List of ambassadors of Denmark to the United States
Ambassador of Denmark to the United States | |
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![]() Lone Dencker Wisborg since 8 April 2019 | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Style | Her Excellency (formal) Madam Ambassador (informal) |
Type | Ambassador |
Seat | Embassy of Denmark, Washington, D.C. |
Nominator | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Appointer | The monarch |
Formation | 1800 |
First holder | J. Blicker Olson |
Website | Official website |
The Danish ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Copenhagen to the Government of the United States.
History
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The Danish Legation was raised to Embassy status on February 6, 1947 during the leadership of Danish Minister Hans Hedtoft and U.S. President Harry S. Truman.[1]
List of representatives
Diplomatic agrément | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | List of Danish government ministries | List of presidents of the United States | Term end |
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1800 | J. Blicker Olson | Minister Resident[2] | John Adams Thomas Jefferson | 1805 | ||
1805 | Peder Pedersen | Minister Resident[2] | Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams | 1826 | ||
1826 | Steen Bille | Chargé d'affaires[2] | John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce | 1854[3] | ||
1854 | Torben Bille | Chargé d'affaires[2] | Franklin Pierce James Buchanan | 1858 | ||
1858 | Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff | Chargé d'affaires[2] | James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson | 1866 | ||
1866 | Johan Hegermann-Lindencrone [da] | Chargé d'affaires[2] | Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes | 1880 | ||
1880 | Carl Steen Andersen Bille [da] | Minister Resident[2] | Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur | 1884 | ||
1884 | P. L. E. de Lövenörn | Minister Resident[2] | Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland | 1888 | ||
1888 | E. W. Sponneck | Minister Resident[2] | Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison | 1893 | ||
October 20, 1893 | Count F. de Reventlow | Count Reventlow was appointed to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1909.[2][4][5] | Jacob Estrup | Grover Cleveland | ||
October 21, 1895 | June 1, 1895 | Constantin Brun [da][4] | [6] | Tage Reedtz-Thott | Grover Cleveland | |
November 10, 1908 | Carl Moltke | [4] | Niels Neergaard | Theodore Roosevelt | ||
November 8, 2012 | Constantin Brun [da] | Klaus Berntsen | Barack Obama | |||
December 1, 1930 | Hubert de Wichfeld (1886 - 1979) | Chargé d'affaires | Thorvald Stauning | Herbert C. Hoover | ||
December 22, 1930 | Otto Wadsted (1881-1961) | Thorvald Stauning | Herbert C. Hoover | |||
August 22, 1939 | August 26, 1939 | Henrik Kauffmann | Thorvald Stauning | Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||
February 6, 1947 | Legation Raised to Embassy | Hans Hedtoft | Harry S. Truman | |||
February 6, 1947 | March 8, 1947 | Henrik Kauffmann | Ambassador-designate | Hans Hedtoft | Harry S. Truman | |
October 9, 1958 | October 31, 1958 | Count Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt [da] | Hans Christian Svane Hansen | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
April 6, 1965 | April 13, 1965 | Torben Ronne | Jens Otto Krag | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||
August 20, 1971 | Hans J. Christensen | Chargé d'affaires | Jens Otto Krag | Richard Nixon | ||
September 3, 1971 | September 21, 1971 | Eyvind Bartels | Jens Otto Krag | Richard Nixon | ||
November 26, 1975 | Peter Pedersen Dyvig | Chargé d'affaires, (*February 23, 1934 in Nordborg) A ambassador to London, Washington and Paris. Father of Christian Dyrvig | Anker Jørgensen | Gerald Ford | ||
February 5, 1976 | February 24, 1976 | Otto Borchlda | Anker Jørgensen | Gerald Ford | ||
November 20, 1983 | January 9, 1984 | Eigil Jørgensen [da] | Poul Schlüter | Ronald Reagan | ||
June 5, 1989 | August 3, 1989 | Peter Pedersen Dyvig | [7] | Poul Schlüter | George H. W. Bush | |
September 5, 1995 | September 15, 1995 | Knud Erik Tygesen | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | Bill Clinton | ||
May 9, 2000 | June 14, 2000 | Ulrik Federspiel [da] | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | Bill Clinton | ||
October 3, 2005 | October 3, 2005 | Friis Arne Petersen | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | George W. Bush | ||
September 1, 2010 | September 16, 2010 | Peter Taksøe-Jensen | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | Barack Obama | 31 July 2015 | |
August 19, 2015 | September 17, 2015 | Lars Gert Lose [da] | [8] | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | Barack Obama | 1 January 2019 |
8 April 2019 | Lone Dencker Wisborg | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | Donald Trump |
See also
References
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (7 February 1947). "U.S., DANISH ENVOYS RAISED; Will Be Made Ambassadors as Legations Become Embassies". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Fogdall, Soren Jacob Marius Peterson (1921). History of Danish-American Diplomacy, 1776-1920 PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) thesis. Iowa City, Iowa: State University of Iowa. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Buchanan, James (1909). The Works of James Buchanan: Comprising His Speeches, State Papers, and Private Correspondence. J.B. Lippincott. p. 24. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, The British Commonwealth and Europe, Volume III - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute United States Department of State. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Count Edward Reventlow Dies; Was Danish Envoy to Britain; At Odds With Puppet Regime". The New York Times. July 28, 1963. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Constantin Brun
- ^ Peter Pedersen Dyvig
- ^ Chief of Protocol, [1]