List of Danish full admirals

This is a list of full admirals in the Royal Danish Navy. The rank of admiral (or full admiral to distinguish it from the lower admiral ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers. It ranks above vice admiral and was previously itself below Lieutenant general admiral.

Persons listed are shown with the rank of full admiral. Those who only held the rank of full admiral on an acting basis are not shown.

List of admirals[]

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1500[]

Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Appointed	Ref.
	(?–c. 1532)	1523	[1]
	Peder Skram (?–1581)
	Herluf Trolle (1516–1565)	1559	[1]

1600[]

Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Appointed	Ref.
	Ove Gjedde (1594–1660)	17 January 1644	[2]
	(?–1667)	17 September 1652	[3]
	Henrik Bielke (1615–1683)	13 August 1653	[4]
	Niels Juel (1629–1697)	14 June 1657	[5]
	Cort Adeler (1622–1675)	15 September 1663	[6]
	[da] (1633–1706)	4 May 1675	[7]
	[da] (1625–1681)	14 May 1675	[8]
	[da] (1645–1694)	2 January 1682	[9]
	Henrik Span (1634–1694)	2 January 1682	[10]
	Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø (1678–1719)	21 November 1695	[11]
	Frederik Eiler Gedde (1641–1717)	29 December 1697	[12]
	[da] (?–1710)	30 December 1697	[13]
	(1664–1711)	31 December 1697	[14]

1700[]

Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Appointed	Ref.
	(1650–1730)	29 June 1714	[15]
	(c. 1661–1727)	29 June 1714	[16]
	[da] (1663–1734)	29 June 1714	[17]
	Christen Thomesen Sehested (1664–1736)	1 October 1715	[18]
	Ole Judichær (1661–1729)	16 April 1718	[19]
	(1666–1731)	30 December 1719	[20]
	[da] (1679–1754)	13 October 1727	[21]
	Ulrich Kaas (1677–1746)	20 February 1732	[22]
	Michael Bille (1680–1756)	20 January 1734	[23]
	[da] (1684–1756)	7 May 1735	[24]
	[da] (1686–1758)	27 April 1742	[25]
	[da] (1681–1750)	4 September 1747 (À la suite)	[26]
	[da] (1690–1776)	11 October 1752	[27]
	[da] (1693–1769)	18 August 1759	[28]
	Lensgreve  [da] (1723–1783)	28 October 1767	[29]
	[da] (1707–1775)	20 January 1772	[30]
	Frederik Christian Kaas (1725–1803)	30 November 1775	[31]
	[da] (1712–1789)	17 June 1782	[32]
	Henrik Fisker (1720–1797)	24 September 1790	[33]
	[da] (1723–1799)	24 September 1790	[34]
	[da] (1715–1794)	24 September 1790	[35]

1800[]

Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Appointed	Ref.
	Frederik Christian Kaas (1727–1804)	24 December 1800	[36]
	Ulrik Christian Kaas (1729–1808)	6 April 1804	[37]
	Jørgen Balthazar Winterfeldt (1732–1821)	6 April 1804	[38]
	(1766–1835)	28 January 1812	[39]
	[da] (1749–1835)	4 January 1825	[40]
	Steen Andersen Bille (1751–1833)	1 January 1829	[41]
	[da] (1758–1849)	23 December 1835	[42]
	(1775–1858)	3 August 1851 (À la suite)	[43]
	George I of Greece (1845–1913)	11 September 1863 (Honorary)	[44]
	Carl van Dockum (1804–1893)	4 June 1868	[45]
	Oscar II of Sweden (1829–1907)	12 December 1872 (Honorary)	[44]
	Jørgen Peter Frederik Wulff (1808–1881)	1 July 1873 (À la suite)	[46]
	(1813–1878)	1 June 1874	[47]
	(1809–1886)	1 December 1874 (À la suite)	[48]
	(1816–1896)	24 July 1878	[49]
	(1813–1908)	8 March 1879 (À la suite)	[50]

1900[]

Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Appointed	Ref.
	Wilhelm II of Germany (1859–1941)	2 April 1903 (Honorary)	[44]
	Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957)	20 November 1905 (Honorary)	[51][44]
	Frederick VIII of Denmark (1843–1912)	29 January 1906	[44]
	Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918)	15 July 1909 (Honorary)	[52]
	George V of the United Kingdom (1865–1936)	24 Maj 1910 (Honorary)	[52]
	Christian X of Denmark (1870–1947)	15 May 1912	[52]
	Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858–1939)	8 April 1918 (Honorary)	[53]
	Frederick IX of Denmark (1899–1972)	20 April 1947	[54]
	Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869–1957)	24 June 1949 (Honorary)	[55]
	Erhard J.C. Qvistgaard (1898–1980)	1 October 1950	[56]
	Prince Axel of Denmark (1888–1964)	29 January 1958 (Honorary)	[57]
	Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900–1976)	1 August 1965 (Honorary)	[58]
	Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1967–2018)	1981 (Honorary)	[59]
	[da] (1924–2005)	1 December 1985	[60]
	Hans Jørgen Garde (1939–1996)	1 April 1996	[60]

2000[]

Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Appointed	Ref.
	Tim Sloth Jørgensen (born 1951)	1 August 2008	[60]

See also[]

• Admiral (Denmark)
• List of Danish vice admirals
• List of Danish full generals

References[]

Citations

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