United States Embassy in Copenhagen | |
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 U.S. Embassy building in Copenhagen | |
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| Location | Copenhagen |
| Address | Dag Hammarskjölds Allé 24 |
| Coordinates | 55°41′41″N12°34′59″E / 55.69472°N 12.58306°E /55.69472; 12.58306 |
| Ambassador | Jennifer Hall Godfrey |
TheEmbassy of the United States to the Kingdom of Denmark is thediplomatic mission of theUnited States inDenmark. The building is located on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé, inIndre Østerbro,Copenhagen, and it was opened in May 1954.[1] The embassy also oversees American interests inGreenland.[2] On 10 June 2020, the United States reopened its consulate inNuuk, Greenland.[3]
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Formal relations between the two countries began in 1801, and the first American legation in the Kingdom opened in 1827.[1] Since then, the American diplomatic mission has remained opened and functioning in Copenhagen except between 1941 and 1945 duringWorld War II. The diplomatic mission was formerly based atAmaliegade 8.
The legation was raised to embassy status shortly after the war, in 1947, with the arrival of AmbassadorJosiah Marvel, Jr.[1]
The current building, located in central Copenhagen was designed by two American architects, Ralph Rapson ofMIT and John Van der Muelen of theUniversity of Chicago. Their design was submitted in 1951 and the new chancery formally opened on May 27, 1954.[1][4] 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.[5]
The ambassador resides at Rydhave inSkovshoved a few miles north of the city. The house is perched on a high hill, overlooking theØresund.
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1 No diplomatic relations with Denmark, functions as aninformal diplomatic mission. | |
