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Defence Minister of Denmark
The Defence Minister of Denmark is the Danish political minister as the head of the Danish Ministry of Defence, and is responsible for the Danish military, keeping Denmark defended against external threats, waging war on behalf of Denmark , and the surveillance of the Danish sea and airspace.The...

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The current office was established in 1905, merging the two previous positions of War Minister (for army matters) and Navy Minister.

List of War Ministers (1848-1905)

From To War Minister Years of living
22 March 1848 16 November 1848 Anton Frederik Tscherning  1795-1874
16 November 1848 13 July 1851 Christian Frederik von Hansen  1788-1873
13 July 1851 18 October 1851 Jacob Scavenius Fibiger  1793-1861
18 October 1851 27 January 1852 Carl Julius Flensborg  1804-1852
27 January 1852 12 December 1854 Christian Frederik von Hansen  1788-1873
12 December 1854 25 May 1856 Matthias Lüttichau  1795-1870
25 May 1856 2 December 1859 Carl Christian Lundbye  1812-1873
2 December 1859 13 August 1863 Hans Nicolai Thestrup  1794-1879
13 August 1863 18 May 1864 Carl Christian Lundbye  1812-1873
18 May 1864 11 July 1864 Christian Emilius Reich  1822-1865
11 July 1864 6 November 1865 Christian Frederik von Hansen  1788-1873
6 November 1865 1 October 1866 Johan Waldemar Neergaard  1810-1879
1 October 1866 19 April 1870 Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff
Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff
Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff was a Danish politician, military officer and diplomat.Raasløff spent his school years in Sorø and in 1832 he was admitted to the Royal Military College Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff (6 November 1815 in Altona – 14 February 1883 in Paris) was a Danish politician,...

 
1815-1883
19 April 1870 28 May 1870 None (Christian Emil greve Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs) 1817-1896
28 May 1870 23 December 1872 Wolfgang von Haffner
Wolfgang von Haffner
Wolfgang von Haffner was a Danish military officer and politician.He was born in Valby as a son of Johan Wolfgang Reinhold Haffner and a nephew of Adam Mogens Wenzel Haffner. In November 1832 he married Sophie Wilhelmine Caroline Krieger . He had a military career in his early life, being second...

 
1810-1887
23 December 1872 14 July 1874 Christian Albert Frederik Thomsen  1827-1896
14 July 1874 26 July 1874 Niels Frederik Ravn  1826-1910
14 July 1874 11 June 1875 Peter Frederik Steinmann  1812-1894
11 June 1875 11 July 1875 None
11 July 1875 28 July 1877 Wolfgang von Haffner
Wolfgang von Haffner
Wolfgang von Haffner was a Danish military officer and politician.He was born in Valby as a son of Johan Wolfgang Reinhold Haffner and a nephew of Adam Mogens Wenzel Haffner. In November 1832 he married Sophie Wilhelmine Caroline Krieger . He had a military career in his early life, being second...

 
1810-1887
28 July 1877 4 January 1879 Johan Christopher Frederik Dreyer  1814-1898
4 January 1879 1 April 1881 Vilhelm Frederik Ludvig Kauffmann  1821-1892
1 April 1881 12 September 1884 Niels Frederik Ravn  1826-1910
12 September 1884 7 August 1894 Jesper Jespersen von Bahnson  1827-1909
7 August 1894 25 April 1896 Christian Albert Frederik Thomsen  1827-1896
25 April 1896 23 May 1897 Johan Gustav Frederik Schnack  1839-1920
23 May 1897 28 August 1899 Christian Frederik Frands Elias Tuxen  1837-1903
28 August 1899 24 July 1901 Johan Gustav Frederik Schnack  1839-1920
24 July 1901 14 January 1905 Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen
Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen
Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen , was a Danish politician, minister, army officer, businessman and inventor.He began his military career in 1859 and served in the Second War of Schleswig as a lieutenant. In 1896, at the rank of captain, Madsen was responsible for the adoption of the Madsen machine gun...

 
1844-1917

List of Navy Ministers (1848-1905)

From To Navy Minister Years of living
22 March 1848 6 April 1848 Adam Wilhelm Moltke
Adam Wilhelm Moltke
Count Adam Wilhelm Moltke was Prime Minister of Denmark from 1848 to 1852. He was the first Danish Prime Minister in the Danish constitutional monarchy outlined in 1848 and signed as the Danish Constitution on 5 June 1849 by Frederik VII of Denmark.Adam Wilhelm Moltke was the grandson of Adam...

 
1785-1864
6 April 1848 10 August 1850 Christian Christopher Zahrtmann  1793-1853
10 August 1850 25 November 1850 Carl Ludvig Christian Irminger  1802-1888
25 November 1850 27 January 1852 Carl Edvard van Dockum  1804-1893
27 January 1852 12 December 1854 Steen Andersen Bille
Steen Andersen Bille
The name of Steen Andersen Bille is closely associated with one extended family of Danish Naval Officers over four generations. Their relationships are as follows*Steen Andersen Bille Colonel and Vice-Commandant of Copenhagen....

 
1797-1883
12 December 1854 2 December 1859 Ole Wilhelm Michelsen  1800-1880
2 December 1859 24 February 1860 Hans Nicolai Thestrup  1794-1879
24 February 1860 31 December 1863 Steen Andersen Bille
Steen Andersen Bille
The name of Steen Andersen Bille is closely associated with one extended family of Danish Naval Officers over four generations. Their relationships are as follows*Steen Andersen Bille Colonel and Vice-Commandant of Copenhagen....

 
1797-1883
31 December 1863 6 November 1865 Otto Hans Lütken  1813-1883
6 November 1865 17 August 1866 Hans Herman Grove  1814-1866
17 September 1866 1 November 1867 Carl Edvard van Dockum  1804-1893
1 November 1867 22 September 1869 Otto Fredrik Suenson  1810-1888
22 September 1869 19 April 1870 Waldemar Raasløff  1815-1883
19 April 1870 28 May 1870 None
28 May 1870 23 December 1873 Wolfgang von Haffner
Wolfgang von Haffner
Wolfgang von Haffner was a Danish military officer and politician.He was born in Valby as a son of Johan Wolfgang Reinhold Haffner and a nephew of Adam Mogens Wenzel Haffner. In November 1832 he married Sophie Wilhelmine Caroline Krieger . He had a military career in his early life, being second...

 
1810-1887
23 December 1870 21 May 1873 Christian Albert Frederik Thomsen  1827-1896
21 May 1873 11 June 1875 Niels Frederik Ravn  1826-1910
11 June 1875 11 July 1875 None
11 July 1875 28 July 1877 Wolfgang von Haffner
Wolfgang von Haffner
Wolfgang von Haffner was a Danish military officer and politician.He was born in Valby as a son of Johan Wolfgang Reinhold Haffner and a nephew of Adam Mogens Wenzel Haffner. In November 1832 he married Sophie Wilhelmine Caroline Krieger . He had a military career in his early life, being second...

 
1810-1887
28 July 1877 4 January 1879 Johan Christopher Frederik Dreyer  1814-1898
4 January 1879 27 April 1900 Niels Frederik Ravn  1826-1910
27 April 1900 24 July 1901 Christian Giørtz Middelboe  1852-1920
24 July 1901 14 January 1905 Ferdinand Henrik Jøhnke  1837-1908

List of Defence Ministers (1905-present)

From To Defence Minister Years of living
14 January 1905 12 October 1908 Jens Christian Christensen  1856-1930
12 October 1908 16 September 1909 Niels Thomasius Neergaard
Niels Neergaard
Niels Thomasius Neergaard was a Danish historian and political figure, a member of the Liberal Moderate Venstre and since 1910 of Venstre...

 
1854-1936
16 September 1909 18 October 1909 Jens Christian Christensen  1856-1930
18 October 1909 28 October 1909 Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Johan Ludvig Carl Christian Tido lensgreve Holstein til Ledreborg was a Danish politician, a descendant of Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, who was Minister of State of Denmark. He was Council President of Denmark for two months, from 16 August to 28 October 1909, as the leader of the Cabinet of...

 
1839-1912
28 October 1909 5 July 1910 Christopher Krabbe  1833-1913
5 July 1910 21 June 1913 Klaus Berntsen
Klaus Berntsen
Klaus Berntsen was a Danish politician, representing the Liberal party, Venstre. He was Council President of Denmark from 5 July 1910 to 21 June 1913 as the leader of the Cabinet of Klaus Berntsen...

 
1844-1927
21 June 1913 30 March 1920 Peter Rochegune Munch
Peter Rochegune Munch
Peter Rochegune Munch was a leading Danish historian and politician. He was a leading member of the Radikale Venstre, and represented Langeland in parliament....

 
1870-1948
30 March 1920 5 April 1920 Henri Konow
Henri Konow
Henri Konow was an officer in the Danish navy, and the last governor of the Danish West Indies, overseeing the transfer of administration to the United States of America...

 
1862-1939
5 April 1920 5 May 1920 Michael Pedersen Friis
Michael Pedersen Friis
Michael Pedersen Friis was Prime Minister of Denmark April 5, 1920 to May 5, 1920. His cabinet was called the Cabinet of M.P. Friis....

 
1857-1944
5 May 1920 9 October 1922 Klaus Berntsen
Klaus Berntsen
Klaus Berntsen was a Danish politician, representing the Liberal party, Venstre. He was Council President of Denmark from 5 July 1910 to 21 June 1913 as the leader of the Cabinet of Klaus Berntsen...

 
1844-1927
9 October 1922 23 April 1924 Søren Brorsen  1875-1961
23 April 1924 14 December 1926 Laust Rasmussen  1862-1941
14 December 1926 30 April 1929 Søren Brorsen  1875-1961
30 April 1929 24 November 1932 Laust Rasmussen  1862-1941
24 November 1932 31 May 1933 Hans Pieter Hansen  1872-1953
31 May 1933 4 November 1935 Thorvald August Marinus Stauning
Thorvald Stauning
Thorvald August Marinus Stauning was the first social democratic Prime Minister of Denmark. He served as Prime Minister from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1929 until his death in 1942....

 
1873-1942
4 November 1935 10 April 1940 Alsing Emanuel Andersen  1893-1962
10 April 1940 8 July 1940 None (Alsing Emanuel Andersen) 1893-1962
8 July 1940 4 May 1942 None (Søren Brorsen) 1875-1961
4 May 1942 29 August 1943 Søren Brorsen  1875-1961
29 August 1943 5 May 1945 None (Søren Brorsen) 1875-1961
5 May 1945 7 November 1945 Ole Bjørn Kraft  1893-1980
7 November 1945 13 November 1947 Harald Petersen  1893-1970
13 November 1947 30 October 1950 Rasmus Hansen  1896-1971
30 October 1950 30 September 1953 Harald Petersen  1893-1970
30 September 1953 25 May 1956 Rasmus Hansen  1896-1971
25 May 1956 15 November 1962 Poul Hansen
Poul Hansen
Poul Henrik Peder Hansen was a Danish wrestler who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Ubberud, Odense Municipality and died in Aarhus....

 
1913-1966
15 November 1962 2 February 1968 Victor Gram  1910-1969
2 February 1968 17 March 1971 Erik Ninn-Hansen
Erik Ninn-Hansen
Erik Ninn-Hansen is a Danish politician. He served in the Cabinet of Hilmar Baunsgaard, first as Defence Minister, and later as Finance Minister...

 
b. 1922
17 March 1971 11 October 1971 Knud Østergaard  1922-1993
11 October 1971 27 September 1973 Kjeld Olesen
Kjeld Olesen
Kjeld Olesen is a Danish former Social Democratic politician.He was a Member of Parliament 1966 – 1987 and served as Deputy Chairman of the Social Democratic Party in the 1970s. He served in several cabinet positions, most notably as Foreign Minister and Defence Minister...

 
b. 1932
27 September 1973 19 December 1973 Orla Møller  1916-1979
19 December 1973 13 February 1975 Erling Brøndum  b. 1930
13 February 1975 1 October 1977 Orla Møller  1916-1979
1 October 1977 10 September 1982 Poul Søgaard  b. 1923
10 September 1982 10 September 1987 Hans Engell
Hans Engell
Hans Engell is a Danish former politician and journalist, who until 6 September 2007 was the editor-in-chief of the tabloid Ekstra Bladet, a position he had held for seven years...

 
b. 1948
10 September 1987 3 June 1988 Bernt Johan Collet
Bernt Johan Collet
Bernt Johan Holger Collet was born on 23 November 1941 as the eldest son of Chamberlain and Master of the Royal Hunt, M. Sc. , Harald Collet and landscape architect Else Collett....

 
b. 1941
3 June 1988 25 January 1993 Knud Enggaard  b. 1929
25 January 1993 31 December 2000 Hans Hækkerup  b. 1945
21 December 2000 27 November 2001 Jan Trøjborg
Jan Trøjborg
Jan Trøjborg is a Danish politician representing the Social Democrats.He was member of parliament from 8 September 1987 to 31 December 2005...

 
b. 1955
27 November 2001 24 April 2004 Svend Aage Jensby
Svend Aage Jensby
Svend Aage Jensby is a Danish politician representing the Liberal Party. He was Defence Minister in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I from 27 November 2001 to 24 April 2004, when he was forced to resign and was replaced by Søren Gade. He was a member of parliament from 12 December 1990 to...

 
b. 1940
24 April 2004 February 23 2010 Søren Gade
Søren Gade
Søren Gade Jensen is a Danish politician who served as Defence Minister representing the Liberal party, Venstre from 2004 to 2010, when he replaced Svend Aage Jensby. He has been a Liberal member of the Danish Parliament since 2001. Before entering politics, he was a military officer and...

 
b. 1963
February 23 2010 October 3 2011 Gitte Lillelund Bech
Gitte Lillelund Bech
Gitte Lillelund Bech is a Danish politician who has been Defence Minister representing the Liberal party, Venstre. She entered office in January 2010, when she replaced Søren Gade after a cabinet reshuffle.-References:...

 
b. 1969
October 3 2011 Incumbent Nick Hækkerup b. 1968
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