The ambassador

Nienke Trooster

Dutch ambassador in Copenhagen

Nienke Trooster has been ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Denmark since 2022.

Education

1978 Gymnasium A

1988 History, University of Groningen

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Aug 1990 – July 1992:
Third Secretary at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Budapest, Hungary

Aug 1992 – July 1994:
Policy Officer Multilateral Organisations Department

Aug 1994 – July 1998:
Senior Policy Officer Security Policy Department

Aug 1998 – June 2000:
Deputy Head of Mission and Head Development Co-operation at the representative office in Ramallah, Palestinian Territories

July 2000 – July 2002:
Senior Policy Advisor Department for North Africa and the Middle East

Aug 2002 –July 2006:
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bucharest, Romania

Aug 2006 – July 2010:
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Zagreb, Croatia

Aug 2010 – July 2014:
Deputy Head of Mission and Head of Economic Affairs, Embassy of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tokyo, Japan

Aug 2014- July 2018:
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Hanoi

Aug 2018- 2022:
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Lisbon, Portugal

Sept 2022- present:
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Copenhagen, Denmark