List of ambassadors of Australia to Denmark

{{Infobox official post

| post = Ambassador of Australia to Denmark

| insignia = Coat of Arms of Australia.svg

| insigniasize = 120px

|department = Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

|reports_to = Minister for Foreign Affairs

| image =

| alt =

| incumbent = Kerin Ayyalaraju

| incumbentsince = August 2021

| residence = Copenhagen

| nominator = Prime Minister of Australia

| nominatorpost =

| style = Her Excellency

| appointer = Governor-General of Australia

| termlength =

| formation = November 1970

| inaugural = Lloyd Thomson
(resident in The Hague)

| website = [http://denmark.embassy.gov.au/ Australian Embassy, Denmark]

}}

The Ambassador of Australia to Denmark is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia in Denmark. The Ambassador, since August 2021, is Kerin Ayyalaraju, who resides in Copenhagen.{{citation|title=CA 6942:Australian Embassy, Denmark [Copenhagen]|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+6942|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=18 April 2015}} The ambassador also holds non-resident accreditation for Iceland (1984–1997; since 2000) and Norway (since 2000). Accreditation was also previously held for Latvia and Lithuania following their regaining independence (1991–1997).{{cite press release|url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22media%2Fpressrel%2FHPR02002887%22|title=Govt. to establish full diplomatic relations with the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania|date=27 August 1991|publisher=Australian Government|first=Bob |last=Hawke |author-link=Bob Hawke }} The embassy was first opened in November 1970, when the existing Consulate-General in Copenhagen was upgraded, and the embassy remained until it was closed in May 1997 due to "budgetary pressures". While accreditation passed to the Australian Embassy in Sweden in the period after that, the embassy was reopened May 2000.{{cite web |last1=Crosio |first1=Janice |last2=Downer |first2=Alexander |title=QUESTIONS ON NOTICE - Australian Embassy: Copenhagen |url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2F1999-09-29%2F0139%22 |website=House Hansard |publisher=Parliament of Australia |date=29 September 1999 |access-date=}}

List of heads of mission

class='wikitable sortable'

! Ordinal !! Name !! Title !! Other offices !! Residency !! Term start date !! Term end date !! Time in office !! Notes

align=center| {{nts|1}}

| {{sortname|Lloyd|Thomson}}

| Ambassador of Australia to Denmark

| The Hague, Netherlands

| align=center| {{start date|1970|11

df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1971

|df=y}}

| align=right| {{age in years|1970|1971}} years

| {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110437553|title=Posts in Denmark, Norway|date=9 November 1970|page=9|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT}}

align=center| (n/a)

| Gerald Harding

| Chargé d'affaires

! style="background: #cccccc;" |

| rowspan=8 | Copenhagen, Denmark

| align=center| {{start date|1971

|df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1974

|df=y}}

| align=right| {{age in years|1971|1974}} years

align=center| {{nts|2}}

| {{sortname|Ruth|Dobson}}

| rowspan=10 | Ambassador of Australia to Denmark

| {{ref|A|A}}

| align=center| 1974

| align=center| 1978

| align=right| {{age in years|1974|1978}} years

align=center| {{nts|3}}

| James Humphreys

| {{ref|A|A}}

| align=center| 1978

| align=center| 1980

| align=right| {{age in years|1978|1980}} years

align=center| {{nts|4}}

| Ronald Walker

| {{ref|A|A}}

| align=center| 1980

| align=center| 1983

| align=right| {{age in years|1980|1983}} years

align=center| {{nts|5}}

| Anthony Dingle

| {{ref|A|A}}

| align=center| 1983

| align=center| 1987

| align=right| {{age in years|1983|1987}} years

align=center| {{nts|6}}

| Jeffrey Benson

| {{ref|A|A}}

| align=center| 1987

| align=center| 1991

| align=right| {{age in years|1987|1991}} years

align=center| {{nts|7}}

| John Burgess

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}{{ref|C|C}}

| align=center| {{start date|1991|03|04|df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1995|04

df=y}}

| align=right| {{age in years and months|1991|03|04|1995|04|01}}

| {{cite press release|url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22media%2Fpressrel%2FHPR08000146%22|title=Diplomatic Appointment – Denmark|date=4 March 1991|publisher=Australian Government|first=Gareth|last=Evans|author-link=Gareth Evans (politician)}}

align=center| {{nts|8}}

| Garry Conroy

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|B|B}}{{ref|C|C}}

| align=center| {{start date|1995|04

df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1997|05

df=y}}

| align=right| {{age in years and months|1995|04|01|1997|05|01}}

| {{cite press release|url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22media%2Fpressrel%2FC7220%22|title=Diplomatic appointment: Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark|date=9 January 1995|publisher=Australian Government|first=Bob|last=McMullan|author-link= Bob McMullan}}

align=center| {{nts|9}}

| Judith Pead

| rowspan=2 | Stockholm, Sweden

| align=center| {{start date|1997|05

df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|1999

|df=y}}

| align=right| {{age in years|1997|1999}} years

align=center| {{nts|10}}

| {{sortname|Stephen|Brady}}

| align=center| 1999

| align=center| {{end date|2000|05

df=y}}

| align=right| {{age in years|1999|2000}} years

| {{cite press release|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa090_98.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224090656/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1998/fa090_98.html|archivedate=24 February 2015|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Sweden|date=2 July 1998|publisher=Australian Government|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer}}

align=center| {{nts|11}}

| Malcolm Leader

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|D|D}}

| rowspan=9 | Copenhagen, Denmark

| align=center| {{start date|2000|05

df=y}}

| align=center| 2003

| align=right| {{age in years|2000|2003}} years

| {{cite press release|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2000/fa042.html|title=Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Denmark|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102337/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2000/fa042.html|archivedate=2 April 2015|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|publisher=Australian Government|date=17 May 2000}}

align=center| (n/a)

| Charles Stuart

| Chargé d'affaires

! style="background: #cccccc;" |

| align=center| 2003

| align=right| {{age in years|2003|2003}} years

align=center| {{nts|12}}

| Matthew Peek

| rowspan=5 | Ambassador of Australia to Denmark

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|D|D}}

| align=center| 2003

| align=center| 2006

| align=right| {{age in years|2003|2006}} years

| {{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2003/fa081_03.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212015556/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2003/fa081_03.html|archivedate=12 February 2014|title=Diplomatic Appointment – Ambassador To Denmark|date=2 July 2003|first=Alexander|last=Downer|author-link=Alexander Downer|publisher=Australian Government}}

align=center| {{nts|13}}

| {{sortname|Sharyn|Minahan}}

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|D|D}}

| align=center| 2006

| align=center| 2010

| align=right | {{age in years|2006|2010}} years

| {{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2006/fa072_06.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412194803/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2006/fa072_06.html|archivedate=12 April 2015|title=Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Denmark|first=Alexander|last=Downer|publisher=Australian Government|author-link=Alexander Downer|date=3 July 2006}}

align=center| {{nts|14}}

| James Choi

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|D|D}}

| align=center| 2010

| align=center| 2013

| align=right | {{age in years|2010|2013}} years

| {{cite press release|url=http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2010/fa-s100401a.html|title=Diplomatic appointment - Ambassador to Denmark|date=1 April 2010|first=Stephen|last=Smith|author-link=Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|publisher=Australian Government|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003701/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2010/fa-s100401a.html|archivedate=2 April 2015}}

align=center| {{nts|15}}

| {{sortname|Damien|Miller}}

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|D|D}}

| align=center| {{start date|2013|df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|2017|04|11|df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|2013|2017}} years

| {{cite press release|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2013/bc_mr_130401.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402164013/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2013/bc_mr_130401.html|archivedate=2 April 2015|title=Ambassador to Denmark|date=1 April 2013|first=Bob|last=Carr|author-link=Bob Carr|publisher=Australian Government}}

align=center| {{nts|16}}

| {{sortname|MaryEllen|Miller}}

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|D|D}}

| align=center| {{start date|2017|04|11|df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|2020|12

df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years and months|2017|04|11|2020|12|01}}

| {{Cite press release |date=2017-04-11|title=Ambassador to Denmark|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2017/jb_mr_170411.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604082745/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2017/jb_mr_170411.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D|archive-date=2017-06-04|access-date=2021-03-09 |publisher=Australian Government |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Sadly the time has come to farewell Copenhagen...|url=https://twitter.com/AusAmbDK/status/1335512878384746497|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Twitter}}

align=center| (n/a)

| Asmeret Kidane

| Chargé d'affaires

! style="background: #cccccc;" |

| align=center| {{start date|2021|08

df=y}}

| align=center| {{end date|2021|08

df=y}}

| align=right | {{age in years|2020|2021}} years

align=center| {{nts|17}}

| Kerin Ayyalaraju

| Ambassador of Australia to Denmark

| {{ref|A|A}}{{ref|D|D}}

| align=center| {{start date|2021|08

df=y}}

| align=center| incumbent

| align=right | {{age in years and months|2021|08|01}}

| {{Cite press release |last=Payne |first=Marise |authorlink=Marise Payne |date=2021-08-04 |title=Ambassador to Denmark |url=https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/ambassador-denmark |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=Minister for Foreign Affairs |publisher=Australian Government |df=dmy-all}}

=Notes=

:{{note|A|A}} Also non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, 1984–1997; since 2000.

:{{note|B|B}} Also non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, 1991–1997.

:{{note|C|C}} Also non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, 1991–1997.

:{{note|D|D}} Also non-resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway, since 2000.

References

External links

[http://denmark.embassy.gov.au/ Australian Embassy, Denmark – Norway, Iceland]

Denmark

Australia