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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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2021)

1500

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

1600

Portrait Name
(birth–death) 		Appointed Ref.
Ove Gjedde
(1594–1660) 		17 January 1644
Køn Joachim Grabow
(?–1667) 		17 September 1652
Henrik Bielke
(1615–1683) 		13 August 1653
Niels Juel
(1629–1697) 		14 June 1657
Cort Adeler
(1622–1675) 		15 September 1663
Jens Rodsteen [da]
(1633–1706) 		4 May 1675
Markor Rodsteen [da]
(1625–1681) 		14 May 1675
Christian Bielke [da]
(1645–1694) 		2 January 1682
Henrik Span
(1634–1694) 		2 January 1682
Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø
(1678–1719) 		21 November 1695
Frederik Eiler Gedde
(1641–1717) 		29 December 1697
Mathias von Paulsen [da]
(?–1710) 		30 December 1697
Christopher Ernst von Stöcken
(1664–1711) 		31 December 1697

1700

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

1800

Portrait Name
(birth–death) 		Appointed Ref.
Frederik Christian Kaas
(1727–1804) 		24 December 1800
Ulrik Christian Kaas
(1729–1808) 		6 April 1804
Jørgen Balthazar Winterfeldt
(1732–1821) 		6 April 1804
Johan Peter Wleugel
(1766–1835) 		28 January 1812
Otto Lütken [da]
(1749–1835) 		4 January 1825
Steen Andersen Bille
(1751–1833) 		1 January 1829
Hans Holsten [da]
(1758–1849) 		23 December 1835
Ulrich Anton Schønheyder
(1775–1858) 		3 August 1851
(À la suite)
George I of Greece
(1845–1913) 		11 September 1863
(Honorary)
Carl van Dockum
(1804–1893) 		4 June 1868
Oscar II of Sweden
(1829–1907) 		12 December 1872
(Honorary)
Jørgen Peter Frederik Wulff
(1808–1881) 		1 July 1873
(À la suite)
Frederik Laurentius Fiedler Sommer
(1813–1878) 		1 June 1874
Johan Ludvig Gottlieb
(1809–1886) 		1 December 1874
(À la suite)
Gerhard Frederik Wilhelm Wrisberg
(1816–1896) 		24 July 1878
August Christian Schultz
(1813–1908) 		8 March 1879
(À la suite)

1900

Portrait Name
(birth–death) 		Appointed Ref.
Wilhelm II of Germany
(1859–1941) 		2 April 1903
(Honorary)
Haakon VII of Norway
(1872–1957) 		20 November 1905
(Honorary)
Frederik VIII of Denmark
(1843–1912) 		29 January 1906
Nicholas II of Russia
(1868–1918) 		15 July 1909
(Honorary)
George V of the United Kingdom
(1865–1936) 		24 Maj 1910
(Honorary)
Christian X of Denmark
(1870–1947) 		15 May 1912
Prince Valdemar of Denmark
(1858–1939) 		8 April 1918
(Honorary)
Frederik IX of Denmark
(1899–1972) 		20 April 1947
Prince George of Greece and Denmark
(1869–1957) 		24 June 1949
(Honorary)
Erhard J.C. Qvistgaard
(1898–1980) 		1 October 1950
Prince Axel of Denmark
(1888–1964) 		29 January 1958
(Honorary)
Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
(1900–1976) 		1 August 1965
(Honorary)
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
(1967–2018) 		1981
(Honorary)
Sven Eigil Thiede [da]
(1924–2005) 		1 December 1985
Hans Jørgen Garde
(1939–1996) 		1 April 1996

2000

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

See also

References

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