Background
CHRISTENSEN, Jens was born on July 30, 1921 in Copenhagen. Son of Christian and Sophie Dorothea Christensen.
CHRISTENSEN, Jens was born on July 30, 1921 in Copenhagen. Son of Christian and Sophie Dorothea Christensen.
Copenhagen University.
Joined Danish Foreign Service 1945. Head of Section, Economics Secretariat of Government 1947. Secretary to Delegate to Organisation for Economic Company-operation and Development 1949, to Delegate to North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1952.
Head of Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1952.
Acting Head of Division 1954. Charge d"affaires ad interim and Counsellor of Legation, Vienna, Austria 1957.
Deputy Under-Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1960. Under-Secretary and n Head of Economics/Political Department 1964-1971.
Head of Secretariat for European Integration 1966.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" 1967. State Secretary for Foreign Economics Affairs 1971. Ambassador to United Kingdom 1977-1981, to Austria 1984-1989, to Organisation for Economic Company-operation and Development, Paris since 1989.
Danish Governor, Asian Development Bank 1967-1973.
Executive Chairman Dansk Olie & Naturgas AJS 1980-1983. Commander, First Class.
Married 1st Tove Jessen, one son two daughter. Married 2nd Vibeke Pagh.