Minister for the Navy (Denmark) explained

The Minister for the Navy (da|Marineministeren) was the Danish minister responsible for the administration of the Royal Danish Navy.^[1]

History

The position of Minister for the Navy was created following the end of the Absolute monarchy, when the Admiralty (da|Admiralitetet) was disbanded, and power transferred to elected officials.^[1] 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.^[1]

List of ministers

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Count Adam Wilhelm Moltke	24 March 1848	4 April 1848		Moltke I	[2]
2		Commander-captain	6 April 1848	10 August 1850		Moltke I–II	[3] [4]
–		Captain	10 August 1850	25 November 1850		Moltke II
3		Captain	25 November 1850	27 January 1852		Moltke II–III–IV	[5] [6]
4		Commander Steen Andersen Bille	27 January 1852	12 December 1854		Bluhme I Ørsted	[7] [8]
5		Commander	12 December 1854	2 December 1859		Bang Andræ Hall I	[9] [10] [11]
–		Major General	2 December 1859	24 February 1860		Rotwitt	[12]
4		Counter Admiral Steen Andersen Bille	24 February 1860	31 December 1863		Hall II	[13]
6		Ship-of-the-Line Captain	31 December 1863	6 November 1865		Monrad Bluhme II	[14] [15]
7		Ship-of-the-Line Captain	6 November 1865	29 July 1866		Frijs	[16]
–		Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup	29 July 1866	17 September 1866		Frijs
3		Counter Admiral	17 September 1866	1 November 1867		Frijs
8			1 November 1867	22 September 1869		Frijs
–		Major General Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff	22 September 1869	19 April 1870		Frijs
–		Count Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs	19 April 1870	28 May 1870		Frijs
–		Colonel Wolfgang von Haffner	28 May 1870	23 December 1870		Holstein-Holsteinborg	[17]
–		Colonel	23 December 1870	21 May 1873		Holstein-Holsteinborg
9		Captain Niels Frederik Ravn	21 May 1873	11 June 1875		Holstein-Holsteinborg Fonnesbech	[18]
10		General Wolfgang von Haffner	11 July 1875	28 July 1877		Estrup	[19]
11		General	28 July 1877	4 January 1879		Estrup
9		Vice Admiral Niels Frederik Ravn	4 January 1879	27 April 1900		Estrup Reedtz-Thott Hørring	[20] [21]
12		Commander	27 April 1900	24 July 1901		Sehested	[22]
13		Vice Admiral	24 July 1901	14 January 1905		Deuntzer	[23]
14		Jens Christian Christensen	14 January 1905	5 August 1905		Christensen I

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of the Ministry . fmn.dk . 10 February 2020.
2. Book: Haandbog for Søvernet . 1930 . Centraltrykkeriet . Copenhagen . 145–146 . 1 September 2024 . da.
3. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Moltke I . 10 February 2020 . da.
4. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Moltke II . 10 February 2020 . da.
5. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Moltke III . 10 February 2020 . da.
6. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Moltke IV . 10 February 2020 . da.
7. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Bluhme I . 10 February 2020 . da.
8. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Ørsted . 10 February 2020 . da.
9. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Bang . 10 February 2020 . da.
10. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Andræ . 10 February 2020 . da.
11. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Hall I . 10 February 2020 . da.
12. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Rotwitt . 10 February 2020 . da.
13. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Hall II . 10 February 2020 . da.
14. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Monrad . 10 February 2020 . da.
15. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Bluhme II . 10 February 2020 . da.
16. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs . 10 February 2020 . da.
17. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Holstein-Holsteinborg . 10 February 2020 . da.
18. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Fonnesbech . 10 February 2020 . da.
19. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Estrup . 10 February 2020 . da.
20. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Reedtz-Thott . 10 February 2020 . da.
21. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Hørring . 10 February 2020 . da.
22. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Sehested . 10 February 2020 . da.
23. Web site: Statsministeriet . Regeringen Deuntzer . 10 February 2020 . da.