List of Danish full generals
This is a list of full generals in the Royal Danish Army and Air Force. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers. It ranks above lieutenant general and was prior to 1842 below general field marshal.
List of generals[]
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Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
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Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn (1686–1740) |
1738 As general of the cavalry |
27 February 1740 † | ![]() |
[1] |
(1707–1791) |
1763 As general of the cavalry |
25 January 1771 | ![]() |
[2] | |
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(1717–1806) |
17 January 1772 As general of the infantry |
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[3] | |
Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727–1780) |
1763 As general of the infantry |
3 July 1765 | ![]() |
[4] | |
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Friedrich August von Finck (1718–1766) |
21 October 1764 As general of the infantry |
24 February 1766 † | ![]() |
[5] |
(1708–1782) |
21 October 1774 As general of the infantry |
19 May 1782 † | ![]() |
[6] | |
(1738–1800) |
11 October 1791 As general of the cavalry |
17 April 1800 † | ![]() |
[6] | |
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Ernst Peymann (1737–1823) |
2 January 1795 As general of the infantry |
18 January 1809 | ![]() |
[7] |
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Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark (1768–1839) |
3 December 1839 † | Royalty![]() |
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(1742–1825) |
22 February 1808 | 1808 | ![]() |
[8] |
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(1743–1810) |
1 April 1808 | 11 March 1808 | ![]() |
[9] |
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Prince Frederik of Hesse (1771–1845) |
1808 | 1842[a] | Royalty![]() |
[10] |
Prince Christian of Hesse (1776–1814) |
1 January 1812 | 14 November 1814 † | Royalty![]() |
[11] | |
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Crown Prince Christian of Denmark (1786–1848) |
28 January 1812 | 20 January 1848 † | Royalty![]() |
[11] |
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(1767–1841) |
31 July 1815 | ? | ![]() |
[12] |
(1752–1825) |
1815 | ? | ![]() |
[13] | |
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Joachim Castenschiold (1743–1817) |
5 November 1809 | ![]() |
[14] | |
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Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1792–1863) |
1 August 1829 | 29 June 1863 † | Royalty![]() |
[15] |
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(1769–1844) |
1 January 1840 (À la suite) |
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[16] | |
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Otto von Blome (1770–1849) |
27 February 1841 | ? | ![]() |
[17] |
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(1767–1846) |
1 July 1842 (À la suite) |
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[18] | |
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Frederick VII of Denmark (1808–1863) |
20 January 1848 | 15 November 1863 † | Royalty | [19] |
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Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (1787–1867) |
28 February 1848 | 5 September 1867 † | Royalty | [20] |
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Christian IX of Denmark (1818–1906) |
15 November 1863 | 29 January 1906 † | Royalty | [21] |
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Christian de Meza (1792–1865) |
19 December 1864 | 1 April 1865 (À la suite) |
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[18] |
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(1812–1895) |
18 September 1867 | 3 April 1882 | ![]() |
[22] |
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(1815–1886) |
18 September 1867 | 8 August 1885 | ![]() |
[23] |
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(1814–1898) |
18 September 1867 | 31 March 1881 | ![]() |
[24] |
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(1816–1879) |
18 September 1867 | ? | ![]() |
[25][26] |
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(1808–1884) |
18 September 1867 | 1 January 1879 | ![]() |
[27] |
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(1810–1879) |
18 September 1867 | 14 December 1877 | ![]() |
[28] |
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(1811–1891) |
18 September 1867 | 1 April 1881 | ![]() |
[29] |
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(1810–1882) |
18 September 1867 | 21 April 1879 | ![]() |
[30] |
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Peter Frederik Steinmann (1812–1894) |
18 September 1867 14 December 1877 |
11 June 1875 3 April 1882 |
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[31] |
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(1822–1879) |
18 September 1867 | 21 April 1879 | ![]() |
[32] |
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(1817–1885) |
18 September 1867 | 26 August 1885 † | ![]() |
[33] |
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(1808–1881) |
18 September 1867 | 14 December 1877 | ![]() |
[34] |
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(1804–1892) |
18 September 1867 | 2 April 1874 | ![]() |
[35] |
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Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark (1843–1912) |
18 September 1867 | 14 May 1912 † | Royalty | [36] |
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(1816–1892) |
24 September 1870 | ![]() |
[37] | |
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Edvard Valentin Schreiber (1822–1892) |
8 October 1870 | 13 November 1889 | ![]() |
[38] |
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Wolfgang von Haffner (1810–1887) |
30 August 1871 (À la suite) |
23 December 1872 | ![]() |
[39] |
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(1813–1893) |
22 April 1874 | ![]() |
[40] | |
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(1815–1909) |
23 April 1874 | 29 January 1885 | ![]() |
[41] |
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(1827–1896) |
16 July 1874 Out of number |
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[42] |
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(1820–1892) |
16 July 1874 | 15 October 1888 | ![]() |
[43] |
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(1811–1896) |
17 December 1876 (À la suite) |
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(1820–1897) |
31 July 1877 | 21 July 1890 | ![]() |
[46] |
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(1821–1892) |
1 January 1879 | 18 March 1891 | ![]() |
[47] |
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(1815–1891) |
10 January 1879 | 29 January 1885 | ![]() |
[48] |
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(1818–1882) |
21 April 1879 | 9 February 1882 | ![]() |
[49] |
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(1825–1897) |
21 April 1879 | 1895 | ![]() |
[50] |
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(1810–1885) |
15 December 1879 (À la suite) |
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[51] | |
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(1816–1893) |
1880 | 5 September 1893 † | Royalty | [20] |
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Gustaf V of Sweden (1858–1950) |
20 December 1907 | 29 October 1950 † | Royalty | [52] |
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Edward VII of England (1841–1910) |
22 April 1908 | 6 May 1910 † | Royalty | [53] |
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Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916) |
11 May 1908 | 21 November 1916 † | Royalty | [53] |
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Christian X of Denmark (1870–1947) |
15 May 1912 | 20 April 1947 † | Royalty | [52] |
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Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1882–1945) |
19 July 1913 | 17 November 1945 † | Royalty | [52] |
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George VI of England (1895–1952) |
13 December 1937 | 6 February 1952 † | Royalty | [54] |
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Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882–1973) |
24 March 1952 | 15 September 1973 † | Royalty | [55] |
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Frederick IX of Denmark (1899–1972) |
20 April 1947 | 14 January 1972 † | Royalty | [55] |
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(1908–1997) |
1 October 1962 | 30 November 1973 | ![]() |
[56] |
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(1912–2006) |
1 December 1972 | 30 April 1977 | ![]() |
[57] |
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(1919–1990) |
1 May 1977 | 30 September 1984 | ![]() |
[57] |
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Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1967–2018) |
1981 | 13 February 2018 † | Royalty | [58] |
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Otto K. Lind (1920–2000) |
1 October 1984 | 30 November 1985 | ![]() |
[57] |
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Jørgen Lyng (born 1934) |
1 November 1989 | 31 March 1996 | ![]() |
[57] |
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(born 1942) |
20 August 1996 | 30 September 2002 | ![]() |
[57] |
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Hans Jesper Helsø (born 1948) |
1 October 2002 | 31 July 2008 | ![]() |
[57] |
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Knud Bartels (born 1948) |
16 November 2009 | 15 July 2015 | ![]() |
[59][60] |
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Peter Bartram (born 1961) |
20 March 2012 | 10 January 2017 | ![]() |
[61][62] |
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Bjørn Bisserup (born 1960) |
10 January 2017 | 1 December 2020 | ![]() |
[62][63] |
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Flemming Lentfer (born 1964) |
1 December 2020 | ![]() |
[64] |
See also[]
Notes[]
Refeneces[]
- Citations
- ^ Bech & Bøggild-Andersen 2011.
- ^ Mygind 1999, p. 39.
- ^ Mygind 1999, p. 41.
- ^ Rist 1890, p. 568.
- ^ Mygind 1999, p. 23.
- ^ a b Mygind 1999, p. 21.
- ^ Mygind 1999, p. 72.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 5.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 61.
- ^ a b Hedegaard 1986.
- ^ a b Richter 1977a, p. 86.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 15.
- ^ Liebe & Borgstrøm 1978a, p. 79.
- ^ Richter 1977a, pp. 79–80.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 119.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 72.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 46.
- ^ a b Richter 1977b, p. 58.
- ^ Richter 1977a, pp. 127–128.
- ^ a b Richter 1977b, p. 207.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 85.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 73.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 80.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 105.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 213.
- ^ Liebe & Borgstrøm 1978b, p. 484.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 69.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 77.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 80.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 142.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 177.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 178.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 182.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 225.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 232.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 127.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 104.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 155.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 155.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 229.
- ^ Richter 1977a, pp. 26–27.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 191.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 10.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 143.
- ^ Liebe & Borgstrøm 1978b, p. 326.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 111.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 221.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 40.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 202.
- ^ Richter 1977a, p. 125.
- ^ Richter 1977b, p. 219.
- ^ a b c Hennings & Bille-Hansen 1918, p. 393.
- ^ a b Ravn & Hennings 1910, p. 379.
- ^ Bille-Hansen & Holck 1949, p. 278.
- ^ a b Fabritius 1963, p. 282.
- ^ Pontoppidan & Teisen 1984, p. 447.
- ^ a b c d e f Balsved 2013.
- ^ "Prins Henrik af Danmark". kongehuset.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ /ritzau/ 2009.
- ^ Vinther 2015.
- ^ Ministry of Defence 2012.
- ^ a b /ritzau/ 2016b.
- ^ Therkildsen & Redder 2016.
- ^ /ritzau/ 2020.
- Bibliography
- Balsved, Johnny (27 September 2013). "Forsvarschefer". navalhistory.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- Bech, Claus; Bøggild-Andersen, C. O. (2011). "Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn". biografiskleksikon.lex.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- Bille-Hansen, A.C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1949). Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Statskalender: Statshåndbog for Kongeriget Danmark 1948-49 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz.
- Fabritius, Albert, ed. (1963). Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Statskalender: Statshåndbog for Kongeriget Danmark 1963 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz.
- Hedegaard, Ole A. (1 January 1986). "Nyt militært gradstegn - en ny/gammel tradition!". Krigsvidenskab.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- Hennings, Paul; Bille-Hansen, A.C., eds. (1918). Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Statskalender: Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark For Aaret 1918. Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz.
- Liebe, P. I.; Borgstrøm, P. (1978a). Biografiske oplysninger om faste artilleriofficerer af linien 1. Bind (in Danish). Rigsarkivet.
- Liebe, P. I.; Borgstrøm, P. (1978b). Biografiske oplysninger om faste artilleriofficerer af linien 2. Bind (in Danish). Rigsarkivet.
- Ministry of Defence (20 March 2012). "New Chief of Defence". fmn.dk. Danish Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- Mygind, A. (1999). Den landmilitære embedsetat og centraladministratio (1763 - 1848) (in Danish). Forsvarets Arkiver. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- Pontoppidan, S. E.; Teisen, J., eds. (1984). Danske Søofficerer 1934-1983 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Søe-Lieutenant-Selskab.
- Ravn, Aage; Hennings, Paul, eds. (1910). Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Statskalender: Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark For Aaret 1910. Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz.
- Richter, Volhelm (1977a). Den Danske Landmilitæretat 1801-1894: I. Bind (in Danish). Copenhagen: Dansk Historisk Håndbogsforlag.
- Richter, Volhelm (1977b). Den Danske Landmilitæretat 1801-1894: II. Bind (in Danish). Copenhagen: Dansk Historisk Håndbogsforlag.
- Rist, P.F. (1890). "Ernst Frederik Carl". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk biografisk Lexikon: IV. Bind (in Danish). Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- /ritzau/ (10 November 2009). "Ny forsvarschef hedder Knud Bartels". Kristeligt Dagblad. Ritzau. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- /ritzau/ (28 October 2016b). "Forsvarschef stopper: Jeg er klar til et karriereskifte". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- /ritzau/ (9 October 2020). "Flemming Lentfer bliver ny chef for Forsvaret". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- Therkildsen, Thomas Funding; Redder, Hans (6 November 2016). "Her er den nye chef for Forsvaret". tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- Vinther, Lars Bøgh (7 July 2015). "General Bartels på pension". Forsvaret (in Danish). Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
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