# Minister of War (Denmark)

The Minister of War was the Danish minister responsible for the administration of the Royal Danish Army.

## History

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. 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 | | Captain Anton Frederik Tscherning (1795–1874) | 24 March 1848 | 16 November 1848 | 239 days | Moltke I | |
| 2 | | Lieutenant General Christian Frederik von Hansen (1788–1873) | 16 November 1848 | 13 July 1851 | 2 years, 239 days | Moltke II | |
| 3 | | Major General Jacob Scavenius Fibiger [da] (1793–1861) | 13 July 1851 | 18 October 1851 | 97 days | Moltke III | |
| 4 | | Major General Carl Julius Flensborg [da] (1804–1852) | 18 October 1851 | 27 January 1852 | 101 days | Moltke IV | |
| 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 | |
| 6 | | Colonel Carl Lundbye [da] (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 [da] (1794–1879) | 2 December 1859 | 13 August 1863 | 3 years, 254 days | Rotwitt Hall II | [2][12] [13] |
| 6 | | Colonel Carl Lundbye [da] (1812–1873) | 13 August 1863 | 18 May 1864 | 279 days | Hall II Monrad | [2][13] [14] |
| 8 | | Lieutenant Colonel Christian Emilius Reich [da] (1822–1865) | 18 May 1864 | 11 July 1864 | 54 days | Monrad | |
| 2 | | Lieutenant General Christian Frederik von Hansen (1788–1873) | 11 July 1864 | 6 November 1865 | 1 year, 118 days | Bluhme II | |
| 9 | | Major General Johan Waldemar Neergaard [da] (1810–1879) | 6 November 1865 | 1 October 1866 | 329 days | Frijs | |
| 10 | | Major General Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff (1815–1883) | 1 October 1866 | 19 April 1870 | 3 years, 200 days | Frijs | |
| – | | Count Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1817–1896) acting | 19 April 1870 | 28 May 1870 | 39 days | Frijs | |
| 11 | | General Wolfgang von Haffner (1810–1887) | 28 May 1870 | 23 December 1870 | 209 days | Holstein-Holsteinborg | |
| 12 | | Colonel C.A.F. Thomsen [da] (1827–1896) | 23 December 1870 | 14 July 1874 | 1 year, 203 days | Holstein-Holsteinborg | |
| – | | Commander Niels Frederik Ravn (1826–1910) acting | 14 July 1874 | 26 August 1874 | 43 days | Fonnesbech | |
| 13 | | General Peter Frederik Steinmann (1812–1894) | 26 August 1874 | 11 June 1875 | 320 days | Fonnesbech | |
| 11 | | General Wolfgang von Haffner (1810–1887) | 11 July 1875 | 28 July 1877 | 2 years, 17 days | Estrup | |
| 14 | | General Frederik Dreyer [da] (1814–1898) | 28 July 1877 | 4 January 1879 | 1 year, 160 days | Estrup | |
| 15 | | General Wilhelm Kauffmann [da] (1821–1892) | 4 January 1879 | 1 April 1881 | 2 years, 87 days | Estrup | |
| – | | Commander Niels Frederik Ravn (1826–1910) | 1 April 1881 | 20 October 1881 | 202 days | Estrup | |
| 16 | | Commander Niels Frederik Ravn (1826–1910) | 20 October 1881 | 12 September 1884 | 2 years, 328 days | Estrup | |
| 17 | | Major General Jesper Jespersen von Bahnson [da] (1827–1909) | 12 September 1884 | 7 August 1894 | 9 years, 329 days | Estrup | |
| 12 | | Lieutenant General C.A.F. Thomsen [da] (1827–1896) | 7 August 1894 | 25 April 1896 | 1 year, 268 days | Reedtz-Thott | |
| 18 | | Colonel Johan Gustav Frederik Schnack [da] (1839–1920) | 25 April 1896 | 23 May 1897 | 1 year, 28 days | Reedtz-Thott | |
| 19 | | Colonel Christian Frederik Frands Elias Tuxen [da] (1837–1903) | 23 May 1897 | 28 August 1899 | 2 years, 97 days | Hørring | |
| 18 | | Major General Johan Gustav Frederik Schnack [da] (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 | |
| 21 | | Jens Christian Christensen (1856–1930) | 14 January 1905 | 5 August 1905 | 234 days | Christensen I | |