Formation:
Studenteksamen (A-levels/Abitur/Lycee) 1963
U.S. High School diploma 1961
Lettres Superieures, France 1964
cand. scint. pol. Aarhus University 1971 (MA in political science)
Carrière:
Secretary in the Danish Foreign Ministry 1971
Embassy secretary at the Danish beijing Embassy 1974
Head clerk in the Danish Foreign Ministry 1976
Secretary to Foreign Minister K.B. Andersen 1977
Secretary to Foreign Minister Henning Christophersen 1978
Secretary to Foreign Minister Kjeld Olesen 1979
Counsellor at the Danish EC Delegation in Brussels 1980
European (EPC) correspondent in the Danish Foreign Ministry 1984
Chef de cabinet for Henning Christophersen, the European Commission, 1985-95
Danish ambassador Manila 1995-99
Danish ambassador Bern 1999-2003 (leader of the general consulat Zürich as well as ambassador to the Holy See and the Principality Lichtenstein)