# Minister for the Navy (Denmark)

The Minister for the Navy (Danish: Marineministeren) was the Danish minister responsible for the administration of the Royal Danish Navy.

## History

The position of Minister for the Navy was created following the end of the Absolute monarchy, when the Admiralty (Danish: Admiralitetet) was disbanded, and power transferred to elected officials. 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.

## List of ministers

| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Cabinet | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Cabinet | Ref. |
| 1 | | Count Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785–1864) | 24 March 1848 | 4 April 1848 | 11 days | Moltke I | |
| 2 | | Commander-captain Christian Christopher Zahrtmann [da] (1793–1853) | 6 April 1848 | 10 August 1850 | 2 years, 126 days | Moltke I–II | [2][3] [4] |
| – | | Captain Carl Irminger [da] (1802–1888) acting | 10 August 1850 | 25 November 1850 | 76 days | Moltke II | |
| 3 | | Captain Carl Edvard van Dockum [da] (1804–1893) | 25 November 1850 | 27 January 1852 | 1 year, 94 days | Moltke II–III–IV | [2][4] [5][6] |
| 4 | | Commander Steen Andersen Bille (1797–1883) | 27 January 1852 | 12 December 1854 | 2 years, 319 days | Bluhme I Ørsted | [2][7] [8] |
| 5 | | Commander Ove Wilhelm Michelsen [da] (1800–1880) | 12 December 1854 | 2 December 1859 | 4 years, 355 days | Bang Andræ Hall I | [2][9] [10][11] |
| – | | Major General Hans Nicolai Thestrup [da] (1794–1879) acting | 2 December 1859 | 24 February 1860 | 84 days | Rotwitt | |
| 4 | | Counter Admiral Steen Andersen Bille (1797–1883) | 24 February 1860 | 31 December 1863 | 2 years, 319 days | Hall II | |
| 6 | | Ship-of-the-Line Captain Otto Hans Lütken [da] (1813–1883) | 31 December 1863 | 6 November 1865 | 1 year, 310 days | Monrad Bluhme II | [2][14] [15] |
| 7 | | Ship-of-the-Line Captain Hans Herman Grove [da] (1814–1866) | 6 November 1865 | 29 July 1866 | 265 days | Frijs | |
| – | | Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825–1913) acting | 29 July 1866 | 17 September 1866 | 50 days | Frijs | |
| 3 | | Counter Admiral Carl Edvard van Dockum [da] (1804–1893) | 17 September 1866 | 1 November 1867 | 1 year, 45 days | Frijs | |
| 8 | | Otto Fredrik Suenson [da] (1810–1888) | 1 November 1867 | 22 September 1869 | 1 year, 325 days | Frijs | |
| – | | Major General Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff (1815–1883) acting | 22 September 1869 | 19 April 1870 | 209 days | Frijs | |
| – | | Count Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1817–1896) acting | 19 April 1870 | 28 May 1870 | 39 days | Frijs | |
| – | | Colonel Wolfgang von Haffner (1810–1887) acting | 28 May 1870 | 23 December 1870 | 209 days | Holstein-Holsteinborg | |
| – | | Colonel C.A.F. Thomsen [da] (1827–1896) acting | 23 December 1870 | 21 May 1873 | 2 years, 149 days | Holstein-Holsteinborg | |
| 9 | | Captain Niels Frederik Ravn (1826–1910) | 21 May 1873 | 11 June 1875 | 2 years, 21 days | Holstein-Holsteinborg Fonnesbech | [2][17] [18] |
| 10 | | General Wolfgang von Haffner (1810–1887) | 11 July 1875 | 28 July 1877 | 2 years, 17 days | Estrup | |
| 11 | | General Frederik Dreyer [da] (1814–1898) | 28 July 1877 | 4 January 1879 | 1 year, 160 days | Estrup | |
| 9 | | Vice Admiral Niels Frederik Ravn (1826–1910) | 4 January 1879 | 27 April 1900 | 2 years, 21 days | Estrup Reedtz-Thott Hørring | [2][19] [20][21] |
| 12 | | Commander Christian Giørtz Middelboe [da] (1852–1920) | 27 April 1900 | 24 July 1901 | 1 year, 88 days | Sehested | |
| 13 | | Vice Admiral Ferdinand Henrik Jøhnke [da] (1837–1908) | 24 July 1901 | 14 January 1905 | 3 years, 174 days | Deuntzer | |
| 14 | | Jens Christian Christensen (1856–1930) | 14 January 1905 | 5 August 1905 | 234 days | Christensen I | |