List of ambassadors of Denmark explained

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.

As of October 2022, Denmark has a total of 100 diplomatic missions abroad, of which 67 are embassies.^[1] 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.^[2]

Current Danish ambassadors

Africa

Host country	Host city	Mission	Ambassador / Head of Mission	Concurrent accreditation
	Algiers	Embassy	Vanessa Vega Saenz		[3]
	Ouagadougou	Embassy	Kristian Kirkegaard Edinger		[4]
	Cairo	Embassy	Anne Dorte Riggelsen		[5]
	Addis Ababa	Embassy	Sune Krogerup		[6]
	Accra	Embassy	Tom Nørring		[7]
	Nairobi	Embassy	Stephan Schønemann		[8]
	Bamako	Embassy	Rolf Holmboe		[9]
	Rabat	Embassy	Berit Basse
	Abuja	Embassy	Jens-Ole Bach Hansen
	Lagos	Consulate-General	Jette Bjerrum
	Pretoria	Embassy	Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone		[10]
	Dar es Salaam	Embassy	Jesper Kammersgaard
	Kampala	Embassy	Signe Skovbakke Winding Albjerg		[11]

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Ambassador / Head of Mission	Concurrent accreditation
	Brasília	Embassy	Eva Pedersen		[12]
	São Paulo	Consulate-General	Nikolaj Fredsted		[13]
	Ottawa	Embassy	Jarl Frijs-Madsen
	Toronto	Consulate-General	Karina Bech		[14]
	Santiago de Chile	Embassy	Henrik Bramsen Hahn		[15]
	Bogotá	Embassy	Jens Godtfredsen
	Mexico City	Embassy	Kim Højlund Christensen		[16]
	Washington, D.C.	Embassy	Jesper Møller Sørensen		[17]
	Chicago	Consulate-General	Jesper Køks Andersen		[18]
	Houston	Consulate-General	Morten Siem Lynge		[19]
	New York City	Consulate-General	Helle Meinertz
	Palo Alto	Consulate-General	N/A

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Ambassador / Head of Mission	Concurrent accreditation
	Dhaka	Embassy	Christian Brix Møller		[20]
	Beijing	Embassy	Michael Starbæk Christensen
	Guangzhou	Consulate-General	Søren Bindesbøll		[21]
	Shanghai	Consulate-General	Mikael Hemniti Winther		[22]
	Tbilisi	Embassy	Anne Toft Sørensen		[23]
	New Delhi	Embassy	Rasmus Abildgaard Kristensen
	Bengaluru	Consulate-General	Eske Bo Knudsen Rosenberg		[24]
	Jakarta	Embassy	Sten Frimodt Nielsen		[25]
	Baghdad	Embassy	Christian Thorning		[26]
	Tehran	Embassy	Søren Jacobsen
	Tel Aviv	Embassy	Thomas Winkler		[27]
	Tokyo	Embassy	Peter Taksøe-Jensen		[28]
	Beirut	Embassy	N/A
	Kuala Lumpur	Embassy	Kirstine Vangkilde Berner
	Yangon	Embassy	John Nielsen		[29]
	Islamabad	Embassy	Jakob Linulf		[30]
	Ramallah	Representative office	Ketil Karlsen		[31]
	Manila	Embassy	Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin		[32]
	Taipei	Trade council	Peter Sand		[33]
	Riyadh	Embassy	Liselotte Plesner		[34]
	Singapore	Embassy	Jakob Brix Tange
	Seoul	Embassy	Svend Olling		[35]
	Bangkok	Embassy	Danny Annan
	Ankara	Embassy	Ole Toft
	Istanbul	Consulate-General	Thierry Hoppe		[36]
	Abu Dhabi	Embassy	Anders Bjørn Hansen		[37]
	Dubai	Consulate-General	Jens Martin Alsbirk		[38]
	Hanoi	Embassy	Nicolai Prytz		[39]

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Ambassador / Head of Mission	Concurrent accreditation
	Vienna	Embassy	Christian Grønbech-Jensen		[40]
	Brussels	Embassy	Susanne Shine
	Sofia	Embassy	Fleming Stender
	Zagreb	Embassy	Ole Frijs-Madsen		[41]
	Prague	Embassy	Søren Kelstrup		[42]
	Tallinn	Embassy	Niels Boel Abrahamsen		[43]
	Helsinki	Embassy	Jakob Nymann-Lindegren		[44]
	Paris	Embassy	Hanne Fugl Eskjær		[45]
	Berlin	Embassy	Thomas Østrup Møller
	Flensburg	Consulate-General	Kim Andersen		[46]
	Hamburg	Consulate-General	Jakob Andersen		[47]
	Munich	Consulate-General	Klaus Werner
	Athens	Embassy	Per Fabricius Andersen		[48]
	Budapest	Embassy	Christian Thorning
	Reykjavík	Embassy	Erik Vilstrup Lorenzen
	Dublin	Embassy	Lars Thuesen		[49]
	Rome	Embassy	Anders Carsten Damsgaard		[50]
	Riga	Embassy	Morten Jespersen		[51]
	Vilnius	Embassy	Grete Sillasen		[52]
	The Hague	Embassy	Ulf Melgaard
	Oslo	Embassy	Louise Bang Jespersen		[53]
	Warsaw	Embassy	Jakob Henningsen
	Lisbon	Embassy	Maria Nilaus Tarp		[54]
	Bucharest	Embassy	Uffe Balslev		[55]
	Moscow	Embassy	Jesper Vahr
	Belgrade	Embassy	Pernille Kardel
	Madrid	Embassy	Michael Braad		[56]
	Stockholm	Embassy	Kristina Miskowiak Beckvard		[57]
	Kyiv	Embassy	Ole Egberg Mikkelsen		[58]
	London	Embassy	René Dinesen		[59]

Oceania

Host country	Host city	Mission	Ambassador / Head of Mission	Concurrent accreditation
	Canberra	Embassy	Ingrid Dahl-Madsen
	Sydney	Consulate-General	Ulrik Dahl		[60]

Ambassadors to multilateral organizations

Organization	Host city	Host country	Mission	Head of Mission	Concurrent accreditation
	Strasbourg	France	Permanent Representation	Jens Kisling		[61]
	Brussels	Belgium	Permanent Representation	Carsten Grønbech-Jensen		[62]
	Brussels	Belgium	Permanent Representation	Lone Dencker Wisborg		[63]
OECD	Paris	France	Permanent Representation	Martin Bille Hermann		[64]
	New York City	United States	Permanent Mission	Christina Markus Lassen		[65]
	Geneva	Switzerland	Permanent Mission	Ib Petersen		[66]
	Paris	France	Permanent Delegation	Martin Bille Hermann

See also

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

Sources

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Repræsentationer i udlandet . 2023-11-08 . Udenrigsministeriet . da.
2. Web site: Foght . Thomas . 2021-11-13 . Dansk USA-ambassadør stopper før tid . 2023-11-08 . ekstrabladet.dk . da.
3. Web site: Ambassadøren har ordet . 2023-11-06 . algeriet.um.dk . da.
4. Web site: Kontakt . 2023-11-06 . burkinafaso.um.dk . da.
5. Web site: Mød ambassadøren . 2023-11-06 . egypten.um.dk . da.
6. Web site: 2024-03-22 . Fra Paris til Beijing og Berlin: Her er den årlige ambassadørrokade . From Paris to Beijing and Berlin, here's the annual ambassadorial reshuffle . 2024-09-01 . Altinget.dk.
7. Web site: CV of the Ambassador . 2023-11-06 . ghana.um.dk . en.
8. Web site: Ambassador Stephan Schønemann . 2023-11-06 . kenya.um.dk . en.
9. Web site: 16 May 2023 . Nye missionschefer udnævnt til EUCAP Sahel Niger og EUAM Ukraine . 6 November 2023 . consilium.europa.eu.
10. Web site: Altinget – Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone . 2023-11-06 . www.altinget.dk.
11. Web site: Meet the Staff . 2023-11-06 . uganda.um.dk . en.
12. Web site: Altinget – Eva Bisgaard Pedersen . 2023-11-06 . www.altinget.dk.
13. Web site: The Trade Council i Latinamerika . 2023-11-06 . brasilien.um.dk . da.
14. Web site: Danish Consulates in Canada . 2023-11-06 . canada.um.dk . en.
15. Web site: Ambassadøren . 2023-11-06 . chile.um.dk . da.
16. Web site: Ambassadøren . 2023-11-06 . mexico.um.dk . da.
17. Web site: Meet the ambassador . 2023-11-06 . usa.um.dk . en.
18. Web site: Meet the Consul General . 2023-11-06 . usa.um.dk . en.
19. Web site: Meet the Consul General . 2023-11-06 . usa.um.dk . en.
20. Web site: Christian Brix Møller – Udenrigsministeriet . 6 November 2023 . LinkedIn.com.
21. Web site: Mød generalkonsulen . 2023-11-06 . kina.um.dk . da.
22. Web site: Mød generalkonsulen . 2023-11-06 . kina.um.dk . da.
23. Web site: About us . 2023-11-06 . georgien.um.dk . en.
24. Web site: Staff . 2023-11-06 . indien.um.dk . en.
25. Web site: 2023-07-29 . Dommeren gør overraskende comeback som diplomat . 2023-11-06 . Politiken . da-DK.
26. Web site: Forsvarsakademiet bidrager til stabilitet i Irak . 2023-11-06 . Forsvarsakademiet . da.
27. Web site: 2020-02-04 . Thomas Winkler . 2023-11-06 . Kristeligt Dagblad . da.
28. Web site: Altinget – Alt om politik: altinget.dk . 2023-11-06 . www.altinget.dk.
29. Web site: Altinget – John Nielsen . 2023-11-06 . www.altinget.dk.
30. Web site: Message from the Ambassador . 2023-11-06 . pakistan.um.dk . en.
31. Web site: Altinget – Alt om politik: altinget.dk . 2023-11-06 . www.altinget.dk.
32. Web site: Altinget – Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin . 2023-11-06 . www.altinget.dk.
33. Web site: Handelskontoret i Taipei, Taiwan . 2023-11-06 . kina.um.dk . da.
34. Web site: Andersen . Morten Scriver . 2022-08-30 . Danmark får ny ambassadør i golfstaterne Globalnyt . 2023-11-05 . globalnyt.dk . da-DK.
35. Web site: embassy-and-staff . 2023-11-06 . sydkorea.um.dk . en.
36. Web site: Forsyningssikkerhed er i fokus – og Tyrkiet kan være svaret . 2023-11-06 . Trade Council . da.
37. Web site: Ambassaden Abu Dhabi . 2023-11-06 . fae.um.dk . da.
38. Web site: Altinget – Jens Martin Alsbirk . 2023-11-06 . www.altinget.dk.
39. Web site: Ambassadørens velkomsthilsen . 2023-11-06 . vietnam.um.dk . da.
40. Web site: Ambassadøren . 2023-11-06 . oestrig.um.dk . da.
41. Web site: Altinget – Ole Frijs-Madsen . 2023-11-06 . www.altinget.dk.
42. Web site: Mød ambassadøren . 2023-11-06 . tjekkiet.um.dk . da.
43. Web site: Ambassadøren . 2023-11-06 . estland.um.dk . da.
44. Web site: Ny podcast: Finland – en ny global spiller . 2023-11-06 . Udenrigsministeriet . da.
45. Web site: 2024-08-02 . Han havde kurs mod Paris, nu skal Mette Frederiksens toprådgiver til Nato . 2024-09-01 . Altinget.dk.
46. Web site: Generalkonsulat, Det danske . 2023-11-06 . graenseforeningen.dk . da.
47. Web site: Generalkonsulatet i Hamborg . 2023-11-06 . tyskland.um.dk . da.
48. Web site: 2022-09-02 . Per Fabricius Andersen . 2023-11-06 . Kristeligt Dagblad . da.
49. Web site: ambassadens ansatte . 2023-11-06 . irland.um.dk . da.
50. Web site: Hilsen fra ambassadøren . 2023-11-06 . italien.um.dk . da.
51. Web site: 2023-03-06 . Morten Jespersen . 2023-11-06 . Kristeligt Dagblad . da.
52. Web site: Ambassadens medarbejdere . 2023-11-06 . litauen.um.dk . da.
53. Web site: Altinget – Louise Bang Jespersen . 2023-11-06 . www.altinget.dk.
54. Web site: Danmark i Portugal . 2023-11-06 . portugal.um.dk . da.
55. Web site: Medarbejdere . 2023-11-06 . rumaenien.um.dk . da.
56. Web site: Personale . 2023-11-06 . spanien.um.dk . da.
57. Web site: Danmarks nye ambassadør til Sverige akkrediteret . 2023-11-06 . sverige.um.dk . da.
58. Web site: Kontakt . 2023-11-06 . ukraine.um.dk . da.
59. Web site: Ambassadøren . 2023-11-06 . storbritannien.um.dk . da.
60. Web site: Silkeborg-direktør bliver generalkonsul i Australien . 2023-11-06 . Midtjyllands Avis . da.
61. Web site: Medarbejdere og praktikanter . 2023-11-06 . europaraadet.um.dk . da.
62. Web site: Om os . 2023-11-06 . eu.um.dk . da.
63. Web site: NATO . Lone Dencker Wisborg, NATO Permanent Representative for Denmark . 2023-11-06 . NATO . en.
64. Web site: Ambassadøren . 2023-11-06 . oecd.um.dk . da.
65. Web site: 2023-03-03 . Dansk USA-ambassadør bliver FN-ambassadør Nyheder . 2023-11-04 . DR . da-DK.
66. Web site: 2023-08-10 . Udenrigsministeriet udpeger ny FN-ambassadør i Genève . 2023-11-06 . Altinget.dk.