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   Chargé d'affaires [ 2]        Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes    1880     1880      Carl Steen Andersen Bille   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[ 4]     [ 6]     Tage Reedtz-Thott    Grover Cleveland         November 10, 1908       Carl Moltke    [ 4]     Niels Neergaard    Theodore Roosevelt         November 8, 2012       Constantin Brun      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      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      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      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   [ 8]     Lars Løkke Rasmussen    Barack Obama    1 January 2019        8 April 2019   Lone Dencker Wisborg       Lars Løkke Rasmussen    Donald Trump            1 September 2023   Jesper Møller Sørensen      Mette Frederiksen    Joe Biden   
 
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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]