Udenrigsministeriet

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Asiatisk Plads

The Udenrigsministeriet is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark . It is based on Asiatisk Plads in the capital Copenhagen and has been headed by Jeppe Kofod ( Social Democrats ) in the Frederiksen cabinet since June 27, 2019 . Co-head of the ministry is the Minister for Nordic Cooperation, this office has been held by Mogens Jensen (Socialdemokraterne) since June 27, 2019 . The ministry employs 1,350 people, 500 of them abroad. Its budget is 1.5 billion crowns (201 million euros).

In 1770 the Departementet for de Udenlandske Anliggender (Department of Foreign Affairs) was founded by royal decree. This was replaced in 1848 by the Udenrigsministeriet as part of the March Ministry . The first foreign minister was Frederik Marcus Knuth .

Together with 78 embassies and a number of missions and consulates, the Foreign Ministry forms the Foreign Service. In addition, since 2000 the trade offices have also been headed by the Foreign Ministry.

Foreign minister

Jeppe Kofod, Foreign Minister since June 27, 2019

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Minister for Nordic Cooperation

• May 28, 1957 - November 18, 1960: Berthel Dahlgaard
• September 21, 1966 - October 1, 1967: Tyge Dahlgaard
• Feb. 02 , 1968 - October 11, 1971: Poul Nyboe Andersen
• October 11, 1971 - February 26, 1977: Ivar Nørgaard
• February 28, 1980 - December 30, 1981: Lise Østergaard
• September 10, 1982 - September 10, 1987: Christian Christensen
• September 10, 1987 - June 3, 1988: Lars P. Gammelgaard
• June 3, 1988 - November 18, 1992: Thor Pedersen
• November 19, 1992 - January 24, 1993: Knud Enggaard
• January 25, 1993 - September 27, 1994: Flemming Kofod-Svendsen
• September 27, 1994 - November 27, 2001: Marianne Jelved
• November 27, 2001 - June 18, 2002: Bendt Bendtsen
• June 18, 2002 - February 18, 2005: Flemming Hansen
• February 18, 2005 - November 23, 2007: Connie Hedegaard
• November 23, 2007 - February 23, 2010: Bertel Haarder
• February 23, 2010 - October 3, 2011: Karen Ellemann
• October 3, 2011 - February 3, 2014: Manu Sareen
• February 3, 2014 - June 28, 2015: Carsten Hansen
• June 28, 2015 - September 30, 2015: Carl Holst
• September 30, 2015 - November 28, 2016: Peter Christensen
• November 28, 2016 - June 27, 2019: Karen Ellemann
• since June 27, 2019: Mogens Jensen

See also

• List of Danish diplomatic missions abroad

Web links

Commons : Udenrigsministeriet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Udenrigsministeriet , in: Den Store Danske , Gyldendal Copenhagen, last accessed on 7 April 2019.