Wednesday, 4 November 2020, Berlin-Tiergarten, Federal Republic of Germany: The Kingdom of Denmark is now represented in Germany by HE Ambassador Susanne Christina Hyldelund, a career diplomat who began her diplomatic service in 1996. She presented her letters of credence from Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II before German Federal President Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Bellevue Palace located in central Berlin.
This is Hyldelund’s first ambassadorship after serving abroad for Denmark in Shanghai (General Consul), Warsaw and Washington D.C. She is deemed as an expert on trade matters, which is a focus of the strong relations between Denmark and Germany on one side, and vis-à-vis Switzerland and Liechstenstein on the other hand.
In fact previous to her ambassadorial appointment she was the Director for Trade and Global Sustainability at the Danish Foreign Ministry from 2017. Between 2014 and 2017 Ambassador Susanne Christina Hyldelund was the Head of the Danish Trade Council, and from 2012 to 2014 the Head of Invest & Innovation, an arm of the Danish Foreign Ministry.
Ambassador Susanne Christina Hyldelund holds a degree in Business Administration from Aarhus Schoolf of Economics.
Picture courtesy of www.above-and-beyond.eu (https://www.leadthefuture.dk/role-model/susanne-christina-hyldelund/?lang=en).
For further information
German Federal Presidency: https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Termine/DE/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/2020/11/201104-Botschafterakkreditierungen.html
Royal Danish Embassy in Germany (co-accredited to the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein): https://tyskland.um.dk/da/om-os/ambassadoerens-cv/
