List of ambassadors of Australia to Denmark explained

Post:	Ambassador of Australia to Denmark
Insignia:	Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Department:	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Reports To:	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent:	Kerin Ayyalaraju
Incumbentsince:	August 2021
Residence:	Copenhagen
Nominator:	Prime Minister of Australia
Style:	Her Excellency
Appointer:	Governor-General of Australia
Formation:	November 1970
Inaugural:	Lloyd Thomson (resident in The Hague)
Website:	Australian Embassy, Denmark

The Ambassador of Australia to Denmark is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia in Denmark. The Ambassador, since August 2021, is Kerin Ayyalaraju, who resides in Copenhagen. The ambassador also holds non-resident accreditation for Iceland (1984–1997; since 2000) and Norway (since 2000). Accreditation was also previously held for Latvia and Lithuania following their regaining independence (1991–1997).^[1] The embassy was first opened in November 1970, when the existing Consulate-General in Copenhagen was upgraded, and the embassy remained until it was closed in May 1997 due to "budgetary pressures". While accreditation passed to the Australian Embassy in Sweden in the period after that, the embassy was reopened May 2000.^[2]

List of heads of mission

Ordinal	Name	Title	Other offices	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
		Ambassador of Australia to Denmark		The Hague, Netherlands			years	^[3]
(n/a)	Gerald Harding	Chargé d'affaires		Copenhagen, Denmark			years
		Ambassador of Australia to Denmark			1974	1978	years
	James Humphreys				1978	1980	years
	Ronald Walker				1980	1983	years
	Anthony Dingle				1983	1987	years
	Jeffrey Benson				1987	1991	years
	John Burgess							^[4]
	Garry Conroy							^[5]
	Judith Pead			Stockholm, Sweden			years
					1999		years	^[6]
	Malcolm Leader			Copenhagen, Denmark		2003	years	^[7]
(n/a)	Charles Stuart	Chargé d'affaires			2003	2003	years
	Matthew Peek	Ambassador of Australia to Denmark			2003	2006	years	^[8]
					2006	2010	align=right	years	^[9]
	James Choi				2010	2013	align=right	years	^[10]
							align=right	years	^[11]
							align=right		^[12] ^[13]
(n/a)	Asmeret Kidane	Chargé d'affaires					align=right	years
	Kerin Ayyalaraju	Ambassador of Australia to Denmark				incumbent	align=right		^[14]

Notes

Also non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, 1984–1997; since 2000.

Also non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, 1991–1997.

Also non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, 1991–1997.

Also non-resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway, since 2000.

External links

• Australian Embassy, Denmark – Norway, Iceland

Notes and References

1. Govt. to establish full diplomatic relations with the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania. 27 August 1991. Australian Government. Bob . Hawke . Bob Hawke .
2. Web site: Crosio . Janice . Downer . Alexander . QUESTIONS ON NOTICE - Australian Embassy: Copenhagen . House Hansard . Parliament of Australia . 29 September 1999 .
3. News: Posts in Denmark, Norway. 9 November 1970. 9. The Canberra Times. ACT.
4. Diplomatic Appointment – Denmark. 4 March 1991. Australian Government. Gareth. Evans. Gareth Evans (politician).
5. Diplomatic appointment: Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark. 9 January 1995. Australian Government. Bob. McMullan. Bob McMullan.
6. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Sweden. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224090656/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa090_98.html. 24 February 2015. 2 July 1998. Australian Government. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer.
7. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Denmark. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102337/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2000/fa042.html. 2 April 2015. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government. 17 May 2000.
8. Diplomatic Appointment – Ambassador To Denmark. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212015556/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2003/fa081_03.html. 12 February 2014. 2 July 2003. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government.
9. Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Denmark. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412194803/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2006/fa072_06.html. 12 April 2015. Alexander. Downer. Australian Government. Alexander Downer. 3 July 2006.
10. Diplomatic appointment - Ambassador to Denmark. 1 April 2010. Stephen. Smith. Stephen Smith (Australian politician). Australian Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003701/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2010/fa-s100401a.html. 2 April 2015.
11. Ambassador to Denmark. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402164013/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2013/bc_mr_130401.html. 2 April 2015. 1 April 2013. Bob. Carr. Bob Carr. Australian Government.
12. 2017-04-11. Ambassador to Denmark. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170604082745/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2017/jb_mr_170411.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D. 2017-06-04. 2021-03-09 . Australian Government . dmy-all.
13. Web site: Sadly the time has come to farewell Copenhagen.... Twitter.
14. Payne . Marise . Marise Payne . 2021-08-04 . Ambassador to Denmark . 2022-06-26 . Minister for Foreign Affairs . Australian Government . dmy-all.