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| Secretary of War | |
|---|---|
| Overkrigssekretær | |
 Longest servingCarl von Holstein [da] August 1746–6 February 1763 | |
| Reports to | The King |
| Appointer | The King |
| Formation | 1688 |
| First holder | Jens Harboe [da] |
| Final holder | Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz (Army) Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig [da] (Navy) |
| Abolished | 10 December 1770 |
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 and was dissolved as part of Johann Friedrich Struensee's administrative reforms in 1770.
List of office holders
Secretary of War
Danish: Overkrigssekretærer for Land- og Søetaten
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Monarch | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |
 | Jens Harboe [da] (1646–1709) | 11 August 1688 | 28 August 1699 | 11 years | Christian V | – |
| 2 |
.JPG) | Christian von Lente [da] (1649–1725) | 28 August 1699 | May 1710 | 10 years, 8 months | Frederick IV | – |
| 3 |
| Major general Valentin von Eickstedt [da] (1669–1718) | May 1710 | 3 May 1717 | 7 years | Frederick IV | – |
| 4 |
 | Vice admiral Christian Carl Gabel [da] (1669–1718) | 6 June 1717 | 18 October 1725 | 8 years, 4 months | Frederick IV | |
| 5 |
| Major general Johan Christoph von Körbitzl [da] (?–1726) | October 1725 | 24 December 1726 † | 1 year, 2 months | Frederick IV | – |
| 6 |
| Major general Ditlev Revenfeld [da] (1684–1746) | January 1727 | October 1730 | 3 years, 9 months | Frederick IV | – |
| 7 |
 | General Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn (1686–1740) | October 1730 | 23 November 1735 | 5 years, 1 month | Christian VI | – |
Secretary of War for the Army
Danish: Overkrigssekretærer for Landetaten
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Monarch | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |
| General Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn (1686–1740) | 23 November 1735 | 27 February 1740 | 4 years, 3 months | Christian VI | – |
| 2 |
| General Michael Numsen [da] (1686–1757) | 27 February 1740 | August 1746 | 6 years, 5 months | Christian VI | – |
| 3 |
 | General Count Christian Lerche [da] (1692–1757) | August 1746 | 1753 | 6–7 years | Frederick V | – |
| 4 |
| Field Marshal Count Werner von der Schulenburg [da] (1679–1755) | 1753 | 7 September 1755 † | 1–2 years | Frederick V | – |
| 5 |
| General Count Conrad Ahlefeldt [da] (1707–1791) | September 1755 | October 1763 | 8 years, 1 month | Frederick V | – |
| 6 |
 | Field marshal Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain (1707–1778) | 28 October 1763 | 28 January 1766 | 2 years, 3 months | Frederick V | – |
| 7 |
 | Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz (1707–1778) | 28 January 1766 | 10 December 1770 | 4 years, 10 months | Christian VII | – |
Secretary of War for the Navy
Danish: Overkrigssekretærer for Søetaten
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Monarch | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |
 | General-Admiral-Lieutenant Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe (1703–1770) | 23 November 1735 | August 1746 | 10 years, 8 months | Christian VI | |
| 2 |
| Carl von Holstein [da] (1700–1763) | August 1746 | 6 February 1763 † | 16 years, 6 months | Frederick V | – |
| 3 |
| Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz (1707–1778) | February 1763 | January 1766 | 2 years, 11 months | Frederick V | – |
| (1) |
| General-Admiral-Lieutenant Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe (1703–1770) | 25 August 1766 | 26 October 1767 | 1 year, 2 months | Christian VII | |
| 4 |
 | Admiral Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig [da] (1723–1783) | 28 October 1767 | 18 September 1770 | 2 years, 10 months | Christian VII | |
References
- Citations
- "Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, pp. 422–423.
- Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 279.
- Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, pp. 277, 280.
- Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard 1935a, p. 277.
- Bibliography
- Topsøe-Jensen, T.A.; Marquard, Emil, eds. (1935a). Officerer i Den dansk-norske Søetat 1660-1814 og Den danske Søetat 1814-1932 (in Danish). Vol. I. Copenhagen: Pedersen & Lefevre.
- Topsøe-Jensen, T.A.; Marquard, Emil, eds. (1935b). Officerer i Den dansk-norske Søetat 1660-1814 og Den danske Søetat 1814-1932 (in Danish). Vol. II. Copenhagen: Pedersen & Lefevre.