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The Danish ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Copenhagen to the Government of the United States .
History
Poul Ludvig Ernst de Løvenørn (1839-1922), Minister from 1884 to 1888.
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[ 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]