Ulf Melgaard

Good to connect with Danish FM @larsloekke. Our countries are close friends who naturally find each other in the EU and NATO. We spoke about European solidarity, Arctic security and competitiveness, among other things. Great to strengthen a partnership that already runs deep.

Please give a warm Canadian welcome to the new designate Danish Ambassador to Canada, Jarl Frijs-Madsen! Jarl will take up the position August 1 and therefore take over this account as of tomorrow.

Meet my #successor as ambassador of Denmark to The Netherlands - my great colleague- ULF #MELGAARD. He will take over my job AND this X account tomorrow. I will at the same time have my first day as Ambassador of 🇩🇰 to Canada. You can follow me here: @DKambCanada Thank you 🙏

@lientje1967 @ambsenl @DanishMFA @VNGemeenten @VNONCW @IngridThijssen @EBUtrecht @ministerBZ @MinBZ @DBUfodbold @AFCAjax Thank you Caroline and likewise! Good luck with all the important tasks ahead

@DKAmbNL @ambsenl @DanishMFA @VNGemeenten @VNONCW @IngridThijssen @EBUtrecht @ministerBZ @MinBZ @DBUfodbold @AFCAjax Good luck Jarl! It was a pleasure to meet you. All the best! 🇩🇰 🇳🇱

1000 days in #TheNetherlands as ambassador of #Denmark. Good bye and thank you to you all! It has been an honor and a great pleasure! 🇳🇱🇩🇰

Honored to have Foreign Minister @ministerBZ @CasparVeldkamp as a guest at our farewell reception last night underlining the strong ties between The Netherlands 🇳🇱 and Denmark 🇩🇰. Thank you for your kind words Minister! @MinBZ @DanishMFA

PM Mette Frederiksen: ”Congratulations to my friend and colleague incoming NATO Secretary General @MinPres Mark Rutte. Under your leadership, NATO will remain the world’s strongest military alliance, fit for future challenges. I look forward to continuing our close cooperation.”

Lunch with @MinPres Mark Rutte closes the Belgian presidency of the EU, @BEinNL and @BEHagueIntOrg, in the Netherlands. Ambassador van Calster very befittingly sends the PM on his way to Brussels and the new job as SG of @NATO with some tasty Belgian chocolates.

Today we are celebrating 125 years of the @PCA_CPA #PermanentCourtofArbitration. It was quite an accomplishment that the PCA was established in 1899 to peacefully solve conflicts between nations. The court is as active as ever playing an important part in world #peace & #justice

Yesterday Their Majesties hosted the Diplomatic Corps. Representatives from the #innovative Dutch business community participated and we discussed #hydrogen, #renewables, and much more. A chance to connect! And we enjoyed splendid @koninklijkhuis hospitality!

Today Denmark has been elected to the #UN #SecurityCouncil for 2025-2026. In second half of 2025 Denmark will also hold the Presidency of the Council in the #EuropeanUnion

Such a pleasure to have the managing director of @VNONCW as speaker at my last meeting of the 🇩🇰 Embassy’s #CEO network - also attended by a number of European ambassadors. Thank you #FoccoVijselaar for super interesting perspectives on the EU and #Netherlands seen from business

Statement of #ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of #Palestine ⤵️ icc-cpi.int/news/statement…

In #Greenland to participate in #FutureGreenland conference. Discussions on #climate, #sustainability, #Security, #defence and #business

In #Belgium & #Luxembourg at the same time on this beautiful and important #EuropeDay2024

Today we are celebrating the 20th aniversary of the big #EUenlargement of 10 countries on May 1st 2004. All 10 flags were raised in #TheHague today at a ceromony arranged by @MinBZ , @EU_Commission and the 10 embassies

New official portrait of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Denmark. It will soon hang in a number of official buildings and in Danish 🇩🇰 embassies and residences. Photo: Steen Evald

Today government of #Denmark is announcing 6 tenders on offshore #wind. Combined the 6 wind parks will produce up to 10 GW wind before 2030 - providing electricity to 10 million households @L_Aagaard @KlimaMin @DanishMFA

Yesterday the Swedish 🇸🇪 ambassador@ambsenl and I gave a presentation to staffers at Dutch parliament about #NordicDefensePolicy in light of #geopolitical changes. Focus on #Nordefco, #Arctic and 🇩🇰 joining EU #CSDP and 🇸🇪 #NATO