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Meet the ambassador

Meet the ambassador

Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen is the Ambassador of Denmark to the United States. The Ambassador represents the government of Denmark in the United States.

Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen is the Ambassador of Denmark to The United States at the Royal Danish Embassy in Washington D.C.

Most recently, he held a position as the State Secretary for Foreign Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (2019-2023). Prior to this, he was the Political Director in the Foreign Ministry (2015-2019).

Ambassador Møller Sørensen has also previously been the Ambassador of Denmark to Pakistan (2013-2015), and the Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan (2010-2011).

In 2019, he also briefly served in the EU’s European External Action Service (EEAS).

Ambassador Møller Sørensen began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark in 1997. He served abroad at the Royal Danish Embassy in Ankara, Turkey (2000-2003), and he was Minister Counsellor for political affairs at the Royal Danish Embassy in Washington D.C. (2005-2009).

Earlier in his career, Ambassador Møller Sørensen worked in the department for European Enlargement (1997-1998), the department for Africa (1998-2000), and the department for Security Policy (2003-2005). He also served as the Head of Department of the Analysis Unit (2011-2013).

The Ambassador holds a Master of Political Science from University of Copenhagen and a bachelor from Aarhus University. He is a First Class Knight of the Order of Dannebrog.

Ambassador Møller Sørensen lives with his partner, Rasmus Windeløv. They have two young children.

 

deputy chief of mission

Ambassador Karen Eva Abrahamsen is the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Denmark in the United States. 

Ambassador Abrahamsen has had an extensive career in both the Foreign Service and at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark.

Before arriving in Washington D.C., she was Director for Economic Diplomacy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2021-2026. Ambassador Abrahamsen has also been Director for Visas and Passports (2018-2021) and has served as Senior Trade Advisor at the European Union Delegation to Canada (2014-2018).

Ambassador Abrahamsen has previously worked at the Embassy of Denmark in Washington D.C., when she held the position as First Secretary and Congressional Liaison for three years (2001-2004).

Ambassador Abrahamsen holds a Master of Science in Economics from University of Copenhagen. She and her husband have two children.

contact

Mr. Jesper Møller Sørensen
Ambassador
Chief of Mission

 

Ms. Karen Eva Lind Abrahamsen
Deputy Chief of Mission
Tel: (202) 234-4300 

 

Ms. Lone Kanaskie
Personal Assistant to the Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission
Tel: (202) 797-5320