# Czech Republic–Denmark relations

Czech Republic–Denmark relations are the current and historical relations between Czech Republic and Denmark. Czech Republic has an embassy in Copenhagen, while Denmark has an embassy in Prague. Diplomatic relations were established on 1 January 1993. Both countries are members of the European Union and NATO.

## Early history

The first contact between Czechoslovakia and Denmark occurred on 20 May 1919 when Czechoslovak President Edvard Beneš sent a note to Danish authorities asking them to recognize Czechoslovakia. Denmark responded to this positively on 25 May 1919 and Beneš went on to entrust diplomat Miroslav Plesinger-Božinov to open a representative office in Copenhagen. He presented his credentials on 27 May 1920. On 14 August 1920, the representative office was upgraded to an embassy and diplomatic relations were established on 4 September 1920. Plesinger-Božinov presented his credentials as ambassador to King Christian X on 24 September 1920. Denmark, at first, brought Czechoslovakia under the jurisdiction of the Danish embassy in Vienna but Foreign Minister Scavenius told the Czechoslovak ambassador that a Danish embassy would open in the future. Paul Nørgaard served as the first Danish ambassador to Czechoslovakia, presenting his credentials on 19 May 1921. The two countries immediately worked on strengthening cultural and trade relations and established the Danish-Czechoslovak Chamber of Commerce in Copenhagen. Czechoslovak Minister of Trade Ladislav Novák also visited Denmark to study the economic conditions to negotiate a trade agreement.

## High level visits

In 1994, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark visited Czech Republic, and in 2006 the Czech president Václav Klaus visited Copenhagen.

## Ambassadors

List of Czech ambassadors to Denmark:
| # | Officeholder | Term start date |
| 1 | Miroslav Plesinger-Božinov | 27 May 1920 24 September 1920 |
| 2 | Bohdan Pavlů | 11 February 1927 |
| 3 | Čeněk Ibl | 20 July 1936 |
| 4 | Zdeněk Němeček | 22 November 1945 |
| 5 | Vladimír Natula | 3 June 1949 |
| 6 | Karel Lukeš | 11 February 1952 |
| 7 | Jaroslav Reimoser | 5 March 1955 |
| 8 | Emil Hršel | 16 September 1960 7 November 1963 |
| 9 | Jaroslav Šmíd | 27 August 1964 |
| 10 | Antonín Vasek | 11 December 1969 |
| 11 | Jiří Skoumal | 24 November 1971 |
| 12 | František Mika | 8 April 1976 |
| 13 | Stanislav Matonoha | 17 September 1980 |
| 14 | Alojz Kusalík | 19 May 1983 |
| 15 | Ľudovít Pezlár | 3 November 1988 |
| 16 | Hana Ševčíková | 25 January 1991 |
| 17 | Alois Buchta | 9 November 1995 |
| 18 | Marie Košťálová | 10 March 2000 |
| 19 | Ivan Jančárek | 25 October 2004 |
| 20 | Zdeněk Lyčka | 7 July 2008 |
| 21 | Jiří Brodský | 8 October 2013 |
| 22 | Radek Pech | 29 September 2017 |
| 23 | Jiří Ellinger | 15 December 2023 |
List of Danish ambassadors to the Czech Republic
| # | Officeholder | Term start date |
| 1 | Paul Nørgaard | 19 May 1921 |
| 2 | Niels Johan Wulfsberg Høst | 21 September 1923 |
| 3 | Eigil Leth | 27 May 1938 |
| 4 | Peter Oluf Treschow | 29 January 1946 |
| 5 | Karl I. Eskelund | 1 July 1951 |
| 6 | Birger Dons Møller | 1 March 1955 |
| 7 | Hans Severin Møller | 1 April 1969 |
| 8 | Gustav Skjold Mellbin | 4 September 1974 |