List of ambassadors of Australia to Denmark

The Ambassador of Australia to Denmark is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia in Denmark. The Ambassador, since August 2021, is Kerin Ayyalaraju, who resides in Copenhagen.^[1] The ambassador also holds non-resident accreditation for Iceland (1984–1997; since 2000) and Norway (since 2000). Accreditation was also previously held for Latvia and Lithuania following their regaining independence (1991–1997).^[2] The embassy was first opened in November 1970, when the existing Consulate-General in Copenhagen was upgraded, and the embassy remained until it was closed in May 1997 due to "budgetary pressures". While accreditation passed to the Australian Embassy in Sweden in the period after that, the embassy was reopened May 2000.^[3]

Ambassador of Australia to Denmark
Incumbent Kerin Ayyalaraju since August 2021
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	Her Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Copenhagen
Nominator	Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer	Governor-General of Australia
Inaugural holder	Lloyd Thomson (resident in The Hague)
Formation	November 1970
Website	Australian Embassy, Denmark

List of heads of mission

Ordinal	Name	Title	Other offices	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	Lloyd Thomson	Ambassador of Australia to Denmark		The Hague, Netherlands	November 1970 (1970-11)	1971 (1971)	0–1 years	[4]
(n/a)	Gerald Harding	Chargé d'affaires		Copenhagen, Denmark	1971 (1971)	1974 (1974)	2–3 years
2	Ruth Dobson	Ambassador of Australia to Denmark	A		1974	1978	3–4 years
3	James Humphreys		A		1978	1980	1–2 years
4	Ronald Walker		A		1980	1983	2–3 years
5	Anthony Dingle		A		1983	1987	3–4 years
6	Jeffrey Benson		A		1987	1991	3–4 years
7	John Burgess		ABC		4 March 1991 (1991-03-04)	April 1995 (1995-04)	4 years	[5]
8	Garry Conroy		ABC		April 1995 (1995-04)	May 1997 (1997-05)	2 years, 1 month	[6]
9	Judith Pead			Stockholm, Sweden	May 1997 (1997-05)	1999 (1999)	1–2 years
10	Stephen Brady				1999	May 2000 (2000-05)	0–1 years	[7]
11	Malcolm Leader		AD	Copenhagen, Denmark	May 2000 (2000-05)	2003	2–3 years	[8]
(n/a)	Charles Stuart	Chargé d'affaires			2003	2003	0 years
12	Matthew Peek	Ambassador of Australia to Denmark	AD		2003	2006	2–3 years	[9]
13	Sharyn Minahan		AD		2006	2010	3–4 years	[10]
14	James Choi		AD		2010	2013	2–3 years	[11]
15	Damien Miller		AD		2013 (2013)	11 April 2017 (2017-04-11)	3–4 years	[12]
16	MaryEllen Miller		AD		11 April 2017 (2017-04-11)	December 2020 (2020-12)	3 years, 7 months	[13][14]
(n/a)	Asmeret Kidane	Chargé d'affaires			August 2021 (2021-08)	August 2021 (2021-08)	0–1 years
17	Kerin Ayyalaraju	Ambassador of Australia to Denmark	AD		August 2021 (2021-08)	incumbent	3 years, 11 months	[15]

Notes

^A Also non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, 1984–1997; since 2000.

^B Also non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, 1991–1997.

^C Also non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, 1991–1997.

^D Also non-resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway, since 2000.