| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Denmark |
| Insignia: | MID emblem.png |
| Incumbentsince: | 12 December 2018 |
| Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Copenhagen |
| Style: | His Excellency The Honourable |
| Reports To: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Seat: | Copenhagen |
| Appointer: | President of Russia |
| Termlength: | At the pleasure of the President |
| Website: | Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of Denmark |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Denmark is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the Prime Minister and the Government of Denmark.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Copenhagen.[1] The post of Russian Ambassador to Denmark is currently held by, incumbent since 12 December 2018.[2]
See main article: Denmark–Russia relations. Diplomatic exchanges between Russia and Denmark date back to the fifteenth century, with the signing of a mutual assistance pact in 1493 between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Kingdom of Denmark.[3] In 1700 a permanent diplomatic mission of the Tsardom of Russia was established in Denmark in 1700, and in 1893, during the period of the Russian Empire, representation was upgraded to the level of embassies.[3]
Despite the disruption to international relations caused by the Russian Revolution in 1917, diplomatic contacts were quickly established between the nascent Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, with the appointment of Vatslav Vorovsky as diplomatic representative to the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway.[4] Vorovsky's appointment was shortlived, as countries began withdrawing diplomatic recognition of envoys from the Soviet state, and there followed a period without representation until the appointment in 1923 of as representative of the Soviet Union to Denmark. It was during Geyn's tenure that on 18 June 1924 the Soviet mission was officially established in Denmark, with Geyn serving as the officially accredited representative.[4] Representation continued at the level of missions throughout the German invasion and occupation of Denmark in 1940, until the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941.[4] In April 1944 the Soviet Union established contacts and assigned a representative to the clandestine Danish Freedom Council.[5]
Relations between the Soviet Union and Denmark were resumed after the war in May 1945, with the appointment of as envoy.[5] Relations were upgraded to the level of embassies in August 1955, and following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, ambassadors have continued to be exchanged between the Kingdom of Denmark and the Russian Federation.[5]
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy | August 1700 | 4 September 1707 | ||
| Vasily Dolgorukov | Envoy | 4 September 1707 | 17 July 1720 | |
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin | Resident | 1721 | 1731 | |
| Minister Plenipotentiary | 1 February 1731 | 28 November 1734 | ||
| Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin | Resident | 1734 | 1740 | |
| Johann Korff | Envoy | 27 March 1740 | 18 February 1741 | |
| Piotr Chernyshev | Envoy | 18 February 1741 | 31 October 1741 | |
| Johann Korff | Envoy | 18 February 1741 | 23 January 1746 | |
| Envoy | 23 January 1746 | 31 May 1747 | ||
| Nikita Panin | Envoy | 1747 | 1748 | |
| Johann Korff | Envoy | 31 January 1748 | 27 March 1766 | |
| Envoy | 1766 | 1770 | ||
| Comptroller of Mission | 27 June 1770 | November 1772 | ||
| Ivan Simolin | Envoy | 1772 | 1774 | |
| Envoy | 1775 | 1784 | ||
| Andrey Razumovsky | Envoy | 1784 | May 1786 | |
| Envoy | 1786 | 1794 | ||
| Ivan Shtakelberg | Envoy | 1794 | 1797 | |
| Envoy | 30 April 1797 | 24 October 1798 | ||
| Ivan Muravyov-Apostol | Minister-Resident | 1799 | 1800 | |
| Envoy | 13 September 1800 | 14 October 1815 | ||
| Isaak van Brinen | Chargé d'affaires | 1815 | 1816 | |
| Envoy | 13 May 1816 | 30 April 1847 | ||
| Envoy | 17 August 1847 | 7 November 1860 | ||
| Envoy | 7 November 1860 | 2 October 1867 | ||
| Arthur von Mohrenheim | Envoy | 2 October 1867 | 13 July 1882 | |
| Envoy | 13 July 1882 | 2 February 1893 | ||
| Mikhail Muravyov | Ambassador | 14 February 1893 | 1 January 1897 | |
| Alexander von Benckendorff | Ambassador | 4 February 1897 | 1902 | |
| Alexander Izvolsky | Ambassador | 24 October 1902 | 20 April 1906 | |
| Ambassador | 1906 | 20 September 1910 | ||
| Ambassador | 1910 | 3 March 1917 | ||
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diplomatic Representative | 1923 | 20 November 1924 | ||
| Mikhail Kobetsky | Plenipotentiary | 10 December 1924 | 1 July 1933 | |
| Fyodor Raskolnikov | Plenipotentiary | 1 July 1933 | 31 August 1934 | |
| Plenipotentiary | 21 September 1934 | 1 January 1938 | ||
| Ivan Vlasov | Chargé d'affaires | 1939 | 22 June 1941 | |
| Diplomatic relations interrupted (1941 - 1945) | ||||
| Envoy | 22 June 1945 | 15 July 1950 | ||
| Envoy | 15 July 1950 | 3 June 1954 | ||
| Envoy | 3 June 1954 | 19 July 1955 | ||
| Envoy Ambassador after 16 September 1955 | 19 July 1955 | 9 September 1958 | ||
| Ambassador | 7 December 1958 | 18 February 1966 | ||
| Ivan Ilyichev | Ambassador | 18 February 1966 | 16 November 1968 | |
| Ambassador | 16 November 1968 | 3 July 1969 | ||
| Ambassador | 18 April 1970 | 18 May 1984 | ||
| Ambassador | 18 May 1984 | 12 March 1986 | ||
| Ambassador | 12 March 1986 | 15 September 1989 | ||
| Ambassador | 11 October 1989 | 13 December 1991 | ||
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexey Obukhov | Ambassador | 22 April 1992 | 25 November 1996 | |
| Ambassador | 25 November 1996 | 15 December 1999 | ||
| Nikolay Bordyuzha | Ambassador | 21 December 1999 | 16 April 2003 | |
| Ambassador | 1 August 2003 | 14 September 2007 | ||
| Teimuraz Ramishvili | Ambassador | 14 September 2007 | 6 April 2012 | |
| Mikhail Vanin | Ambassador | 6 April 2012 | 12 December 2018 | |
| Ambassador | 12 December 2018 | |||