page_title: Danish Chamber of Commerce
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Danish Chamber of Commerce / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Buro Jantzen
context_page_description: The Danish Chamber of Commerce is the network for the service industry in Denmark and one of the largest professional business organisations in the country. It is headquartered in Børsen in Copenhagen and has additional offices in Aarhus and Bruxelles.
context_section_description: The Danish Chamber of Commerce was founded on 1 January 2007 as a result of a merger between Dansk Handel & Service and the Chamber of Commerce (previously Handelskammeret, HTSI). 
  Traditionally the organisation’s portfolio has been within the service sector, e.g. retail and wholesale, the transport sector, consultant companies, tourism and hospitality sector etc.
  The first CEO was Lars Krobæk. He was on 1 April 2008 replaced by Jens Klarskov, who was in turn on 22 June 2018 replaced by former Minister and former member of The Danish Parliament, Brian Mikkelsen.
caption: Brian Mikkelsen, CEO, The Danish Chamber of Commerce. Former Minister and member of The Danish Parliament.
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