy Nicolai Prytz
Countries:
  •  Laos
[42]

Europe

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Host country Host city Mission Ambassador / Head of Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Austria Vienna Embassy Christian Grønbech-Jensen
Countries:
  •  Albania
  •  Kosovo
  •  Slovakia
International Organizations:
[43]
 Belgium Brussels Embassy Susanne Shine
Countries:
  •  Holy See
  •  Luxembourg
[9]
 Bulgaria Sofia Embassy Fleming Stender [9]
 Croatia Zagreb Embassy Ole Frijs-Madsen [44]
 Czechia Prague Embassy Søren Kelstrup [45]
 Estonia Tallinn Embassy Niels Boel Abrahamsen [46]
 Finland Helsinki Embassy Jakob Nymann-Lindegren [47]
 France Paris Embassy Hanne Fugl Eskjær
Countries:
  •  Monaco
[48]
 Germany Berlin Embassy Thomas Østrup Møller
Countries:
  •  Liechtenstein
  •   Switzerland
[9]
Flensburg Consulate-General Kim Andersen [49]
Hamburg Consulate-General Jakob Andersen [50]
Munich Consulate-General Klaus Werner [9]
 Greece Athens Embassy Per Fabricius Andersen
Countries:
  •  Cyprus
[51]
 Hungary Budapest Embassy Christian Thorning [9]
 Iceland Reykjavík Embassy Erik Vilstrup Lorenzen [9]
 Ireland Dublin Embassy Lars Thuesen [52]
 Italy Rome Embassy Anders Carsten Damsgaard
Countries:
  •  Malta
  •  San Marino
[53]
 Latvia Riga Embassy Morten Jespersen [54]
 Lithuania Vilnius Embassy Grete Sillasen [55]
 Netherlands The Hague Embassy Ulf Melgaard [9]
 Norway Oslo Embassy Louise Bang Jespersen [56]
 Poland Warsaw Embassy Jakob Henningsen [9]
 Portugal Lisbon Embassy Maria Nilaus Tarp
Countries:
  •  Cape Verde
  •  Guinea-Bissau
  •  São Tomé and Principe
[57]
 Romania Bucharest Embassy Uffe Balslev
Countries:
  •  Moldova
[58]
 Russia Moscow Embassy Jesper Vahr
Countries:
  •  Belarus
  •  Kazakhstan
  •  Kyrgyzstan
  •  Tajikistan
  •  Turkmenistan
  •  Uzbekistan
[9]
 Serbia Belgrade Embassy Pernille Kardel
Countries:
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •  Montenegro
  •  North Macedonia
[9]
 Spain Madrid Embassy Michael Braad
Countries:
  •  Andorra
[59]
 Sweden Stockholm Embassy Kristina Miskowiak Beckvard [60]
 Ukraine Kyiv Embassy Ole Egberg Mikkelsen [61]
 United Kingdom London Embassy René Dinesen [62]

Oceania

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Host country Host city Mission Ambassador / Head of Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Australia Canberra Embassy Ingrid Dahl-Madsen
Countries:
  •  Fiji
  •  New Zealand
[9]
Sydney Consulate-General Ulrik Dahl [63]

Ambassadors to multilateral organizations

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Organization Host city Host country Mission Head of Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Council of Europe Strasbourg France Permanent Representation Jens Kisling [64]
 European Union Brussels Belgium Permanent Representation Carsten Grønbech-Jensen [65]
 NATO Brussels Belgium Permanent Representation Lone Dencker Wisborg [66]
OECD Paris France Permanent Representation Martin Bille Hermann [67]
 United Nations New York City United States Permanent Mission Christina Markus Lassen [68]
Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission Ib Petersen
International Organizations:
[69]
 UNESCO Paris France Permanent Delegation Martin Bille Hermann [67]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Accredited as an observer mission.
  2. ^ Accredited as an observer mission.

References

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  1. ^ Marcussen 2016.
  2. ^ Ronit & Marcussen 2014.
  3. ^ Fischer & Svenningsen 1970.
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  7. ^ "Kontakt". burkinafaso.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  8. ^ "Mød ambassadøren". egypten.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Fra Paris til Beijing og Berlin: Her er den årlige ambassadørrokade" [From Paris to Beijing and Berlin, here's the annual ambassadorial reshuffle]. Altinget.dk. 2024-03-22. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
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  13. ^ "Altinget – Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone". www.altinget.dk. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  14. ^ "Meet the Staff". uganda.um.dk. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  15. ^ "Altinget – Eva Bisgaard Pedersen". www.altinget.dk. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
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  21. ^ "Meet the Consul General". usa.um.dk. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  22. ^ "Meet the Consul General". usa.um.dk. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
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  30. ^ "Thomas Winkler". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
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  32. ^ "Altinget – John Nielsen". www.altinget.dk. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  33. ^ "Message from the Ambassador". pakistan.um.dk. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  34. ^ "Altinget – Alt om politik: altinget.dk". www.altinget.dk. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  35. ^ "Altinget – Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin". www.altinget.dk. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  36. ^ "Handelskontoret i Taipei, Taiwan". kina.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
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  39. ^ "Forsyningssikkerhed er i fokus – og Tyrkiet kan være svaret". Trade Council (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  40. ^ "Ambassaden Abu Dhabi". fae.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  41. ^ "Altinget – Jens Martin Alsbirk". www.altinget.dk. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  42. ^ "Ambassadørens velkomsthilsen". vietnam.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  43. ^ "Ambassadøren". oestrig.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  44. ^ "Altinget – Ole Frijs-Madsen". www.altinget.dk. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  45. ^ "Mød ambassadøren". tjekkiet.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  46. ^ "Ambassadøren". estland.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  47. ^ "Ny podcast: Finland – en ny global spiller". Udenrigsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  48. ^ "Han havde kurs mod Paris, nu skal Mette Frederiksens toprådgiver til Nato". Altinget.dk. 2024-08-02. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
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  50. ^ "Generalkonsulatet i Hamborg". tyskland.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  51. ^ "Per Fabricius Andersen". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  52. ^ "ambassadens ansatte". irland.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  53. ^ "Hilsen fra ambassadøren". italien.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  54. ^ "Morten Jespersen". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  55. ^ "Ambassadens medarbejdere". litauen.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  56. ^ "Altinget – Louise Bang Jespersen". www.altinget.dk. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  57. ^ "Danmark i Portugal". portugal.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  58. ^ "Medarbejdere". rumaenien.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  59. ^ "Personale". spanien.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  60. ^ "Danmarks nye ambassadør til Sverige akkrediteret". sverige.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  61. ^ "Kontakt". ukraine.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  62. ^ "Ambassadøren". storbritannien.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  63. ^ "Silkeborg-direktør bliver generalkonsul i Australien". Midtjyllands Avis (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  64. ^ "Medarbejdere og praktikanter". europaraadet.um.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
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  69. ^ "Udenrigsministeriet udpeger ny FN-ambassadør i Genève". Altinget.dk. 2023-08-10. Retrieved 2023-11-06.

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