Svend Roed Nielsen

Education

• 1974:       Master in political science from Aarhus University
• 1979:       B.A. in International Trade from Copenhagen Business School

Career in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• May 15, 1974 – September 1, 1979:
  Head of Section in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Department for Market Relations, Department for International Development Cooperation and Department for Political Affairs)
  
• September 1, 1979 – February 1, 1983:
  First Secretary at the Danish EC Representation in Brussels, responsible for EU External Trade Relations and EU institutional Development
  
• February 1, 1983 – September 1, 1983:
  Head of Section in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Department for Foreign Trade)
  
• September 1, 1983 – September 1, 1986:
  Personal Secretary to the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
  
• September 1, 1986 – September 1, 1990:
  Economic Counsellor at the Royal Danish Embassy in London
  
• September 1, 1990 – January 1, 1994:
  Special Adviser in Project Export and Export Financing in Department of Trade in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  
• January 1, 1994 – March 1, 1995:
  Head of Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Foreign Trade
  
• March 1, 1995 – April 1, 2000:
  Danish Ambassador in Tallinn, Estonia
  
• April 1, 2000 – October 1, 2004
  Danish Ambassador in Ottawa, Canada
  
• October 1, 2004 – September 1, 2005
  Danish Consul General in New York, USA
  
• September 1, 2005 – present
  Under-Secretary for Trade Policy and bilateral relations, Danish Trade Council