Meet the ambassador
Ambassador Lone Dencker Wisborg is the Ambassador of Denmark to the United States at The Embassy of Denmark in Washington, D.C. Most recently, she held a position as State Secretary and Chief Operating Officer in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Wisborg has also been Ambassador of Denmark to Spain (2011-2015).
Ambassador Wisborg has been with the Danish Foreign Service for more than 25 years and held various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She held a position as; State Secretary for Foreign Policy (2015-2017), Under-Secretary for Global Security (2009-2011) and Head of Department for Security Policy (2007-2009) both in Copenhagen.
Ambassador Wisborg also held a position as Chief Operating Officer for the Bikuben Foundation (2006-2007), prior to that she served as; Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Denmark in Warsaw (2004-2006) and as Private Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (2001-2003). Before that, she served as; Head of Section in the International Department of the Danish Parliament (2001-2003), First Secretary at the Embassy of Denmark in Tallinn and Head of Section in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador Wisborg holds a Master of Law from Aarhus University and the Ambassador has a teenage son.
Curriculum Vitae
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Professional Career
2019-
Ambassador of Denmark to the United States of America
2017-2019
State Secretary / Chief Operating Officer (COO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2015-2017
State Secretary for Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2011-2015
Ambassador of Denmark to Spain
2009-2011
Under-Secretary for Global Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2007-2009
Head of Department, Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2006-2007
Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Bikuben Foundation
2004-2006
Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Danish Embassy, Warsaw
2001-2003
Private Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs
1999-2000
Head of Section, Danish Parliament, International Department
1995-1998
First Secretary, Royal Danish Embassy, Tallinn
1992-1995
Head of Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Education
1991
Master of Laws, Aarhus University
Royal Orders of Chivalry
Order of Dannebrog - Knight of 1. Class
Personal information
Born on January 31st 1966.
Deputy Chief of mission
curriculum vitae
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Professional career
September, 2018
Deputy Chief of Mission, Ambassador, Embassy of Denmark, Washington D.C., USA
August, 2014
Ambassador, Embassy of Denmark, Mexico City, Mexico (also accredited to The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua and Trinidad and Tobago).
August, 2013
Ambassador, Embassy of Denmark, Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
August, 2012
Head of Department, Green Growth and DANIDA Business, MFA, Copenhagen
September, 2011
Head of Department, Environment, Energy and Climate Change, MFA, Copenhagen
January, 2007
Ambassador, Embassy of Denmark, Buenos Aires, Argentina (also accredited to Uruguay and Paraguay)
September, 2005
Deputy Head of Department, Middle East and North Africa, MFA, Copenhagen
January, 2001
Counsellor (Political), Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations, New York
September, 1997
Head of Iran/Iraq Section, Department of Middle East and Latin America, MFA, Copenhagen
September, 1994
Secretary of Embassy and DHOM, Embassy of Denmark, Mexico City, Mexico
April, 1991
Head of Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen
1984
Royal Danish Life Guards
Education:
Master of Law, 1991, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
High School, 1983, Frederiksborg Statsskole, Hillerød, Denmark
Honours
Order of the Dannebrog (Knight 1st Class) (Denmark)
Order of the Liberator General San Martin (Grand Cross) (Argentina)
Order of the Aztec Eagle (Grand Cross I) (Mexico)
Personal information
Date of birth: 26 January 1964, Hillerød, Denmark
Civil status: Married to Lotte Kure Hahn, two children
contact
Ms. Lone Dencker Wisborg
Ambassador
Chief of Mission
Mr. Henrik Bramsen Hahn
Deputy Chief of Mission
Tel: (202) 797-5343
Ms. Lone Kanaskie
Personal Assistant to the Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission
Tel: (202) 797-5320