List of ambassadors of Denmark to the United States explained

Post:	Ambassador
Body:	Denmark to the United States
Insignia:	National Coat of arms of Denmark.svg
Insigniasize:	75px
Insigniacaption:	State Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent:	Lone Dencker Wisborg
Incumbentsince:	8 April 2019
Department:	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:	J. Blicker Olson

The Danish ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Copenhagen to the Government of the United States.

History

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
1800		J. Blicker Olson	Minister Resident^[2]		John Adams Thomas Jefferson	1805
1805		Peder Pedersen	Minister Resident		Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams	1826
1826		Steen Bille	Chargé d'affaires		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		Franklin Pierce James Buchanan	1858
1858		Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff	Chargé d'affaires		James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson	1866
1866			Chargé d'affaires		Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes	1880
1880			Minister Resident		Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur	1884
1884		P. L. E. de Lövenörn	Minister Resident		Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland	1888
1888		E. W. Sponneck	Minister Resident		Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison	1893
		Count F. de Reventlow	Count Reventlow was appointed to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1909.^[4] ^[5]	Jacob Estrup	Grover Cleveland
			^[6]	Tage Reedtz-Thott	Grover Cleveland
		Carl Moltke		Niels Neergaard	Theodore Roosevelt
				Klaus Berntsen	Barack Obama
		Hubert de Wichfeld (1886 - 1979)	Chargé d'affaires	Thorvald Stauning	Herbert C. Hoover
		Otto Wadsted (1881-1961)		Thorvald Stauning	Herbert C. Hoover
		Henrik Kauffmann		Thorvald Stauning	Franklin D. Roosevelt
			Legation Raised to Embassy	Hans Hedtoft	Harry S. Truman
		Henrik Kauffmann	Ambassador-designate	Hans Hedtoft	Harry S. Truman
		Count		Hans Christian Svane Hansen	Dwight D. Eisenhower
		Torben Ronne		Jens Otto Krag	Lyndon B. Johnson
		Hans J. Christensen	Chargé d'affaires	Jens Otto Krag	Richard Nixon
		Eyvind Bartels		Jens Otto Krag	Richard Nixon
		Peter Pedersen Dyvig	Chargé d'affaires, (* in Nordborg) A ambassador to London, Washington and Paris. Father of Christian Dyrvig	Anker Jørgensen	Gerald Ford
		Otto Borchlda		Anker Jørgensen	Gerald Ford
				Poul Schlüter	Ronald Reagan
		Peter Pedersen Dyvig	^[7]	Poul Schlüter	George H. W. Bush
		Knud Erik Tygesen		Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	Bill Clinton
				Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	Bill Clinton
		Friis Arne Petersen		Anders Fogh Rasmussen	George W. Bush
		Peter Taksøe-Jensen		Lars Løkke Rasmussen	Barack Obama	31 July 2015
			^[8]	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	Barack Obama	1 January 2019
	8 April 2019	Lone Dencker Wisborg		Lars Løkke Rasmussen	Donald Trump

See also

• List of ambassadors of the United States to Denmark
• Denmark–United States relations

Notes and References

1. News: TIMES . Special to THE NEW YORK . U.S., DANISH ENVOYS RAISED; Will Be Made Ambassadors as Legations Become Embassies . 23 March 2021 . . 7 February 1947.
2. Book: Fogdall . Soren Jacob Marius Peterson . History of Danish-American Diplomacy, 1776-1920 PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) thesis . 1921 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807162901/http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4212&context=etd . dead . August 7, 2016 . 23 March 2021.
3. Book: Buchanan . James . The Works of James Buchanan: Comprising His Speeches, State Papers, and Private Correspondence . 1909 . J.B. Lippincott . 24 . 23 March 2021 . en.
4. Web site: Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, The British Commonwealth and Europe, Volume III - Office of the Historian . history.state.gov . . 23 March 2021.
5. News: Count Edward Reventlow Dies; Was Danish Envoy to Britain; At Odds With Puppet Regime . 23 March 2021 . . July 28, 1963 . en.
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=vjRMAQAAIAAJ&q=%22BRUN,+CONSTANTiNE,+Minister+to+the+United+States+from+DenmarK,+was+born+a:+Copenhagen,+Denmark,+October+5,+1860,+son+of%22 Constantin Brun
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=QB0MAQAAMAAJ&q=%22DYVIQ+%28Peter+Pedersen%29,+Ambassadeur+de+Danemark+en+France.+N%C3%A9+le+23+f%C3%A9vrier+1934+A+Nordborg+%28Danemark%29.+Mar.+le+11+juillet+1959+A+Mlle+Karen%22 Peter Pedersen Dyvig
8. Chief of Protocol, https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/cpr/91602.htm