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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

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

1600

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Portrait Name
(birth–death) 		Appointed Ref.
Ove Gjedde
(1594–1660) 		17 January 1644 [2]
Køn Joachim Grabow
(?–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]
Jens Rodsteen [da]
(1633–1706) 		4 May 1675 [7]
Markor Rodsteen [da]
(1625–1681) 		14 May 1675 [8]
Christian Bielke [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]
Mathias von Paulsen [da]
(?–1710) 		30 December 1697 [13]
Christopher Ernst von Stöcken
(1664–1711) 		31 December 1697 [14]

1700

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Portrait Name
(birth–death) 		Appointed Ref.
Niels Lauitzen Barfoed
(1650–1730) 		29 June 1714 [15]
Peter Raben
(c. 1661–1727) 		29 June 1714 [16]
Knud Reedtz [da]
(1663–1734) 		29 June 1714 [17]
Christen Thomesen Sehested
(1664–1736) 		1 October 1715 [18]
Ole Judichær
(1661–1729) 		16 April 1718 [19]
Frantz Petersen Trojel
(1666–1731) 		30 December 1719 [20]
Andreas Rosenpalm [da]
(1679–1754) 		13 October 1727 [21]
Ulrich Kaas
(1677–1746) 		20 February 1732 [22]
Michael Bille
(1680–1756) 		20 January 1734 [23]
Wiglas von Schindel [da]
(1684–1756) 		7 May 1735 [24]
Ulrik Frederik Suhm [da]
(1686–1758) 		27 April 1742 [25]
Seneca Hagedorn [da]
(1681–1750) 		4 September 1747
(À la suite) 		[26]
Frederik Hoppe [da]
(1690–1776) 		11 October 1752 [27]
Gaspard Frédéric le Sage de Fontenay [da]
(1693–1769) 		18 August 1759 [28]
Lensgreve
Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig [da]
(1723–1783) 		28 October 1767 [29]
Hans Henrik Rømeling [da]
(1707–1775) 		20 January 1772 [30]
Frederik Christian Kaas
(1725–1803) 		30 November 1775 [31]
Samuel Hooglant [da]
(1712–1789) 		17 June 1782 [32]
Henrik Fisker
(1720–1797) 		24 September 1790 [33]
Carl Frederik le Sage de Fontenay [da]
(1723–1799) 		24 September 1790 [34]
Conrad von Schindel [da]
(1715–1794) 		24 September 1790 [35]

1800

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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]
Johan Peter Wleugel
(1766–1835) 		28 January 1812 [39]
Otto Lütken [da]
(1749–1835) 		4 January 1825 [40]
Steen Andersen Bille
(1751–1833) 		1 January 1829 [41]
Hans Holsten [da]
(1758–1849) 		23 December 1835 [42]
Ulrich Anton Schønheyder
(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]
Frederik Laurentius Fiedler Sommer
(1813–1878) 		1 June 1874 [47]
Johan Ludvig Gottlieb
(1809–1886) 		1 December 1874
(À la suite) 		[48]
Gerhard Frederik Wilhelm Wrisberg
(1816–1896) 		24 July 1878 [49]
August Christian Schultz
(1813–1908) 		8 March 1879
(À la suite) 		[50]

1900

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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]
Frederik 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]
Frederik 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]
Sven Eigil Thiede [da]
(1924–2005) 		1 December 1985 [60]
Hans Jørgen Garde
(1939–1996) 		1 April 1996 [60]

2000

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Portrait Name
(birth–death) 		Appointed Ref.
Tim Sloth Jørgensen
(born 1951) 		1 August 2008 [60]
Frederik X of Denmark
(born 1968) 		14 January 2024 [61]

See also

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References

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Citations
  1. ^ a b Grooss 2010.
  2. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 445.
  3. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 470.
  4. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 106.
  5. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 685.
  6. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 8.
  7. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 392.
  8. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 394.
  9. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 104.
  10. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 536.
  11. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 505.
  12. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 443.
  13. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 301.
  14. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 572.
  15. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 72.
  16. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 343.
  17. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 369.
  18. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 499.
  19. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 675.
  20. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 633.
  21. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 402.
  22. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 715.
  23. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 128.
  24. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 451.
  25. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 583.
  26. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 518.
  27. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 631.
  28. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 393.
  29. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 277.
  30. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 425.
  31. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 705.
  32. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 628.
  33. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 373.
  34. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 391.
  35. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 449.
  36. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 708.
  37. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 717.
  38. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 716.
  39. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 724.
  40. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 140.
  41. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 133.
  42. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 621.
  43. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 491.
  44. ^ a b c d e Gram-Hanssen & Ravn 1907, pp. 425–426.
  45. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 297.
  46. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 750.
  47. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 534.
  48. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 466.
  49. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 740.
  50. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 474.
  51. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 232.
  52. ^ a b c Henningsen & Bille-Hansen 1914, pp. 451–452.
  53. ^ Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935b, p. 669.
  54. ^ Pontoppidan & Teisen 1984, p. 142.
  55. ^ Pontoppidan & Teisen 1984, p. 153.
  56. ^ Pontoppidan & Teisen 1984, p. 445.
  57. ^ Pontoppidan & Teisen 1984, p. 26.
  58. ^ Pontoppidan & Teisen 1984, p. 290.
  59. ^ "Prins Henrik af Danmark". kongehuset.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  60. ^ a b c Balsved 2013.
  61. ^ "Hans Majestæt Kong Frederik 10. udnævnt til admiral og firestjernet general" [HRH King Frederik X is made admiral and four-star general]. fmn.dk (in Danish). Ministry of defence. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
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