The Embassy of the United States to the Kingdom of Denmark is the

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of the

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. The building is located on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé, in Indre Østerbro,

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

, and it was opened in May 1954. The embassy also oversees American interests in

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...

. On 10 June 2020, the United States reopened its consulate in

Nuuk Nuuk (; da, Nuuk, formerly ) is the capital and largest city of Greenland, a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the country's largest cultural and economic centre. The major cities from other coun ...

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History

Formal relations between the two countries began in 1801, and the first American legation in the Kingdom opened in 1827. Since then, the American diplomatic mission has remained opened and functioning in Copenhagen except between 1941 and 1945 during

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. The diplomatic mission was formerly based at Amaliegade 8. The legation was raised to embassy status shortly after the war, in 1947, with the arrival of Ambassador Josiah Marvel, Jr.

Buildings

The current building, located in central Copenhagen was designed by two American architects, Ralph Rapson of

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and John Van der Muelen of the

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. Their design was submitted in 1951 and the new chancery formally opened on May 27, 1954. The modernist design divided contemporary critics, with some regarding it as "sterile" and "melancholy while others praised its interiors and upheld it as both aesthetically pleasing and functional. The government of Denmark awarded it the 1955 Danish Medal for Good Design. The ambassador resides at Rydhave in

Skovshoved Skovshoved is a former fishing village on the Øresund coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The area is part of Charlottenlund postal district and Gentofte Municipality. Local landmarks include Skovshoved Church, Sjovshoved Hotel and the listed Ar ...

a few miles north of the city. The house is perched on a high hill, overlooking the

Øresund Øresund or Öresund (, ; da, Øresund ; sv, Öresund ), commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden). The strait has a length of ; its width ...

Embassy sections

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*Consular Section **American Citizen Services **Visa Services *

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*Defense Attaché *Environmental Office **Nordic/Baltic ESTH (Environment, Science, Technology and Health) Regional Hub *

U.S. Customs and Border Protection United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is the country's primary border control organization, charged with regulating and facilit ...

*Public Affairs *Office of Defense Cooperation *Department of

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and Immigration Services *Regional Security Office

References

External links

Official website
{{Diplomatic missions in Denmark

Diplomatic missions in Copenhagen Denmark–United States relations Greenland–United States relations

History

Buildings

Embassy sections

See also

References

External links