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
1500 Portrait Name Appointed Tile Giseler 1523 Peder Skram Herluf Trolle 1559
1600 Portrait Name Appointed Ove Gjedde 17 January 1644 Køn Joachim Grabow 17 September 1652 Henrik Bielke 13 August 1653 Niels Juel 14 June 1657 Cort Adeler 15 September 1663 4 May 1675 Markor Rodsteen 14 May 1675 2 January 1682 Henrik Span 2 January 1682 Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø 21 November 1695 29 December 1697 30 December 1697 Christopher Ernst von Stöcken 31 December 1697
1700 Portrait Name Appointed Niels Lauitzen Barfoed 29 June 1714 Peter Raben 29 June 1714 29 June 1714 Christen Thomesen Sehested 1 October 1715 Ole Judichær 16 April 1718 Frantz Petersen Trojel 30 December 1719 13 October 1727 Ulrich Kaas 20 February 1732 Michael Bille 20 January 1734 7 May 1735 27 April 1742 4 September 1747 11 October 1752 18 August 1759 Lensgreve 28 October 1767 20 January 1772 Frederik Christian Kaas 30 November 1775 17 June 1782 Henrik Fisker 24 September 1790 24 September 1790 24 September 1790
1800 Portrait Name Appointed Frederik Christian Kaas 24 December 1800 Ulrik Christian Kaas 6 April 1804 Jørgen Balthazar Winterfeldt 6 April 1804 Johan Peter Wleugel 28 January 1812 4 January 1825 Steen Andersen Bille 1 January 1829 23 December 1835 Ulrich Anton Schønheyder 3 August 1851 George I of Greece 11 September 1863 Carl van Dockum 4 June 1868 Oscar II of Sweden 12 December 1872 Jørgen Peter Frederik Wulff 1 July 1873 Frederik Laurentius Fiedler Sommer 1 June 1874 Johan Ludvig Gottlieb 1 December 1874 Gerhard Frederik Wilhelm Wrisberg 24 July 1878 August Christian Schultz 8 March 1879
1900 Portrait Name Appointed Wilhelm II of Germany 2 April 1903 Haakon VII of Norway 20 November 1905 Frederick VIII of Denmark 29 January 1906 Nicholas II of Russia 15 July 1909 George V of the United Kingdom 24 Maj 1910 Christian X of Denmark 15 May 1912 Prince Valdemar of Denmark 8 April 1918 Edward VIII of the United Kingdom 29 January 1936 Frederik IX of Denmark 20 April 1947 Prince George of Greece and Denmark 24 June 1949 Erhard J.C. Qvistgaard 1 October 1950 Prince Axel of Denmark 29 January 1958 Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark 1 August 1965 Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark 1981 1 December 1985 Hans Jørgen Garde 1 April 1996
2000 Portrait Name Appointed Tim Sloth Jørgensen 1 August 2008 Frederik X of Denmark 14 January 2024
See also Admiral (Denmark) List of Danish vice admirals List of Danish full generals
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