The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Denmark is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Denmark, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Denmark. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark.
Until 1947, the British representative in Denmark held the rank of Minister, and the Danish representative in the UK the corresponding rank of Gesandt. In 1947, Denmark and the United Kingdom upgraded their diplomatic representations to each other and both heads of mission have since held the rank of Ambassador.
For Ambassadors from the Court of St. James's to Denmark before 1707, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Denmark. For Ambassadors from 1707 to 1800, see List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Denmark.
List of heads of mission
Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom 1801–1802: No diplomatic relationsS. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934). 1801–1802: Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens Plenipotentiary 1802–1805: Francis Hill chargé d'affaires 1803–1804: Robert Liston (special mission) 1805–1807: Benjamin Garlike 1807: Brook Taylor ad interim 1807: Francis James Jackson ad interim 1807: Anthony Merry 1807–1814: No diplomatic relations 1813: Alexander Hope and Edward Thornton Plenipotentiaries 1813–1814: Edward Thornton Plenipotentiary 1814–1824: Augustus Foster 1824–1853: Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn 1852–1853: Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield (attaché) 1858: Sir Henry Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 1859–1866: Augustus Paget 1863: John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse 1866–1869: Hugh MacDonell 1881–1884: Hon. Hussey Vivian 1884–1888: Hon. Edmund Monson 1888–1893: Hugh MacDonell 1893–1898: Sir Charles Stewart Scott 1898–1900: Edmund Fane 1900–1905: Edward Goschen 1905–1910: Hon. Sir Alan Johnstone 1910–1912: Conyngham Greene 1913–1916: Sir Henry Lowther 1916–1918: Ralph Spencer Paget 1919–1921: Sir Charles Marling 1921–1926: Granville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville 1926–1928: Sir Milne Cheetham 1928–1933: Thomas Hohler 1933–1935: Hugh Gurney 1935–1939: Hon. Sir Patrick Ramsay 1939–1940: Charles Howard Smith (expelled with his staff by the Germans on 9 April 1940) 1945–1947: Sir Alec Randall
Ambassadors 1947–1952: Sir Alec Randall 1952–1956: Sir Eric Berthoud 1956–1960: Sir Roderick Barclay 1960–1962: Sir William Montagu-Pollock 1962–1966: Sir John Henniker-Major 1966–1969: Oliver Wright 1969–1971: Sir Murray MacLehose 1971–1976: Sir Andrew Stark 1976–1983: Dame Anne Warburton 1983–1986: Sir James Mellon 1986–1988: Peter Unwin 1989–1993: Nigel Williams 1993–1996: Hugh James Arbuthnott 1996-1999: Andrew Philip Foley Bache 1999–2003: Philip Astley 2003–2006: Sir Nicholas Browne 2006–2008: David Frost 2008–2012: Nick Archer 2012–2016: Vivien Life, press release, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London, 21 December 2011
2016–2020: Dominic Schroeder 2020–2024: Emma Hopkins 2024–2026 : Joëlle Jenny 2026–present : Victoria Billing OBE
External links UK and Denmark, gov.uk
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