List of ambassadors of Austria to Denmark

Ambassadors of Austria to Denmark

Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Kingdom of Denmark
Coat of arms of Austria
Incumbent Alice Irvin since 2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Austria, Copenhagen
Style	Her Excellency
Website	Austrian Embassy, Copenhagen

The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Kingdom of Denmark is the Republic of Austria's foremost diplomatic representative in the Kingdom of Denmark. As head of Austria's diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and government of Austria to the Prime Minister and the government of Denmark. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in the district of Østerbro in Copenhagen.^[1]

Heads of Mission

Habsburg Ambassadors (until 1804)

1691: Establishment of diplomatic relations

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1713–1720: Ignaz Schmid
1720–1734: Johann von Harding (Charge d'Affaires)
1734–1737: Johann Joseph von Khevenhüller-Metsch
1737–1750: Johann von Harding (Charge d'Affaires)
1750–1756: Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini-Rosenberg
1756–1756: Philipp von Lauterburg (Charge d'Affaires)
1756–1763: Carl Johann von Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie
1763–1764: Anton Binder von Krieglstein (Charge d'Affaires)
1764–1765: Franz Joseph von Wurmbrand-Stuppach
1765–1766: Alois von Locella (1733–1800) (Charge d'Affaires)
1766–1769: Philipp Welsperg von Primör und Raitenau
1770–1774: Johann von Mercier (Charge d'Affaires)
1774–1775: Franz Leopold von Metzburg (Charge d'Affaires)
1775–1777: Johann Ludwig von Cobenzl
1777–1779: Ludwig d’Yves
1779–1782: Johann Friedrich von Kageneck
1782–1785: Leonhard von Collenbach
1785–1786: Josef von Preindl (Charge d'Affaires)
1786–1787: Heinrich von Schlick
1787–1789: Maximilian von Mertz (Charge d'Affaires)
1789–1795: Josef Ludwig Nepomuk von Breuner-Enkevoirth
1795–1801: Carl Wilhelm von Ludolf
1801–1804: Aloys von Kaunitz-Rietberg

Austrian Ambassadors

1804–1808: Karl Hemricourt
1808–1810: Friedrich Binder von Krieglstein (Charge d'Affaires)
1810–1812: Franz Binder von Krieglstein
1812–1815: Rudolf von Lützow
1815–1825: August Ernst von Steigentesch
1825–1829: Franz de Paula von Colloredo-Wallsee
1829–1846: Eduard George Wilhelm von Langenau (Charge d'Affaires)
1846–1851: Maximilian von Vrints zu Falkenstein
1851–1856: Eduard von Hartig
1856–1858: Karl von Jäger (Charge d'Affaires)
1858–1859: Alajos Károlyi
1859–1860: Karl von Jäger (Charge d'Affaires)
1860–1864: Adolph von Brenner-Felsach

1864: Interruption of relations due to the Danish November Constitution

1864–1866: Heinrich Karl von Haymerle (Charge d'Affaires)
1866–1866: Felix von Wimpffen
1866–1866: Karl von und zu Franckenstein (Charge d'Affaires)

Austro-Hungarian Ambassadors

1866–1869: Ludwig von Paar
1869–1872: Karl von Eder
1872–1873: Ludwig von Paar
1873–1874: Emanuel von Salzberg (Charge d'Affaires)
1874–1879: Gustav Kálnoky von Kőröspatak
1880–1888: Karl von und zu Franckenstein
1888–1888: Maximilian von Gagern (Charge d'Affaires)
1888–1889: Konstantin von Trauttenberg
1889–1907: Christoph von Wydenbruck
1907–1908: Iván von Rubido-Zichy (Charge d'Affaires)
1908–1917: Dionys Széchényi
1917–1918: Otto von Franz (Charge d'Affaires)
1918: vacant from 19 July to 11 November

Austrian Ambassadors (since 1919)

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1961–1962: Karl Herbert Schober

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1975–1980: Hedwig Wolfram
1980–1981: Erich Pichler

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1989–c. 1993: Gerhard Gmoser
c. 1992–c. 199?: Franz Wunderbaldinger (co-accredited in Lithuania 1992–1994)

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c. 200?–2003: Helmut Wessely
2003–2008: Erich Buttenhauser
2008–2009: Erwin Kubesch
2009–2013: Daniel Krumholz
2013–: Ernst-Peter Brezovszky^[2]
2017–2021: Maria Rotheiser-Scotti^[3]
2021–present: Alice Irvin^[4]

References

^ Österreich, Außenministerium der Republik. "Austrian Embassy Copenhagen". www.bmeia.gv.at. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
^ "Ernst-Peter Brezovszky – Czernin Verlag – Autoren". www.czernin-verlag.com. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
^ Österreich, Außenministerium der Republik. "Die Botschafterin". www.bmeia.gv.at (in Austrian German). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
^ Österreich, Außenministerium der Republik. "The Ambassador". www.bmeia.gv.at. Retrieved 31 July 2024.