List of Danish vice admirals

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This is a list of vice admirals in the Royal Danish Navy. The rank of vice admiral is the second highest rank currently achievable by serving officers. It ranks above counter admiral and below admiral.

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

List of vice admirals

1600

PortraitName
(birth–death)		AppointedRef.
No image.png Jørgen Biørnsen
(1596–1680)		1 May 1651 [1]
No image.png Nicolaj Helt  [ da ]
(?–1667)		1656 [2]
No image.png Peter Bredal  [ da ]
(c. 1630–1658)		20 July 1658 [3]
No image.png Iver Hoppe  [ da ]
(1649–1693)		1 July 1684 [4]
No image.png Cornelius de Witt
(?–?)		7 October 1684 [5]

1700

PortraitName
(birth–death)		AppointedRef.
Just Juel (viceadmiral).JPG Just Juel  [ da ]
(1664–1715)		5 March 1712 [6]
Christian Carl Gabel 1679-1748.jpg Christian Carl Gabel  [ da ]
(1679–1748)		15 May 1715 [7]
Peter Wessel Tordenskiold - Emil Baerentzen.jpg Peter Wessel Tordenskiold
(1690–1720)		17 August 1719 [8]
No image.png Johan Anthon von Paulsen  [ da ]
(1687–1736)		10 November 1727 [9]
No image.png Christian Koningh
(1677–1749)		26 September 1736 [10]
No image.png Rasmus Krag
(1680–1755)		26 September 1736 [11]
No image.png Hans Jacob Rostgaard
(1685–1756)		28 October 1746 [12]
No image.png Vilhelm Lemvig  [ da ]
(1690–1768)		4 September 1747
(À la suite)		 [13]
Caspar von Wessel.jpg Caspar von Wessel  [ da ]
(1693–1768)		4 September 1747
(À la suite)		 [14]
No image.png Johan Conrad Wodroff  [ da ]
(1690–1747)		4 September 1747 [15]
No image.png Michael Christian Tønder  [ da ]
(1692–1755)		11 October 1752 [16]
No image.png Olfert Fasvier Fischer
(1700–1761)		7 September 1758 [17]
No image.png Christian Carl von Basballe
(1732–1783)		29 May 1765 [18]
No image.png Jørgen Torbiørnsen
(1698–1771)		22 July 1769 [19]
No image.png Friderich Zimmer
(1702–1774)		30 September 1772 [20]
No image.png Johan Cornelius Krieger  [ da ]
(1725–1797)		31 July 1790 [21]
No image.png Ole Stephansen  [ da ]
(1714–1791)		24 September 1790 [22]
No image.png Andreas Lous
(1728–1797)		23 December 1796
(À la suite)		 [23]
No image.png Adam Gottlob Ferdinand Moltke  [ da ]
(1748–1820)		22 December 1797
(À la suite)		 [24]

1800

PortraitName
(birth–death)		AppointedRef.
No image.png William Walker Stockfleth  [ da ]
(1737–1818)		6 April 1804 [25]
No image.png Anton Frederik Lützow  [ da ]
(1744–1819)		28 January 1817 [26]
Christian Olsen - Jens S. Fabricius - Eidsvoll 1814 - EM.01460 (cropped).jpg Jens Schou Fabricius
(1758–1841)		23 August 1821 [27]
Olfert Fischer.jpg Olfert Fischer
(1747–1829)		4 January 1825 [28]
No image.png Adolph Tobias Herbst  [ da ]
(1746–1825)		4 January 1825 [29]
No image.png Jost van Dockum  [ da ]
(1753–1834)		16 April 1833 [30]
Peter Caspar Wessel-Brown by Limprecht.jpg Peter Caspar Wessel Brown  [ da ]
(1755–1840)		20 July 1834
(À la suite)		 [31]
Frederik Christian Riisbrigh (cropped).jpg Frederik Christian Riisbrigh  [ da ]
(1754–1835)		1 August 1834
(À la suite)		 [32]
No image.png Johan Johnsen
(1765–1847)		25 December 1835 [33]
No image.png Hans Stephensen
(1773–1851)		29 March 1848 [34]
No image.png Jens Peter Stibolt  [ da ]
(1774–1860)		19 October 1848
(À la suite)		 [35]
Andreas schifter 345.jpg Andreas Schifter
(1779–1852)		3 August 1851 [36]
Christian Christopher Zahrtmann by I.W. Tegner & Kittendorff (cropped).jpg Christian Christopher Zahrtmann  [ da ]
(1793–1853)		2 April 1852 [37]
Konrad Emil Mourier.jpg Conrad Emil Mourier
(1795–1865)		1 April 1853 [38]
Johan Anton Meyer.jpg Johan Anton Meyer
(1799–1875)		28 February 1860 [39]
Jens Seidelin by I.W. Tegner & Kittendorff (cropped).jpg Jens Seidelin  [ da ]
(1790–1863)		30 March 1863
(À la suite)		 [40]
Steen Andersen Bille 1797-1883.jpg Steen Andersen Bille
(1797–1883)		18 January 1864 [41]
Edouard Suenson.jpg Edouard Suenson
(1805–1887)		5 August 1880
(À la suite)		 [42]
Carl Ludvig Christian Irminger 2.jpg Carl Irminger  [ da ]
(1802–1888)		5 August 1880
(À la suite)		 [43]
Julius Sophus Meldal by Hohlenberg.jpg Julius Meldal  [ da ]
(1827–1901)		21 February 1886 [44]
Niels Frederik Ravn.jpg Niels Frederik Ravn
(1826–1910)		8 July 1891
(À la suite)		 [45]
Hans Henrik Koch by Georg Emil Hansen.jpg Hans Henrik Koch
(1836–1903)		19 July 1897 [46]
Fritz Peter Adolph Uldall by Sophus Juncker-Jensen.jpg Fritz Peter Adolph Uldall
(1835–1911)		2 January 1899 [47]

1900

PortraitName
(birth–death)		AppointedRef.
Carl Frederik Wandel.png Carl Frederik Wandel
(1843–1930)		9 March 1905 [48]
Otto Joachim Moltke Kofoed-Hansen.png Otto Joachim Moltke Kofoed-Hansen
(1854–1918)		1 October 1911 [49]
Anton Ferdinand Mazanti Evers.png Anton Ferdinand Mazanti Evers
(1857–1951)		27 April 1918 [50]
Georg Hugh Robert Zachariae - Elfelt & Co.jpg Georg Hugh Robert Zachariae
(1850–1937)		5 October 1918
(À la suite)		 [51]
Henri Konow potrait by Elfelt.png Henri Konow
(1862–1939)		1 April 1923 [52]
Georg Carl Amdrup.png Georg Carl Amdrup
(1866–1947)		7 February 1927 [53]
Henri L. E. Wenck.png Henri L. E. Wenck
(1872–1933)		1 December 1931 [54]
Hjalmar Rechnitzer.png Hjalmar Rechnitzer  [ da ]
(1872–1953)		1 April 1932 [55] [56]
Vedel on USS Houston (cropped).jpg A. H. Vedel
(1894–1981)		1 August 1941 [57]
Hans Alfred Nyholm (cropped).jpg Hans Alfred Nyholm
(1898–1964)		1 June 1958 [58]
No image.png Svend Erik Pontoppidan
(1900–1987)		1 June 1961 [59]
No image.png Sven Støckel Thostrup
(1915–2006)		1 December 1965 [60]

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