List of Danish full admirals

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This is a list of full admirals in the Royal Danish Navy. The rank of admiral (or full admiral to distinguish it from the lower admiral ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers. It ranks above vice admiral and was previously itself below Lieutenant general admiral.

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Persons listed are shown with the rank of full admiral. Those who only held the rank of full admiral on an acting basis are not shown.

List of admirals

1500

PortraitName
(birth–death)		AppointedRef.
No image.png Tile Giseler
(?–c. 1532)		1523 [1]
Peder skram.jpg Peder Skram
(?–1581)
Herluf Trolle 1551.jpg Herluf Trolle
(1516–1565)		1559 [1]

1600

PortraitName
(birth–death)		AppointedRef.
Ove gjedde.jpg Ove Gjedde
(1594–1660)		17 January 1644 [2]
No image.png Køn Joachim Grabow
(?–1667)		17 September 1652 [3]
Henrik Bjelke.jpg Henrik Bielke
(1615–1683)		13 August 1653 [4]
Niels Juel (Jacob Coning painting).jpg Niels Juel
(1629–1697)		14 June 1657 [5]
Cort Adeler.jpg Cort Adeler
(1622–1675)		15 September 1663 [6]
Jens Rodsteen og Amalie Gersdorff in colour.jpg Jens Rodsteen  [ da ]
(1633–1706)		4 May 1675 [7]
No image.png Markor Rodsteen  [ da ]
(1625–1681)		14 May 1675 [8]
Christian Bielke til Basnaes.jpg Christian Bielke  [ da ]
(1645–1694)		2 January 1682 [9]
No image.png Henrik Span
(1634–1694)		2 January 1682 [10]
Hyacinthe Rigaud - Ulrik Christian Gyldenlove - 1696.jpg Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø
(1678–1719)		21 November 1695 [11]
No image.png Frederik Eiler Gedde
(1641–1717)		29 December 1697 [12]
No image.png Mathias von Paulsen  [ da ]
(?–1710)		30 December 1697 [13]
No image.png Christopher Ernst von Stöcken
(1664–1711)		31 December 1697 [14]

1700

PortraitName
(birth–death)		AppointedRef.
Niels Lauritsen Barfoed.jpg Niels Lauitzen Barfoed
(1650–1730)		29 June 1714 [15]
No image.png Peter Raben
(c. 1661–1727)		29 June 1714 [16]
No image.png Knud Reedtz  [ da ]
(1663–1734)		29 June 1714 [17]
No image.png Christen Thomesen Sehested
(1664–1736)		1 October 1715 [18]
Ole Judichaer.jpg Ole Judichær
(1661–1729)		16 April 1718 [19]
No image.png Frantz Petersen Trojel
(1666–1731)		30 December 1719 [20]
No image.png Andreas Rosenpalm  [ da ]
(1679–1754)		13 October 1727 [21]
Ulrik Kaas.png Ulrich Kaas
(1677–1746)		20 February 1732 [22]
Bille, Michael, soofficer (1680-1756).jpg Michael Bille
(1680–1756)		20 January 1734 [23]
No image.png Wiglas von Schindel  [ da ]
(1684–1756)		7 May 1735 [24]
Ulrik Frederik Suhm (cropped).jpg Ulrik Frederik Suhm  [ da ]
(1686–1758)		27 April 1742 [25]
Seneca Hagedorn.jpg Seneca Hagedorn  [ da ]
(1681–1750)		4 September 1747
(À la suite)		 [26]
Frederik Hoppe (1690-1776) (cropped).jpg Frederik Hoppe  [ da ]
(1690–1776)		11 October 1752 [27]
No image.png Gaspard Frédéric le Sage de Fontenay  [ da ]
(1693–1769)		18 August 1759 [28]
Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig painting.jpg Lensgreve
Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig  [ da ]
(1723–1783)		28 October 1767 [29]
No image.png Hans Henrik Rømeling  [ da ]
(1707–1775)		20 January 1772 [30]
Frederik Christian Kaas (1725-1803).jpg Frederik Christian Kaas
(1725–1803)		30 November 1775 [31]
Simon Hooglant.jpg Samuel Hooglant  [ da ]
(1712–1789)		17 June 1782 [32]
No image.png Henrik Fisker
(1720–1797)		24 September 1790 [33]
Carl Frederik le Sage de Fontenay (1723-1799).jpg Carl Frederik le Sage de Fontenay  [ da ]
(1723–1799)		24 September 1790 [34]
No image.png Conrad von Schindel  [ da ]
(1715–1794)		24 September 1790 [35]

1800

PortraitName
(birth–death)		AppointedRef.
Frederik Christian Kaas.jpg Frederik Christian Kaas
(1727–1804)		24 December 1800 [36]
No image.png Ulrik Christian Kaas
(1729–1808)		6 April 1804 [37]
No image.png Jørgen Balthazar Winterfeldt
(1732–1821)		6 April 1804 [38]
Peter Johan Wleugel (1766-1835).jpg Johan Peter Wleugel
(1766–1835)		28 January 1812 [39]
Otto Lutken malt av T. Torgersen, Eidsvoll 1814 EM.00667 (cropped).jpg Otto Lütken  [ da ]
(1749–1835)		4 January 1825 [40]
Steen Andersen Bille.jpg Steen Andersen Bille
(1751–1833)		1 January 1829 [41]
Hans Holsten 01.jpg Hans Holsten  [ da ]
(1758–1849)		23 December 1835 [42]
Ulrich A. Schonheyder.jpg Ulrich Anton Schønheyder
(1775–1858)		3 August 1851
(À la suite)		 [43]
King George of Hellenes.jpg George I of Greece
(1845–1913)		11 September 1863
(Honorary)		 [44]
Carl Edvard van Dockum.jpg Carl van Dockum
(1804–1893)		4 June 1868 [45]
Kung Oscar II (1829-1907), portratt - Nordiska Museet - NMA.0033399.jpg Oscar II of Sweden
(1829–1907)		12 December 1872
(Honorary)		 [44]
Jorgen Peter Frederik Wulff.jpg Jørgen Peter Frederik Wulff
(1808–1881)		1 July 1873
(À la suite)		 [46]
Frederik Laurentius Sommer by Georg E. Hansen.jpg Frederik Laurentius Fiedler Sommer
(1813–1878)		1 June 1874 [47]
Johan Ludvig Gottlieb.jpg Johan Ludvig Gottlieb
(1809–1886)		1 December 1874
(À la suite)		 [48]
Gerhard Wrisberg by J. Petersen & Son.jpg Gerhard Frederik Wilhelm Wrisberg
(1816–1896)		24 July 1878 [49]
August Christian Schultz by Emil Rye.jpg August Christian Schultz
(1813–1908)		8 March 1879
(À la suite)		 [50]

1900

PortraitName
(birth–death)		AppointedRef.
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.jpg Wilhelm II of Germany
(1859–1941)		2 April 1903
(Honorary)		 [44]
Haakon7Small.jpg Haakon VII of Norway
(1872–1957)		20 November 1905
(Honorary)		 [51] [44]
Frederik VIII of Denmark 1909.jpg Frederik VIII of Denmark
(1843–1912)		29 January 1906 [44]
Mikola II (cropped)-2.jpg Nicholas II of Russia
(1868–1918)		15 July 1909
(Honorary)		 [52]
King George 1923 LCCN2014715558 (cropped).jpg George V of the United Kingdom
(1865–1936)		24 Maj 1910
(Honorary)		 [52]
Christian X - Peter Elfelt.jpg Christian X of Denmark
(1870–1947)		15 May 1912 [52]
Prince Valdemar of Denmark 1936.jpg Prince Valdemar of Denmark
(1858–1939)		8 April 1918
(Honorary)		 [53]
Frederick IX in 1947.png Frederik IX of Denmark
(1899–1972)		20 April 1947 [54]
Le prince Georges de Grece Haut-comissaire de Crete, delegue par les puissance - Van Den Brule Alfred - 1907.jpg Prince George of Greece and Denmark
(1869–1957)		24 June 1949
(Honorary)		 [55]
EJC Qvistgaard.jpeg Erhard J.C. Qvistgaard
(1898–1980)		1 October 1950 [56]
Princeaxel.jpg Prince Axel of Denmark
(1888–1964)		29 January 1958
(Honorary)		 [57]
Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark.jpg Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
(1900–1976)		1 August 1965
(Honorary)		 [58]
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Bestanddeelnr 928-2405 (cropped).jpg Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
(1967–2018)		1981
(Honorary)		 [59]
Admiral Sven Eigil Thiede.png Sven Eigil Thiede  [ da ]
(1924–2005)		1 December 1985 [60]
Admiral Hans Jorgen Garde.jpg Hans Jørgen Garde
(1939–1996)		1 April 1996 [60]

2000

PortraitName
(birth–death)		AppointedRef.
T.Sloth3.jpg Tim Sloth Jørgensen
(born 1951)		1 August 2008 [60]
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark in 2021.jpg Frederik X of Denmark
(born 1968)		14 January 2024 [61]

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