Ambassador designate of Denmark to The Netherlands 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 I tweet about
#foreign
pol
#international
law
#business
in Denmark, Netherlands and the World.
Prins Harry - patron and forunder of the
#InvictusGames
@WeAreInvictus
- just announced here in The Hague that the games in 2025 will be held in
#Vancouver
#Canada
- as a hybrid winter/summer sport event. Denmark will be there!
As of today there are NO COVID RESTRICTIONS in Denmark. It is no longer categorized as a decease “critical to society”. No face-masks, no 2D or QR codes. Everything open! At the same time infection numbers are beginning to go down.
honoured to host with
@lvassy
, Dr. Ballour and Dr. Namour sharing first hand experiences of CW use in
#Syria
. Deep admiration for them + team behind The Cave. Time to live up to our responsibility as parties to
#CWC
and take action
@OPCW
#chemicalweapons
#noimpunity
It is very cool that the outgoing Prime Minister Rutte arrived by bike at our breakfast meeting yesterday 👌 Denmark 🇩🇰 & Netherlands 🇳🇱 are world leading
#bike
nations! Less cool that my reading glasses are so weak that I picked a too dark color for the flag 🙈🤓 - now 👆correct
11 🇩🇰 udvekslingsstudenter i USA på vej hjem via Amsterdam 🇱🇺. Trætte, men ved godt mod. Glæder sig til gensyn med familie. 🇩🇰 Generalkonsulat i Chicago og
@UMBorgerservice
bistået de unge. 🇩🇰 Ambassade i Haag kun med transit. Ønsker dem en god rejse hjem til Kbh hhv Billund
Great pleasure to host Prime Minister
#MarkRutte
@MinPres
at Residence of Denmark. W. my Nordic colleagues it was a chance to discuss domestic and global affairs esp.
#Ukraine
,
#MiddleEast
and
#EU
. It was also a chance to thank the PM for the great Nordic-Netherlands cooperation
Not merely a gesture but an HONOR to fly the flag of the incredible courageous people of
#Ukraine
at the residence of Denmark in The Hague today 24/2.
#Denmark
stands with
#Ukraine
!
#SlavaUkraini
Norge bliver ofte drillet med at de holder week-end allerede torsdag aften for at tage på hytte 😊, men labour productivity er helt i top.
#Danmark
flot nr. 2. 🇩🇰
@jantoresanner
@RaymondJohansen
HISTORIC month in Dutch 🇳🇱-Danish 🇩🇰 relat.: Wed PM
@MinPres
#MarkRutte
go to 🇩🇰 to partic. in PM Frederiksen
#Windsummit
On Fri. Princess Beatrix will go to 🇩🇰 to commemorate 500 years of 🇩🇰🇳🇱 rel. w. Queen Margrethe
June 20th the Crown Prince couple be in 🇳🇱 for 2 day visit
50 years on the throne today.
HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark - Godmother to HM King Willem-Alexander - ascended the throne January 14th 1972. Since then she has been a wise and strong head of state - loved by her people. We congratulate our Queen with the big anniversary.
In his statement to Assembly of States Parties of
@IntlCrimCourt
in
#TheHague
chief prosecutor
@KarimKhanQC
stressed the new focus of his office: More…1) Agile 2) Partnerships 3) Field visits 4) Focus on sexual crimes and crimes against children 5) Use of technology
@DanishMFA
Handing over my credentials to H.M. King Willem-Alexander last week and ready to take up my duties. Many common agendaes in
#politics
and
#business
between NL🇳🇱 and DK🇩🇰
#likeminded
@DanishMFA
Danish 20 year old tennis star
@holgerrune2003
will play world nr. 1
@DjokerNole
in the 1/4 finals of
@ItalianOpen
. Last time they played Holger won. That will most likely happen again!
Look forward to hosting
@nrc
Handelsblad European Correspondent
@CarolineGruyter
tonight at a seminar @ The Residence of Denmark in The Hague where she will talk about her new book on The EU & Habsburg empire. Later we will discuss
#TheFutureOfEurope
.
Tonight we are discussing the
#Navavalny
case at the
#CSP26
(GA) of
@OPCW
. The chemical substance
#Novichock
was found in the body of Navalny. 55 countries incl. Denmark are asking Russia to investigate and provide answers.
#OPCW
works to prohibit the use of chemical weapons
To all the
#Dutch
who looooves
#Borgen
: Today it was announced that the new season will premier February 13th on
@DR1TV
and immediately after on
@netflix
. With that I wish you a Merry X-mas ❄️and a Happy New Year 🥂
My excellent successor, Ambassador Jarl Frijs-Madsen will take over this account. I will continue to operate my private account
@JOHorslund
On Sep 1, I move on to the private sector as CEO of connecting Danish corporates to innovation around the world.
Gratulerer med 17. mai
#Norge
🇳🇴
First big celebration of Norways independence day since 2019. Wish I could be there. Always a pleasure. Wishing all Norwegians a wonderful day.
Pleasant and productive meeting with Chief of Protocol
@PMGrotenhuis
in the Danish Residence in The Hague. The relationship between
#Denmark
and the
#Netherlands
is very strong. We are working to make it even stronger. Dank u well 🇩🇰🇱🇺
4 wonderful years in beautiful NL. Dank u well to all, my family and I met. Efforts by many have made a strong relationship between DK and NL even stronger. We will miss you and the important in the city of peace and justice such as the ICC and OPCW ++.
Last night marked the first celebration of 125th aniversary of
@PCA_CPA
Permanent Court of Arbitration in
@PeacePalace
#TheHague
. PCA was a result of the first Haag
#peaceconference
, the idea was to solve conflicts between nations (and bizz) peacefully. That is still the mission.
3 major decisions by a majority in Danish Parliament today :
1) Referendum on Denmarks opt out on
#Defence
cooperation in the
#EU
2) Massive increase in defense spending
3) Stop increase of Russian gas as soon as possible
Denmark has lost one of its biggest
#Statesmen
ever. Former Minister for Foreign Affairs
#UffeEllemannJensen
who played a crucial role in the Eastern expansion of
#EU
and
#NATO
after
#1989
has died. He will be missed.
Idag fejrer vi
#Gr
ønlands Nationaldag. Grønlands smukke flag, Erfalasorput vejrer flot ved ambassaden i
#Haag
. Tillykke til Grønland og Rigsfællesskabet. Celebrating
#Greenlands
national Day. Hoisted Greenlands beautiful flag. Big congrats to all in Greenland 🇬🇱
Restoring Justice for Ukraine 🇺🇦
Today in
#TheHague
+40 countries gather to focus on point 7 of
@ZelenskyyUa
peace formula: holding Russia legally accountable for their war crimes & damages. Proud to head the delegation of 🇩🇰 & in that capacity meet 🇺🇦 foreign min.
@DmytroKuleba
22 danskere fra Ghana a Kim sent igår til Amsterdam. Ambassade i Haag tog imod og bistod et par ældre statsborgere med at finde overnatning og komme videre med fly til København idag. Appreciate close cooperation with our Dutch friends and partners. Dank u well 🇱🇺🇩🇰
Today, 22 Danes took off from Ghana on a KLM flight ✈️organised by our Dutch colleagues. On Saturday 4 April, they will be in 🇩🇰. We are very thankful for the opportunity and we wish all returning Danes a safe journey home.
Thanks Ambassador Helfland -
#Canada
#Denmark
and
#Greenland
is setting an example for the world with this peaceful settement of a dispute - even if it took us some time to find the compromise 😊
On Greenlandic National Day, I presented 🇩🇰 Crown Prince Frederik with a bottle of 🇨🇦 whiskey, in honour of the peaceful settlement of the
#HansIsland
border dispute. ✌️
@DKAmbNL
A joyful part of the job: Opening the annual
#Christmas
fair at the Danish 🇩🇰
#Seamans
Church in
#Rotterdam
this morning. If you are in The Netherlands swing by this or next week-end for cozy Danish x-mas atmosphere. You can read more here:
Today the
#Danish
#Constitution
Day has been celebrated all over country. A celebration of
#DEMOCRACY
. Our constitution dates back to June 5th 1849. By coincidence Danish PM
#MetteFrederiksen
meets with President
#Biden
in The White House - also today.
Denmark is opening up society even further. From Sunday cinemas, theaters, museums & other cultural institutions will reopen. Most of Denmark is already open incl. shops, bars and restaurants
Yesterday I had the pleasure of hosting former Prime Minister of Netherlands 🇳🇱
@jpbalkenende
w. Nordic-Baltic coll. to discuss current challenges in
#Europe
&
#Netherlands
.
#Balkenende
has co-authored the great book “Capitalism Reconnected” - a new approach to economic thinking
#TheHague
:
#Denmark
are among the 39 states who Yesterday send a referral to the
@ICC
(Int. Criminal Court) regarding situation in
#Ukriane
. Now ICC can investigate Russia’s crimess against humanity there both in the past and the present.
On the last working day of the year I signed on behalf of the Danish government an extra ordinary donation of 234.000 EURO to
@OPCW
to support its
#important
#work
to
#prohibit
chemical weapons in the world - read more here .
@DanishMFA
Today we had the pleasure to host
@IngridThijssen
president of
@VNONCW
in the Residence of Denmark for a meeting w. Danish CEOs. We discussed 🇩🇰🇳🇱coop. within the green & digital transformation where both countries are leaders but also need to reduce
#inequality
@thetradecouncil