# List of ambassadors of Canada to Denmark

The ambassador of Canada to Denmark is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Denmark. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Kingdom of Denmark. The ambassador of Canada to Denmark is former MP and Cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett.
The Embassy of Canada is located at Kristen Bernikowsgade 1, 1105 Copenhagen K., Denmark.

## History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Denmark were established on December 5, 1945, with the first envoy, John Doherty Kearney, appointed on the advice of Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King on the same day. Canada's legation was established on September 1, 1947, and raised to full embassy status on January 16, 1956.

## List of ambassadors of Canada to Denmark

| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. |
| No. | Name | Start date | PoC. | End date | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. |
| 1 | John Doherty Kearney | December 5, 1945 | April 4, 1946 | 1946 | Non-career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935–1948) | |
| 2 | Jean François Léon Henri Laureys | March 15, 1947 | July 12, 1947 | August 14, 1950 | Non-career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935–1948) | |
| – | Donald Macalister Cornett (Chargé d'Affaires) | August 14, 1950 | | April 7, 1952 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948–1957) | |
| 3 | Edgar D'Arcy McGreer | February 28, 1952 | April 7, 1952 | December 1, 1954 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948–1957) | |
| 4 | Herbert Frederick Brooks-Hill Feaver | November 18, 1954 | December 11, 1954 | January 16, 1956 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948–1957) | |
| 5 | Herbert Frederick Brooks-Hill Feaver | January 11, 1956 | January 16, 1956 | July 17, 1958 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948–1957) | |
| 6 | John Watkins | August 30, 1958 | December 2, 1958 | 1960 | Career | | John G. Diefenbaker (1957–1963) | |
| 7 | Hector Allard | October 31, 1960 | January 12, 1961 | June 23, 1967 | Career | | John G. Diefenbaker (1957–1963) | |
| 8 | Max Hirsch Wershof | February 17, 1967 | July 17, 1967 | August 10, 1971 | Career | | Lester B. Pearson (1963–1968) | |
| 9 | Donald Macalister Cornett | July 8, 1971 | September 16, 1971 | July 29, 1975 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968–1979) | |
| 10 | Norman Frederick Henderson Berlis | July 17, 1975 | October 7, 1975 | April 6, 1979 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968–1979) | |
| 11 | Marion Adams Macpherson | September 27, 1979 | December 20, 1979 | July 25, 1983 | Career | | Joe Clark (1979–1980) | |
| – | Thomas George Cullen (Chargé d'Affaires) | July 1983 | | January 1984 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968–1979) | |
| 12 | Erik Benkestock Wang | April 5, 1984 | January 5, 1984 | 1986 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968–1979) | |
| 13 | Dorothy Jane Armstrong | July 23, 1986 | November 6, 1986 | August 19, 1991 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984–1993) | |
| 14 | Ronald Stuart MacLean | September 19, 1991 | August 29, 1991 | October 29, 1992 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984–1993) | |
| 15 | Ernest Hébert | June 23, 1993 | March 2, 1993 | 1995 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984–1993) | |
| 16 | Brian Baker | May 3, 1995 | | 1999 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993–2003) | |
| 17 | Mary Simon | August 11, 1999 | | 2001 | Non-career | | Jean Chrétien (1993–2003) | |
| 18 | Alfonso Gagliano | January 15, 2002 | | February 10, 2004 | Non-career | | Jean Chrétien (1993–2003) | |
| 19 | Fredericka Gregory | May 19, 2004 | September 22, 2004 | 2008 | Career | | Paul Martin (2003–2006) | |
| 20 | Peter Lundy | July 4, 2008 | | 2012 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006–2015) | |
| 21 | André François Giroux | August 20, 2012 | | 2016 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006–2015) | |
| 22 | Emi Furuya | July 18, 2016 | November 4, 2016 | 2020 | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015–present) | |
| 23 | Denis Robert | September 24, 2020 | April 20, 2021 | | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015–present) | |
| 24. | Carolyn Bennett | designate | | | Non-career | | Justin Trudeau (2015–present) | |