Minister of the Navy | |
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Krigsminister | |
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Ministry for War | |
Type | Minister |
Member of | |
Reports to | the Prime minister |
Seat | Slotsholmen |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Precursor | Generalty and Commissariat College |
Formation | 24 March 1848 |
First holder | Anton Frederik Tscherning |
Final holder | Jens Christian Christensen |
Abolished | 5 August 1905 |
Superseded by | Minister of Defence |
Succession | depending on the order in the State Council |
Deputy | Permanent Secretary |
The Minister of War was the Danish minister responsible for the administration of the Royal Danish Army. [1]
The position of Minister of War was created following the end of the Absolute monarchy, when the Generalty and Commissariat College (Danish : Generalitets- og Kommisariatskollegiet) was disbanded, and power transferred to elected officials. [1] While the Minister of War and the Minister for the Navy's positions were merged in 1905, the Ministries continued to exists separately until 1950. [1]
No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Cabinet | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | ![]() | Captain Anton Frederik Tscherning (1795–1874) | 24 March 1848 | 16 November 1848 | 239 days | Moltke I | [2] [3] |
2 | ![]() | Lieutenant General Christian Frederik von Hansen (1788–1873) | 16 November 1848 | 13 July 1851 | 2 years, 239 days | Moltke II | [2] [4] |
3 | ![]() | Major General Jacob Scavenius Fibiger (1793–1861) | 13 July 1851 | 18 October 1851 | 97 days | Moltke III | [2] [5] |
4 | ![]() | Major General Carl Julius Flensborg (1804–1852) | 18 October 1851 | 27 January 1852 | 101 days | Moltke IV | [2] [6] |
2 | ![]() | Lieutenant General Christian Frederik von Hansen (1788–1873) | 27 January 1852 | 12 December 1854 | 2 years, 319 days | Bluhme I Ørsted | [2] [7] [8] |
5 | ![]() | Colonel Mathias Lüttichau (1795–1870) | 12 December 1854 | 25 May 1856 | 1 year, 165 days | Bang | [2] [9] |
6 | ![]() | Colonel Carl Lundbye (1812–1873) | 25 May 1856 | 2 December 1859 | 3 years, 191 days | Bang Andræ Hall I | [2] [9] [10] [11] |
7 | ![]() | Major General Hans Nicolai Thestrup (1794–1879) | 2 December 1859 | 13 August 1863 | 3 years, 254 days | Rotwitt Hall II | [2] [12] [13] |
6 | ![]() | Colonel Carl Lundbye (1812–1873) | 13 August 1863 | 18 May 1864 | 279 days | Hall II Monrad | [2] [13] [14] |
8 | ![]() | Lieutenant Colonel Christian Emilius Reich (1822–1865) | 18 May 1864 | 11 July 1864 | 54 days | Monrad | [2] [14] |
2 | ![]() | Lieutenant General Christian Frederik von Hansen (1788–1873) | 11 July 1864 | 6 November 1865 | 1 year, 118 days | Bluhme II | [2] [15] |
9 | ![]() | Major General Johan Waldemar Neergaard (1810–1879) | 6 November 1865 | 1 October 1866 | 329 days | Frijs | [2] [16] |
10 | ![]() | Major General Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff (1815–1883) | 1 October 1866 | 19 April 1870 | 3 years, 200 days | Frijs | [2] [16] |
– | ![]() | Count Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1817–1896) acting | 19 April 1870 | 28 May 1870 | 39 days | Frijs | [2] |
11 | ![]() | General Wolfgang von Haffner (1810–1887) | 28 May 1870 | 23 December 1870 | 209 days | Holstein-Holsteinborg | [2] [17] |
12 | ![]() | Colonel C.A.F. Thomsen (1827–1896) | 23 December 1870 | 14 July 1874 | 1 year, 203 days | Holstein-Holsteinborg | [2] [17] |
– | ![]() | Commander Niels Frederik Ravn (1826–1910) acting | 14 July 1874 | 26 August 1874 | 43 days | Fonnesbech | [2] [18] |
13 | ![]() | General Peter Frederik Steinmann (1812–1894) | 26 August 1874 | 11 June 1875 | 320 days | Fonnesbech | [2] [18] |
11 | ![]() | General Wolfgang von Haffner (1810–1887) | 11 July 1875 | 28 July 1877 | 2 years, 17 days | Estrup | [2] [19] |
14 | ![]() | General Frederik Dreyer (1814–1898) | 28 July 1877 | 4 January 1879 | 1 year, 160 days | Estrup | [2] [19] |
15 | ![]() | General Wilhelm Kauffmann (1821–1892) | 4 January 1879 | 1 April 1881 | 2 years, 87 days | Estrup | [2] [19] |
– | ![]() | Commander Niels Frederik Ravn (1826–1910) | 1 April 1881 | 20 October 1881 | 202 days | Estrup | [2] [19] |
16 | 20 October 1881 | 12 September 1884 | 2 years, 328 days | ||||
17 | ![]() | Major General Jesper Jespersen von Bahnson (1827–1909) | 12 September 1884 | 7 August 1894 | 9 years, 329 days | Estrup | [2] [19] |
12 | ![]() | Lieutenant General C.A.F. Thomsen (1827–1896) | 7 August 1894 | 25 April 1896 | 1 year, 268 days | Reedtz-Thott | [2] [20] |
18 | ![]() | Colonel Johan Gustav Frederik Schnack (1839–1920) | 25 April 1896 | 23 May 1897 | 1 year, 28 days | Reedtz-Thott | [2] [20] |
19 | ![]() | Colonel Christian Frederik Frands Elias Tuxen (1837–1903) | 23 May 1897 | 28 August 1899 | 2 years, 97 days | Hørring | [2] [21] |
18 | ![]() | Major General Johan Gustav Frederik Schnack (1839–1920) | 28 August 1899 | 24 July 1901 | 1 year, 28 days | Hørring Sehested | [2] [21] [22] |
20 | ![]() | Major General Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen (1844–1917) | 24 July 1901 | 14 January 1905 | 3 years, 174 days | Deuntzer | [2] [23] |
21 | ![]() | Jens Christian Christensen (1856–1930) | 14 January 1905 | 5 August 1905 | 234 days | Christensen I | [2] |