# List of ambassadors of Denmark to the United States

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.

## 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 | | 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 |
| 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 | | Johan Hegermann-Lindencrone [da] | Chargé d'affaires | | Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes | 1880 |
| 1880 | | Carl Steen Andersen Bille [da] | 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 |
| October 20, 1893 | | Count F. de Reventlow | Count Reventlow was appointed to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1909. | Jacob Estrup | Grover Cleveland | |
| October 21, 1895 | June 1, 1895 | Constantin Brun [da] | | Tage Reedtz-Thott | Grover Cleveland | |
| November 10, 1908 | | Carl Moltke | | 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 | | 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] | | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | Barack Obama | 1 January 2019 |
| | 8 April 2019 | Lone Dencker Wisborg | | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | Donald Trump | |