Secretary of War (Denmark)

The Secretary of War (Danish: Overkrigssekretær, lit. 'Supreme War Secretary') was from 1688 the administrative leader of the military in Denmark-Norway. In 1736, it was divided into separate offices for the Army and the Navy[1] and was dissolved as part of Johann Friedrich Struensee's administrative reforms in 1770.

Secretary of War
Overkrigssekretær
Longest serving
Carl von Holstein

August 1746–6 February 1763
Reports toThe King
AppointerThe King
Formation1688
First holderJens Harboe
Final holderFrederik Christian Rosenkrantz (Army)
Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig (Navy)
Abolished10 December 1770

List of office holders

Secretary of War

No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Jens Harboe1688169910–11 years
2 Christian von Lente1699171010–11 years
3 Valentin von Eickstedt171017176–7 years
4 Christian Carl Gabel171717257–8 years
5 Johan Christoph von Körbitzl172517260–1 years
6 Ditlev Revenfeld172717302–3 years
7 Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn173023 November 17354–5 years

Secretary of War for the Army

No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn23 November 173527 February 17404–5 years
2 Michael Numsen174017465–6 years
3 Christian Lerche174617536–7 years
4 Werner von der Schulenburg175317551–2 years
5 Conrad Ahlefeldt175517637–8 years
6 Claude-Louis de Saint-Germain176317662–3 years
7 Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz176617703–4 years

Secretary of War for the Navy

No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe23 November 1735174610–11 years
2 Carl von Holstein17461763†16–17 years
3 Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz176317662–3 years
4 Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe176617670–1 years
5 Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig176717702–3 years
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References

  1. "Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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