# Admiral Danish Fleet

The Admiral Danish Fleet (ADMDANFLT) (Danish: Søværnets Operative Kommando lit. 'The Navy's Operational Command') was the operationally supreme organisation of the Royal Danish Navy between 1 January 1991 and 30 September 2014.

## History

In 1961, following major restructuring of the Danish Navy, it was decide to collect all daily operational tasks under one command.
Following the 1988 Defence Commission, it was decided that the positions of Inspector of the Navy would be removed and the chief of the Admiral Danish Fleet would become the new Chief of the Royal Danish Navy.

## Commanders

| No. | Chief of the Navy | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Linde, AageRear admiral Aage Linde (1904–1980) | 1 June 1961 | 31 March 1965 | 3 years, 303 days |
| 2 | Helms, AdamRear admiral Adam Helms (1912–2011) | 1 April 1965 | 31 December 1969 | 4 years, 274 days |
| 3 | Brinck-Lund, OleRear admiral Ole Brinck-Lund (1918–2008) | 1 January 1970 | 30 April 1973 | 3 years, 119 days |
| 4 | Lange, Niels FærgemannRear admiral Niels Færgemann Lange (1919–2006) | 1 May 1973 | 30 September 1974 | 1 year, 153 days |
| 5 | Petersen, Henrik MariusRear admiral Henrik Marius Petersen (1919–1978) | 1 October 1974 | 2 May 1978 † | 3 years, 213 days |
| – | Nielsen, HelgeCommodore Helge Nielsen (officer) [da] (1921–2013) Acting | 2 May 1978 | 31 May 1978 | 29 days |
| 6 | Heisterberg-Andersen, Fritz CarlRear admiral Fritz Carl Heisterberg-Andersen (1918–1984) | 1 June 1978 | 30 September 1979 | 1 year, 121 days |
| – | Laursen, Tage NikolajCommodore Tage Nikolaj Laursen (1920–?) Acting | 1 October 1979 | 31 October 1979 | 30 days |
| – | Lange, Niels FærgemannRear admiral Niels Færgemann Lange (1919–2006) Acting | 1 November 1979 | 31 January 1980 | 91 days |
| 7 | Thiede, Sven EigilRear admiral Sven Eigil Thiede [da] (1924–2005) | 1 February 1980 | 30 April 1983 | 3 years, 88 days |
| 8 | Fischer, Johan OlfertRear admiral Johan Olfert Fischer (1925–?) | 1 May 1983 | 30 September 1984 | 1 year, 153 days |
| 9 | Bork, Jørgen FritsRear admiral Jørgen Frits Bork (1927–2017) | 1 October 1984 | 31 March 1988 | 3 years, 182 days |
| 10 | Garde, JørgenRear admiral Jørgen Garde (1939–1996) | 1 April 1988 | 31 October 1989 | 1 year, 213 days |
| 11 | Borck, Knud Erik JohanRear admiral Knud Erik Johan Borck (1940–2011) | 1 November 1989 | 30 April 1995 | 5 years, 119 days |
| 12 | Winther, Kristen HustedRear admiral Kristen Husted Winther (born 1946) | 1 May 1995 | 30 June 2000 | 5 years, 60 days |
| 13 | Jørgensen, Tim SlothRear admiral Tim Sloth Jørgensen (born 1951) | 1 July 2000 | 31 July 2002 | 2 years, 30 days |
| 14 | Jensen, Kurt BirgerRear admiral Kurt Birger Jensen (born 1949) | 1 August 2002 | 31 July 2005 | 2 years, 364 days |
| 15 | Wang, Nils ChristianRear admiral Nils Christian Wang [da] (born 1958) | 1 August 2005 | 31 August 2010 | 5 years, 30 days |
| 16 | Hansen, FinnRear admiral Finn Hansen [da] (born 1957) | 1 September 2010 | 1 April 2013 | 2 years, 212 days |
| – | Leisborch, JanFlotilla admiral Jan Leisborch (born 1954) Acting | 1 April 2013 | 15 April 2013 | 14 days |
| 17 | Trojahn, FrankRear admiral Frank Trojahn (born 1963) | 15 April 2013 | 30 September 2014 | 1 year, 168 days |