List of ambassadors of Denmark

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

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 International Organizations:  African Union Intergovernmental Authority on Development United Nations Economic Commission for Africa	[9]
Ghana	Accra	Embassy	Jakob Linulf	Countries:  Guinea  Côte d’Ivoire  Liberia  Sierra Leone  Togo	[10]
Kenya	Nairobi	Embassy	Stephan Schønemann	Countries:  Eritrea  Seychelles  Somalia International Organizations:  United Nations United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme	[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: Southern African Development Community	[13]
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	Embassy	Jesper Kammersgaard		[9]
Uganda	Kampala	Embassy	Signe Skovbakke Winding Albjerg	Countries:  Burundi  Congo-Kinshasa  Madagascar  Rwanda	[14]

Americas

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

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:  ASEAN [b]	[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	N/A
Palestine	Ramallah	Representative office	Ketil Karlsen		[33]
Philippines	Manila	Embassy	Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin	Countries:  Palau	[34]
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Taipei	Trade council	Peter Sand		[35]
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy	Liselotte Plesner	Countries:  Bahrain  Kuwait  Oman  Yemen	[36]
Singapore	Singapore	Embassy	Jakob Brix Tange	Countries:  Brunei	[9]
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy	Svend Olling		[37]
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy	Danny Annan	Countries:  Cambodia	[9]
Turkey	Ankara	Embassy	Ole Toft	Countries:  Azerbaijan	[9]
	Istanbul	Consulate-General	Thierry Hoppe		[38]
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy	Anders Bjørn Hansen	Countries:  Qatar	[39]
	Dubai	Consulate-General	Jens Martin Alsbirk		[40]
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy	Nicolai Prytz	Countries:  Laos	[41]

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Ambassador / Head of Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Austria	Vienna	Embassy	Christian Grønbech-Jensen	Countries:  Albania  Kosovo  Slovakia International Organizations: OSCE  United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency CTBTO Preparatory Commission UNIDO UNODC	[42]
Belgium	Brussels	Embassy	Susanne Shine	Countries:  Holy See  Luxembourg	[9]
Bulgaria	Sofia	Embassy	Fleming Stender		[9]
Croatia	Zagreb	Embassy	Ole Frijs-Madsen		[43]
Czechia	Prague	Embassy	Søren Kelstrup		[44]
Estonia	Tallinn	Embassy	Niels Boel Abrahamsen		[45]
Finland	Helsinki	Embassy	Jakob Nymann-Lindegren		[46]
France	Paris	Embassy	Hanne Fugl Eskjær	Countries:  Monaco	[47]
Germany	Berlin	Embassy	Thomas Østrup Møller	Countries:  Liechtenstein   Switzerland	[9]
	Flensburg	Consulate-General	Kim Andersen		[48]
	Hamburg	Consulate-General	Jakob Andersen		[49]
	Munich	Consulate-General	Klaus Werner		[9]
Greece	Athens	Embassy	Per Fabricius Andersen	Countries:  Cyprus	[50]
Hungary	Budapest	Embassy	Christian Thorning		[9]
Iceland	Reykjavík	Embassy	Erik Vilstrup Lorenzen		[9]
Ireland	Dublin	Embassy	Lars Thuesen		[51]
Italy	Rome	Embassy	Anders Carsten Damsgaard	Countries:  Malta  San Marino International Organizations: Food and Agriculture Organization International Fund for Agricultural Development World Food Programme	[52]
Latvia	Riga	Embassy	Morten Jespersen		[53]
Lithuania	Vilnius	Embassy	Grete Sillasen		[54]
Netherlands	The Hague	Embassy	Ulf Melgaard	International Organizations: International Criminal Court International Court of Justice OCPW	[9]
Norway	Oslo	Embassy	Louise Bang Jespersen		[55]
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy	Jakob Henningsen		[9]
Portugal	Lisbon	Embassy	Maria Nilaus Tarp	Countries:  Cape Verde  Guinea-Bissau  São Tomé and Principe	[56]
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy	Uffe Balslev	Countries:  Moldova	[57]
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	[58]
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy	Kristina Miskowiak Beckvard		[59]
Ukraine	Kyiv	Embassy	Ole Egberg Mikkelsen		[60]
United Kingdom	London	Embassy	René Dinesen		[61]

Oceania

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		[62]

Ambassadors to multilateral organizations

Organization	Host city	Host country	Mission	Head of Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Council of Europe	Strasbourg	France	Permanent Representation	Jens Kisling		[63]
European Union	Brussels	Belgium	Permanent Representation	Carsten Grønbech-Jensen		[64]
NATO	Brussels	Belgium	Permanent Representation	Lone Dencker Wisborg		[65]
OECD	Paris	France	Permanent Representation	Martin Bille Hermann		[66]
United Nations	New York City	United States	Permanent Mission	Christina Markus Lassen		[67]
	Geneva	Switzerland	Permanent Mission	Ib Petersen	International Organizations: International Labour Organization World Health Organization  World Trade Organization	[68]
UNESCO	Paris	France	Permanent Delegation	Martin Bille Hermann		[66]

See also

• List of diplomatic missions of Denmark
• Foreign relations of Denmark
• List of diplomatic missions of the Nordic countries

Notes

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

References

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2. Ronit & Marcussen 2014.
3. Fischer & Svenningsen 1970.
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62. "Silkeborg-direktør bliver generalkonsul i Australien". Midtjyllands Avis (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
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