List of ambassadors of the United States in Denmark

The list of ambassadors of the United States in Denmark contains all heads of the US mission in Copenhagen since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1827. From December 20, 1941 to June 16, 1945 the US embassy in Copenhagen was closed due to the war.

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title	Name (life data)	US state	appointment	Accreditation	End of mission	Remarks
Charge d'Affaires	Henry Wheaton (1785-1848)	new York	March 3, 1827	Sep 20 1827	May 29, 1835	was recalled
	Jonathan F. Woodside (1799-1845)	Ohio	March 3, 1835	Sep 1 1835	June 29, 1841
	Isaac Rand Jackson († 1842)		May 20, 1841	Oct 12, 1841	July 27, 1842	died on duty
	William Wallace Irwin (1803-1856)	Pennsylvania	March 3, 1843	June 19, 1843	June 12, 1847	was recalled
	Robert P. Flenniken (1804–1879)	Pennsylvania	Jan. 11, 1847	June 12, 1847	Sep 15 1849	was recalled
	Walter Forward (1783-1852)	Pennsylvania	Nov 8, 1849	June 15, 1850	Sep 10 1851	was recalled
	Miller Grieve (1801–1879)	Georgia	Aug 30, 1852	Dec 15, 1852	June 23, 1853	retired from service
	Henry Bedinger (1812-1858)	Virginia	May 24, 1853	Oct 13, 1853		promoted to Prime Minister
Prime Minister	Henry Bedinger (1812-1858)	Virginia	June 29, 1854	23 Sep 1854	Aug 10, 1858	was recalled
	James M. Buchanan (1803-1876)	Maryland	May 11, 1858	Aug 10, 1858	May 10, 1861	was recalled
	Bradford Ripley Wood (1800-1889)	new York	March 22, 1861	Aug 18, 1861	Nov 15, 1865	was recalled
	George Helm Yeaman (1829-1908)	Kentucky	25 Aug 1865	Nov 20, 1865	Nov 7, 1870	was recalled
	Michael John Cramer (1835–1898)	Kentucky	Sep 9 1870	Nov 7, 1870	Oct 2, 1876	was recalled
Charge d'Affaires	Michael John Cramer (1835–1898)	Kentucky	Aug 15, 1876	Oct 2, 1876	Aug 12, 1881	was recalled
	Charles Payson († 1913)	Massachusetts	June 30, 1881	Aug 12, 1881	23 Feb 1882	retired from service
	James Pyle Wickersham (1825-1891)	Pennsylvania	May 1, 1882	June 13, 1882		promoted to Prime Minister / Consul General
Prime Minister Consul General	James Pyle Wickersham (1825-1891)	Pennsylvania	July 13, 1882	Aug 21, 1882	8 Sep 1882	left Denmark for Paris
	Wickham Hoffman (1821-1900)	new York	Feb. 27, 1883	May 4, 1883	June 1, 1885	was recalled
	Rasmus Bjorn Anderson (1846-1936)	Wisconsin	Apr 2, 1885	June 1, 1885	28 Aug 1889	was recalled
	Clark Ezra Carr (1836-1919)	Illinois	May 16, 1889	28 Aug 1889		Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Clark Ezra Carr (1836-1919)	Illinois	July 30, 1890	22 Sep 1890	July 14, 1893	was recalled
	John Ewing Risley (1840–?)	new York	March 27, 1893	July 14, 1893	Dec 11, 1897	was recalled
	Laurits Selmer Swenson (1865–1947)	Minnesota	Oct. 4, 1897	Dec 11, 1897	May 27, 1905	was recalled
	Thomas James O'Brien (1842-1933)	Michigan	March 8, 1905	May 27, 1905	June 5, 1907	retired from service
	Maurice Francis Egan (1852-1924)	District of Columbia	June 10, 1907	6 Sep 1907	Dec 16, 1917	retired from service
	Norman Hapgood (1868-1937)	new York	April 16, 1919	June 17, 1919	Dec 9, 1919	retired from service
	Joseph Clark Grew (1880-1965)	Massachusetts	Apr 7, 1920	June 9, 1920	Oct 14, 1921	retired from service
	John Dyneley Prince (1868-1945)	New Jersey	Sep 24 1921	Nov 23, 1921	March 30, 1926	was recalled
	Henry Percival Dodge (1870-1936)	Massachusetts	Feb 23, 1926	Aug 24, 1926	March 1, 1930	retired from service
	Ralph Harman Booth (1873-1931)	Michigan	Jan. 22, 1930	June 13, 1930	May 11, 1931	resigned
	Frederick William Backus Coleman (1874-1947)	Minnesota	23 Sep 1931	Feb 10, 1932	May 1, 1933
	Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954)	Florida	Apr 13, 1933	May 29, 1933	June 27, 1936	retired from service
	Alvin Mansfield Owsley (1888-1967)	Texas	May 28, 1937	July 16, 1937	May 15, 1939	retired from service
	Ray Atherton (1883-1960)	Illinois	Aug 7, 1939	8 Sep 1939	June 5, 1940	retired from service; de facto, the mission ended on April 9, 1940 by the German occupation of Copenhagen
	Monnett Bain Davis (1893-1953)	Colorado	June 8, 1945	June 21, 1945	Jan. 10, 1946	retired from service
	Josiah Marvel (1904–1955)	Delaware	March 13, 1946	Apr 23, 1946		promoted to extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador	Josiah Marvel (1904–1955)	Delaware	Feb. 27, 1947	March 18, 1947	March 4, 1949	retired from service
	Eugenie Anderson (1909-1997)	Minnesota	Oct. 20, 1949	Dec 22, 1949	Jan. 19, 1953	retired from service
	Robert Douglas Coe (1902–1985)	Wyoming	July 29, 1953	25 Sep 1953	June 1, 1957	resigned
	Val Peterson (1903-1983)	Nebraska	June 26, 1957	22 Aug 1957	Feb 21, 1961	retired from service
	William McCormick Blair (1916-)	Illinois	March 29, 1961	May 9, 1961	17th May 1964	retired from service
	Katharine Elkus White (1906–1985)	New Jersey	Apr 8, 1964	June 2, 1964	Sep 9 1968	retired from service
	Angier Biddle Duke (1915-1995)	new York	26 Sep 1968	Oct 3, 1968	May 1st 1969	retired from service
	Guilford Dudley (1907-2002)	Tennessee	May 13, 1969	June 18, 1969	Nov 2, 1971	retired from service
	Fred Jesse Russell (1916-)	California	Nov 5, 1971	Dec 9, 1971	Nov 4, 1972	retired from service
	Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908-1976)	Maryland	July 16, 1973	13 Sep 1973	27 Sep 1975	retired from service
	John Gunther Dean (1926-)	new York	Oct 23, 1975	Nov 6, 1975	July 18, 1978	retired from service
	Warren Demian Manshel (1924-1990)	new York	June 22, 1978	July 31, 1978	March 6, 1981	retired from service
	John Langeloth Loeb (1930–)	new York	July 30, 1981	Oct 13, 1981	17 Sep 1983	retired from service
	Terence Alphonso Todman (1926-)	American Virgin Islands	Oct 3, 1983	Nov. 17, 1983	Jan. 8, 1989	retired from service
	Keith Lapham Brown (1925-)	Colorado	Nov 22, 1988	Jan. 8, 1989	Jan. 16, 1992	retired from service
	Richard Stone (1928-2019)	District of Columbia	Nov 21, 1991	Feb 10, 1992	Oct 14, 1993	retired from service
	Edward Elliot Elson (1934-)	Georgia	Nov 22, 1993	Jan. 18, 1994	June 25, 1998	retired from service
	Richard Nelson Swett (1957-)	New Hampshire	June 29, 1998	8 Sep 1998	July 6, 2001	retired from service
	Stuart A. Bernstein (1938–)	District of Columbia	Aug 3, 2001	3rd Sep 2001	Jan. 16, 2005	retired from service
	James P. Cain (1957-)	North Carolina	June 30, 2005	Sep 9 2005	Jan. 24, 2009	retired from service
	Laurie S. Fulton	Virginia	July 13, 2009	Aug 3, 2009	Feb 15, 2013	retired from service
	Rufus Gifford (1974-)	Massachusetts	15th July 2013	Aug 13, 2009	Jan. 20, 2017	was recalled

Web links

• Former Chiefs of Mission to the Kingdom of Denmark on the official website of the US Embassy in Copenhagen
• Chiefs of Mission for Denmark on the official US State Department website