Henrik Kauffmann | |
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Danish Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 22 August 1939 – 1958 | |
President | Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Preceded by | Otto Wadsted |
Succeeded by | Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt |
Minister without portfolio | |
In office 12 May 1945 – 7 November 1945 | |
Prime Minister | Vilhelm Buhl |
Personal details | |
Born | Henrik Louis Hans von Kauffmann 26 August 1888 Frankfurt am Main |
Died | 5 June 1963 Skodsborg Spa Hotel | (aged 74)
Spouse |
Charlotte MacDougall
(m. 1926; died 1963) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Mason Sears (brother-in-law) |
Henrik Kauffmann (26 August 1888 – 5 June 1963) was the Danish ambassador to the United States during World War II, who signed over part of Greenland to the US.