Minister for Schleswig

Minister of Schleswig
Minister for Hertugdømmet Slesvig
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Longest serving Friedrich Hermann Wolfhagen  ( da ) 18 June 1856—2 December 1859 24 February 1860—31 December 1863
Type	Minister
Member of	Cabinet State Council
Reports to	the Prime minister
Seat	Slotsholmen
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Formation	5 March 1851;174 years ago (1851-03-05)
First holder	Frederik Ferdinand Tillisch  ( da )
Final holder	Christian Gottfried Wilhelm Johannsen  ( da )
Abolished	18 November 1864;161 years ago (1864-11-18)
Succession	depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy	Permanent Secretary

The Danish Minister for Schleswig (Danish : Minister for Hertugdømmet Slesvig) was a Danish ministry that existed from 1851 to 1864. It dealt with the Duchy of Schleswig within the Unitary State (Danish : Helstat). ^[1] Following the Danish defeat in the Second Schleswig War, and the subsequent loss of Schleswig, the position was abolished.

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (born-died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Frederik Ferdinand Tillisch  ( da ) (1785–1864)	5 March 1851	13 July 1851	130 days		Independent	Moltke II	[2]
2		Carl Emil Bardenfleth (1807–1857)	13 July 1851	27 January 1852	198 days		Independent	Moltke III–IV	[3] [4]
3		Carl Moltke  ( da ) (1798–1866)	27 January 1852	12 December 1854	2 years, 319 days		Independent	Bluhme I Ørsted	[5] [6]
4		Harald Raasløff  ( da ) (1810–1893)	12 December 1854	18 February 1856	1 year, 68 days		Independent	Bang	[7]
5		Carl Christian Hall (1812–1888)	18 February 1856	18 June 1856	121 days		Independent	Bang	[7]
6		Friedrich Hermann Wolfhagen  ( da ) (1818–1894)	18 June 1856	2 December 1859	3 years, 167 days		Independent	Bang Andræ Hall I	[7] [8] [9]
7		Carl Frederik Blixen-Finecke (1822–1873)	2 December 1859	24 February 1860	84 days		Independent	Rotwitt	[10]
(6)		Friedrich Hermann Wolfhagen  ( da ) (1818–1894)	24 February 1860	31 December 1863	3 years, 310 days		Independent	Hall II	[11]
8		Carl Frederik Simony  ( da ) (1806–1872)	31 December 1863	24 January 1864	3 years, 310 days		National Liberal	Monrad	[12]
9		Christian Gottfried Wilhelm Johannsen  ( da ) (1813–1888)	24 January 1864	18 November 1864	299 days		Independent	Monrad Bluhme II	[12] [13]

References

1. Hjelholt, Holger. "Carl Moltke og dannelsen af helstatsministeriet i januar 1852". Historisk Tidsskrift. 11. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
2. "Regeringen Moltke II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 29 November 2025.
3. "Regeringen Moltke III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 29 November 2025.
4. "Regeringen Moltke IV". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 29 November 2025.
5. "Regeringen Bluhme I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
6. "Regeringen Ørsted". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
7. "Regeringen Bang". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
8. "Regeringen Andræ". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
9. "Regeringen Hall I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
10. "Regeringen Rotwitt". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
11. "Regeringen Hall II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
12. "Regeringen Monrad". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
13. "Regeringen Bluhme II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 28 September 2024.