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The Danish order of precedence is a symbolic hierarchy of Danish officials used to direct protocol. It has no official status and entails no special privileges, but has been established in practical use, e.g. determining seating arrangements at formal occasions in the royal house. The order of precedence is very elaborate, and especially the lower classes include many relatively obscure civil servant positions; the following is only an excerpt.
Members of the royal family are not part of the official order of precedence, but are traditionally placed on top of the hierarchy. Their order is as follows:
When the King is out of the country or otherwise unable to perform his duties, the heir apparent becomes regent. If the heir apparent is also out of the country or otherwise not able to be regent, one of four people, whom the King has chosen, [note 1] can become 'rigsforstander'. [note 2] [1] These people are:
The 1st Class is the highest, and 5th Class is the lowest. Classes 1 and 2 are exhaustively listed here by the most recent officially published ranking, [4] while classes 3–5 are summarized and only an excerpt. Within the individual classes themselves there are also secondary orders of precedence, shown here with the numbers.
The Danish order of precedence is decided by royal regulation, which was first published in 1671. The current ranking is from 1746 – The Royal Regulation of 14 October 1746. Throughout time, there have been multiple revisions and changes to the order of precedence, the most recent being on 16 December 1971. [4]
1671–1680 [8] | 1680–1693 | 1693–1699 [9] | 1699–1717 | 1717–1730 [10] | ||||||
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Army | Navy | Army | Navy | Army | Navy | Army | Navy | Army | Navy | |
First class | Ober-Feldt-Marskalk | Rigs-Admiral | General-Feldtmarskalk | General Feltmarskalk | ||||||
Feldt-Marschalks | General-Admiral | Feldtmarskalk | General-Admiral | Feltmarskalk | General-Admiral | |||||
General Feldt-Tøymester | General-Feldt-Tøygmester | Feltmarskalk-Lieutenant | General-Admiral-Lieutenant | |||||||
Feldtmarskal Lieutenant | Feldtmarskalk-Lieutenant | General-Admiral-Lieutenant | General-Feldt-Tøygmester | |||||||
Generaler til Hest eller Fods | General til Hest eller Fods | General til Hest eller Fods | ||||||||
General-Lieutenant til Hest eller til Foeds | General-Lieutenant til Hest eller Fods | General-Lieutenant til Hest eller Fods | ||||||||
Second class | General-Major | Admiral | ||||||||
Oberst af Garderne eller Artolleriet | ||||||||||
Third class | General-Major | Admiral | General-Major | Admiral | Brigadier | Vice-Admiral | ||||
Obersten over Liv-Guarden | Oberst af Garderne eller Artolleriet | |||||||||
Fourth class | Brigadier | |||||||||
Oberst over Lif-Regimenterne | Oberst over Lif-Regimenterne | Schout by Nacht | ||||||||
Oberster til Hest og til Foeds | Vice-Admiral | Oberst til Hest eller Fods | Vice-Admiral | Oberst til Hest eller Fods | ||||||
Oberst-Lieutenant af Garderne | ||||||||||
Fifth class | Oberstlieutenant over Vores Liv-Guarde | Oberst-Lieutenant af Garderne | Schout by Nacht | Oberst-Lieutenant af Lif-Regimenterne og Artolleriet | Commandeur til Søes | |||||
General-Qvarteermester | Oberst-Lieutenant af Lif-Regimenterne og Artolleriet | |||||||||
Oberstlieutenant | Oberst-Lieutenant | Oberst-Lieutenant | ||||||||
Major | Major af Garderne | Major af Garderne | ||||||||
General-Qvarteer-Mester | General-Qvarteer-Mester | |||||||||
Sixth class | Major over Lif-Regimenterne og Artolleriet | Commandeur-Capitain til Søes | Major over Lif-Regimenterne og Artolleriet | Commandeur-Capitain til Søes | ||||||
Major | Major | |||||||||
Ritmester og Capitain af Garderne | Ritmester og Capitain af Garderne | |||||||||
General-Qvarter-Mester-Lieutenanter | General-Qvarteer-Mester-Lieutenant | |||||||||
Seventh class | Ritmester og Capitain ved Lif-Regimenterne og Artolleriet | Ritmester og Capitain | Capitain | |||||||
Ritmester/ Capitain-Lieutenanter ved Garderne, Capitainer til Lands | Capitain | |||||||||
Premier-Lieutenanter ved Garderne | Premier-Lieutenant ved Garderne | |||||||||
Eight class | Premier-Lieutenant | |||||||||
Second Lieutenant ved Garderne | ||||||||||
Second Lieutenant | ||||||||||
Cornet og Fendrich ved Garderne | ||||||||||
Cornet og Fendrich |