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Kings¹
c.800 - 810 Godafrid
(Gudfred)
(d. 810)
810 - 812 Heming
(d. 812)
812
Sigifridus II (Sigfred)
(d. 812)
812 - 813
Harald "klak" Halfdanarson
(b. c.785 - d. 852)
(1st time)
812 - 813 Reginfredus
Halfdanarson (d. 814)
813 - 814 Sigifridus
Godafridson
(d. 814)
813 - 854
Rørik Godafridson (Horik I)
(d. 854)
819 - 827 Harald
"klak" Halfdanarson (s.a.)
(2nd time)(co-ruler)
854 - 86. Rørik
(Horik II)
(d. 86.)
8.. - 891
Sigifridus III (Sigfred)
(d. 891)
89. - 90.
Helghi (Helge)
(d. 90.)
90. - c.934
Gnupa Olafsson
(b. 86. - d. c.934)
c.934 - c.936 Sigtryggr
Gnupuson
(b. 89. - d. c.936)
(defeated by Hardeknud
and Gorm)
91. - 93. Hardeknud
Svendsen
(b. 89. - d. 93.)
93. - 958 Gorm
Hardeknudsen "de Gamle" (b. 91. - d. 958)
("the Old")
958 - 1 Nov 986
Harald I "Blåtand" Gormsen
(b. c.935 - d. 986)
("Bluetooth")
1 Nov 986 - 2 Feb 1014 Svend I Haraldsen
"Tveskaeg" (b. c.960 - d. 1014)
(Sweyn "Forkbeard")
3 Feb 1014 - 1018 Harald
II Svendsen
(b. c.989 - d. 1018)
1018 - 12 Nov 1035 Knud I
Svendsen "den store" (b. c.995 - d.
1035)
(Canute "the Great")
Aug 1020 - 25 Dec 1026 Ulf Thorgilsson (acting)
(b. c.993 - d. 1026)
25 Dec 1026 - 12 Nov 1035 Knud III Knudsen Hardeknud
(b. 1018 - d. 1042)
(co-ruler)(Cnute "the
Hardy")
12 Nov 1035 - 8 Jun 1042 Knud III Knudsen
Hardeknud (s.a.)
8 Jun 1042 - 25 Oct 1047 Magnus
I Olavsson "den gode"
(b. c.1024 - d. 1047)
("the Good")
1042 - 25 Oct 1047
Svend Estridsen Ulufson -Regent (b. c.1019
- d. 1076)
(in Jylland)
25 Oct 1047 - 28 Apr 1076 Svend II Estridsen
(Sweyn II) (s.a.)
28 Apr 1076 - 17 Apr 1080 Harald III
(b. c.1041 - d. 1080)
17 Apr 1080 - 10 Jul 1086 Knud IV Svendsen
"den hellige" (b. c.1043 - d. 1086)
(Canute IV "the Saint")
10 Jul 1086 - 18 Aug 1095 Oluf I Svendsen
(b. c.1052 - d. 1095)
18 Aug 1095 - 10 Jul 1103 Erik I Svendsen
Ejegod
(b. c.1056 - d. 1103)
1102 - 1104
Harald Eriksen Kesja (acting)
(b. 1080 - d. 1135)
1104 - 25 Jun 1134 Niels
Svendsen
(b. c.1064 - d. 1134)
4 Jun 1134 - 18 Sep 1137
Erik II Eriksen Emune
(b. c.1090 - d. 1137)
(in opposition to 25 Jun
1134)
18 Sep 1137 - 27 Aug 1146 Erik III Hakunsen
"Lam"("the Lame")(b. 112. - d. 1147)
1140 - 1141
Oluf Haraldsen (in Skåne)
(b. c.1114
- d. 1143)
(in opposition)
27 Aug 1146 - 23 Oct 1154 Svend III Eriksen
Grathe (1st time)(b. 1131 - d. 1157)
1154 - 9 Aug 1157
Knud V Magnussen
(b. c.1130 - d. 1157)
(in opposition in Jylland
1146 - 18 May 1152)
1154 - 9 Aug 1157
Valdemar I Knudsen "den store"
(b. 1131 - d. 1182)
("the Great")(1st
time)(co-ruler)
9 Aug 1157 - 23 Oct 1157 Swen III Eriksen
Grathe (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Oct 1157 - 12 May 1182 Valdemar I Knudsen
"den store" (s.a.)
(2nd time)
25 Jun 1170 - 12 Nov 1202 Knud VI Valdemarsen
(b. 1162? - d. 1202)
(co-ruler to 12 May 1182)
12 Nov 1202 - 28 Mar 1241 Valdemar II Valdemarsen "Sejr"
(b. 1170 - d. 1241)
("the Victorious")
24 Jun 1218 - 28 Nov 1231 Valdemar Valdemarsen
"den unge" (b. 1209 - d. 1231)
("the Younger")(co-ruler)
30 May 1232 - 10 Aug 1250 Erik IV Valdemarsen
(b. 1216 - d. 1250)
(co-ruler to 28 Mar 1241)
10 Aug 1250 - 29 Jun 1252 Abel Valdemarsen
(b. 1218 - d. 1252)
(acting to 1 Nov 1250)
29 Jun 1252 - 29 May 1259 Christoffer I Valdemarsen
(b. 1219 - d. 1259)
28 May 1259 - 22 Nov 1286 Erik V Christoffersen
(b. 1249 - d. 1286)
29 May 1259 - 1266 Margareta
Sambiria (f) -Regent (b. 1230 - d. 1282)
22 Nov 1286 - 13 Nov 1319 Erik VI Christoffersen
(b. 1274 - d. 1319)
22 Nov 1286 - 1293
Agnes zu Brandenburg (f) -Regent (b. c.1259 - d. 1304)
13 Nov 1319 - 7 Jun 1326 Christoffer II
Eriksen (1st time) (b. 1276 - d. 1332)
7 Jun 1326 - 23 Feb 1330 Valdemar III Eriksen
(b. 1315 - d. 1364)
7 Jun 1326 - 23 Feb 1330 Gerhard Graf zu
Holstein und (b. 1292 - d. 1340)
Stormarn -Regent
23 Feb 1330 - 2 Aug 1332 Christoffer II
Eriksen (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Aug 1332 - 24 Jun 1340 Lords
- Gerhard Graf zu Holstein und
(s.a.)
Stormarn (in Nørrejylland & Fyn)
(to 1 Apr 1340)
- Johan Graf zu Holstein und
(b. 1297? - d. 1359)
Stormarn
(in Skane, Sjælland and Laaland)
24 Jun 1340 - 24 Oct 1375 Valdemar IV Christoffersen
(b. 1320 - d. 1375)
24 Oct 1375 - 3 May 1376 Niels Jønsson
Bild
(b. 131. - d. 1379)
(chairman of state council)
3 May 1376 - 3 Aug 1387 Oluf II Haakonsen
(b. 1370 - d. 1387)
3 May 1376 - 12 Sep 1380 King Haakon
VI Magnusson den yngre (b. 1340 - d.
1380)
of Norway
-Regent
3 May 1376 - 3 Aug 1387 Margrethe Valdemarsdatter
(f)Regent(b. 1353 - d. 1412)
(1st time)
3 Aug 1387 - 10 Aug 1387 Magnus Nielsen
(b.
132. - d. 1390)
(chairman of state council)
10 Aug 1387 - 23 Jan 1396 Margrethe I -Queen
(s.a.)
(styled: Denmarks Lady and Master, and
most mighty Guardian of the whole Realm)
23 Jan 1396 - 24 Jun 1439 Erik VII
(b. 1382 - d. 1459)
(Erik XIII of Sweden, Erik II of Norway)
23 Jan 1396 - 28 Oct 1412 Margrethe
Valdemarsdatter (f)Regent(s.a.)
(2nd time)
24 Jun 1439 - 25 Jul 1439 Hans Laksmand (Laxmand)
(b. 138. - d. 1443)
(chairman of state council)
25 Jul 1439 - 9 Apr 1440 Christoffer af Bayern
-Regent (b. 1416 - d. 1448)
9 Apr 1440 - 6 Jan 1448 Christoffer
III
(s.a.)
(Christoffer af Bayern)
6 Jan 1448 - 28 Sep 1448 Tuve Nielsen Juul
(b. 141. - d. 1472)
(chairman of state council)
28 Sep 1448 - 21 May 1481 Christian I (Christiern I)
(b. 1426 - d. 1481)
(elected 1 Sep 1448)
22 May 1481 - 3 Feb 1483 Jens Henningsen Brostrup
(d. 1497)
(chairman of state council)
3 Feb 1483 - 20 Feb 1513 Hans (Hans Christensen)
(b. 1455 - d. 1513)
20 Feb 1513 - 22 Jul 1513 Birger (Byrge)
Gunnersen (b. 1440 - d. 1519)
(chairman of state council)
22 Jul 1513 - 13 Apr 1523 Christian II (Christian Hansen)
(b. 1481 - d. 1559)
13 Apr 1523 - 10 Apr 1533 Frederik
I
(b. 1471 - d. 1533)
(proclaimed in dissidence 26 Mar
1523)
10 Apr 1533 - 6 Aug 1536
Torbern Steensen Bille -Regent
(b. c.1470 - d. 1552)
(chairman of state council)
18 Aug 1534 - 6 Aug 1536 Christof Graf zu Oldenburg
-Regent (b. 1504 - d. 1566)
6 Aug 1536 - 1 Jan 1559
Christian III
(b. 1503 - d. 1559)
(proclaimed in dissidence 4 Jul 1534)
1 Jan 1559 - 14 Apr 1588 Frederik II
(b. 1534 - d. 1588)
14 Apr 1588 - 9 Mar 1648 Christian IV
(b. 1577 - d. 1648)
4 Apr 1588 - 17 Aug 1596 Regency
- Niels Kaas til Taarupgaard
(b. 1534 - d. 1594)
(to 29 Jun 1594)
- Jørgen Rosenkrantz til Rosenholm (b.
1523 - d. 1596)
(to 9 Apr 1596)
- Christoffer Walckendorff
(b. 1525 - d. 1601)
- Peder Munk til Estvadgaard
(b. 1534 - d. 1623)
28 Feb 1648 - 8 May 1648 Corfitz greve af Ulfeld -Regent
(b. 1606 - d. 1664)
9 Mar 1648 - 16 Jul 1648 Christen Thomesen
Sehested -Regent (b. 1590 - d. 1657)
16 Jul 1648 - 19 Feb 1670 Frederik III
(b. 1609 - d. 1670)
19 Feb 1670 - 4 Sep 1699 Christian V
(b. 1646 - d. 1699)
4 Sep 1699 - 12 Oct 1730 Frederik IV
(b. 1671 - d. 1730)
12 Oct 1730 - 6 Aug 1746 Christian VI
(b. 1699 - d. 1746)
6 Aug 1746 - 14 Jan 1766 Frederik V
(b. 1723 - d. 1766)
14 Jan 1766 - 13 Mar 1808 Christian VII
(b. 1749 - d. 1808)
16 Jan 1772 - 14 Apr 1784 Queen Juliane von Braunschweig-
(b. 1729 - d. 1796)
Wolffenbüttel
(f) -Regent
14 Apr 1784 - 13 Mar 1808 Crown Prince Frederik
(b. 1768 - d. 1839)
13 Mar 1808 - 3 Dec 1839 Frederik VI
(s.a.)
3 Dec 1839 - 20 Jan 1848 Christian VIII
(b. 1786 - d. 1848)
20 Jan 1848 - 15 Nov 1863 Frederik VII
(b. 1808 - d. 1863)
15 Nov 1863 - 29 Jan 1906 Christian IX
(b. 1818 - d. 1906)
29 Jan 1906 - 14 May 1912 Frederik VIII
(b. 1843 - d. 1912)
14 May 1912 - 20 Apr 1947 Christian X
(b. 1870 - d. 1947)
(under occupation 9 Apr 1940 - 5 May 1945)
19 Oct 1942 - 15 May 1943 Crown Prince Frederik -Regent
(b. 1899 - d. 1972)
7 Apr 1947 - 20 Apr 1947
Crown Prince Frederik -Regent (s.a.)
20 Apr 1947 - 14 Jan 1972 Frederik IX
(s.a.)
Queen¹
14 Jan 1972 -
Margrethe II
(b. 1940)
Stewards of the Realm (Rigets Hofmestere)
1373
Frentzel
1385
Degenhard Buggenhagen
1387
Bent Byg Grubbe
(d. 1391)
1397
Mikkel Rud til Skjoldnæs
(d. af.1401)
1400 - 1409 Jens
Due (1st time) (d.
af.1419)
1412 - 1413 Anders
Jacobsen Lunge (1st time)
1414 - 1416 Jens
Due (2nd time) (s.a.)
1417 - 1423 Anders
Jacobsen Lunge (2nd time)
1424
Erik Segebodsen Krummedige
(d. 1439)
1439 - 1440 Albrecht
Morer
1441 - 1442 Erik
Nielsen Gyldenstjerne
1445 - 1452 Otte
Nielsen Rosenkrantz
1453 - 1456 Niels
Eriksen Gyldenstjerne
1456 - 1480 Erik
Ottesen Rosenkrantz (b. c.1427 - d. 1503)
1482 - 1487 Strange
Nielsen Strangesen Bild
1489 - 22 Jun 1502 Poul Laxmand
(d.
1502)
22 Jul 1513 - 2 Nov 1516 Niels Rosenkrantz til Bjørnholm
(b. 146. - d. 1516)
2 Nov 1516 - 5 Apr 1544 Mogens Gjøe til Krenkerup
(b. 147. - d. 1544)
(acting to 26 Mar 1523)
5 Ap 1544 - 1547 Johan Friis
til Hesselager (b. 1494 - d. 1570)
(1st time)(acting)
1547 - 9 Feb 1552 Eske Bilde (Bille)
til Svanholm (b. c.1480 - d. 1552)
9 Feb 1552 - 7 Jan 1559 Johan Friis til Hesselager
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
7 Jan 1559 - 3 Jul 1565 Eyler Hardenberg til Mattrup
og (b. 150. - d. 1565)
Widtoft
3 Jul 1565 - 17 Aug 1567 Johan Friis til Hesselager
(s.a.)
(2rd time)(acting)
17 Aug 1567 - 24 Oct 1575 Peder Oxe til Gisselfeld
(b. 1520 - d. 1575)
24 Oct 1575 - 29 Jun 1594 Niels Kaas til Taarupgaard (acting)(b.
1534 - d. 1594)
29 Jun 1594 - 17 Jan 1601 Christoffer Valkendorff til Glorup
(b. 1525 - d. 1601)
(acting to 7 Jun 1596)
17 Jan 1601 - 29 Jul 1616 Christian Friis til Borreby
(b. 1556 - d. 1616)
(acting)
1 Dec 1616 - 5 Apr 1632 Christian Friis til Kragerup
(b. 1581 - d. 1639)
(1st time)(acting)
5 Apr 1632 - 5 Nov 1632 Frands Rantzau til Rantzausholm
(b. 1604 - d. 1632)
5 Nov 1632 - 1 Oct 1639 Christian Friis til Kragerup
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
1 Oct 1639 - May 1640 Jørgen Urne til Alslev
(acting) (b. 1598 - d. 1642)
May 1640 - 1 Apr 1643 Christian Sehested til Stougaard
(b. 1590 - d. 1657)
(1st time)(acting)
1 Apr 1643 - 13 Jul 1651 Corfitz, greve af Ulfeld til
(b. 1606 - d. 1664)
Ulfeldsholm
13 Jul 1651 - 29 Oct1652 Christian Sehested til Stougaard
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
29 Oct 1652 - 26 Oct 1660 Joachim Gersdorff til Tunbyholm
(b. 1611 - d. 1661)
Chairmen of the State College (Præsides
i Statscollegio)
26 Oct 1660 - 19 Apr 1661 Joachim Gersdorff til Tunbyholm
(s.a.)
19 Apr 1661 - 23 Aug 1661 Peder Reetz til Tygestrup (acting)
(b. 1614 - d. 1674)
23 Aug 1661 - 8 Nov 1663 Christian Rantzau, greve von
(b. 1614 - d. 1663)
Rantzau
8 Nov 1663 - 10 Jul 1674 Peder Reetz til Tygestrup
(b. 1614 - d. 1674)
26 Nov 1673 - 3 Aug 1674 Peder, greve af Griffenfeld
(b. 1635 - d. 1699)
(Schumacher)(acting)
Grand Chancellors (Storcantzlere)
3 Aug 1674 - 11 Mar 1676 Peder, greve af Griffenfeld til
(s.a.)
Samøe
11 Mar 1676 - 13 May 1676 Ove Juel til Willestrup (acting)
(b. 1615 - d. 1686)
13 May 1676 - 7 Jul 1686 Friderich, greve Ahlefeldt til
(b. 1623 - d. 1686)
Søgaard
7 Jul 1686 - 1 May 1690 Michael Wibe til Freienfeld
(b. 1627 - d. 1690)
(acting)
Chairmen of the Secret council (Præsides
i Geheime-Conseilet)
1 May 1690 - 25 Aug 1699 Ulrich Friderich,
greve Gyldenløve (b. 1638 - d. 1704)
til Laurwig
26 Jul 1690 - 31 Dec 1690 Jens Juel til Førslevgaard,
(b. 1631 - d. 1700)
friherre
til Juellinge
(acting for Gyldenløve)
Grand Chancellor (Storkansler)
26 Aug 1699 - 21 Jul 1708 Conrad, greve von Reventlow
til (b. 1644 - d. 1708)
Clausholm
Chairmen of the Secret council
31 Jul 1708 - 17 May 1710 Christian von Lenthe zu Zarlhausen
(b. 1649 - d. 1725)
17 May 1710 - 8 Jul 1717 Otto Krabbe til Egholm og
(b. 1641 - d. 1719)
Holmegaard
8 Jul 1717 - 20 Jun 1721 Christian Sehested til
Ravnholt (b. 1666 - d. 1740)
Grand Chancellor
20 Jun 1721 - 11 Oct 1730 Ulrich Adolf, greve Holstein
zu (b. 1664 - d. 1737)
zu Holsteinborg
Chairmen of the Secret council
11 Oct 1730 - 26 Dec 1730 Johan Georg von Holstein zu
(b. 1662 - d. 1730)
Møllenhagen
26 Dec 1730 - 18 Jan 1734 Christian Ludwig von Plessen zu
(b. 1676 - d. 1752)
Glorup
18 Jan 1734 - 27 Apr 1740 Ivar Rosencrantz
til Rosenholm (b. 1674 - d. 1745)
27 Apr 1740 - 29 Jan 1763 Johan Ludwig Holstein
zu Ledreborg (b. 1694 - d. 1763)
(from 31 Mar 1750, greve Holstein
zu Ledreborg)
29 Jan 1763 - 16 Sep 1770 Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorf
(b. 1712 - d. 1772)
(from 14 Feb 1767, greve von Bernstorff)
16 Sep 1770 - 10 Dec 1770 Otto, greve Thott til Gavnøe
(b. 1703 - d. 1785)
10 Dec 1770 - 14 Jul 1771 the King
Secret Cabinet Minister (Gehejmecabinetsminister)
14 Jul 1771 - 17 Jan 1772 Johann Fridrich Struensee,
(b. 1737 - d. 1772)
(from 22 Jul 1771) greve Struensee
Chairmen of the Privy Council (Præsides
i Gehejmestatsraadet)
18 Jan 1772 - 10 Sep 1785 Otto, greve Thott til
Gavnøe (s.a.)
1 Dec 1780 - 14 Jun 1784 Ove Høegh-Guldberg
(b. 1731 - d. 1808)
(acting for Thott)
10 Sep 1785 - 3 Jun 1788 Joachim Otto Schack-Rathlou til
(b. 1728 - d. 1800)
Sneumgaard
3 Jun 1788 - 21 Jun 1797 Andreas Peter, greve
von
(b. 1735 - d. 1797)
Bernstorff
21 Jun 1797 - 7 Dec 1813 Ernst Heinrich, greve
von (b. 1747 - d. 1831)
Schimmelmann
7 Dec 1813 - 24 Aug 1818 Joachim Godske, greve
von Moltke (b. 1746 - d. 1818)
til Bregentved
5 Oct 1818 - 7 Jan 1824 Niels Rosenkrantz
til Ryegaard (b. 1757 - d. 1824)
7 Jan 1824 - 11 Jan 1827 Fredrik Julius von Kaas
(b. 1758 - d. 1827)
11 Jan 1827 - 26 Feb 1842 Johan Sigismund von Møsting
(b. 1759 - d. 1843)
26 Feb 1842 - 30 Mar 1842 Otto Joachim, greve Moltke
(b. 1770 - d. 1853)
til
Espe
30 Mar 1842 - 22 Mar 1848 Poul Christian Stemann
(b. 1764 - d. 1855)
Prime ministers
22 Mar 1848 - 27 Jan 1852 Adam Wilhelm, greve Moltke
(b. 1785 - d. 1864) Non-party
til Bregentved
27 Jan 1852 - 21 Apr 1853 Christian Albrecht Bluhme
(b. 1794 - d. 1866) Con
(1st time)
21 Apr 1853 - 12 Dec 1854 Anders Sandøe
Ørsted
(b. 1788 - d. 1860) Con
12 Dec 1854 - 18 Oct 1856 Peder Georg Bang
(b. 1797 - d. 1861) Con
(acting to 5 Jan 1855)
24 Jun 1855 - 4 Aug 1855 Ludvig Nicolaus
Scheele (b. 1796 -
d. 1874) Con
(acting for Bang)
11 Jul 1856 - 22 Aug 1856 Ludvig Nicolaus Scheele
(s.a.)
Con
(acting for Bang)
18 Oct 1856 - 13 May 1857 Carl Christopher Georg
Andrae (b. 1812 - d. 1893) Non-party
13 May 1857 - 2 Dec 1859 Carl Christian Hall (1st
time) (b. 1812 - d. 1888) NL
2 Dec 1859 - 8 Feb 1860 Carl Edvard Rotwitt
(b. 1812 - d. 1860) FF
8 Feb 1860 - 24 Feb 1860 Carl Frederik Axel Bror,
baron (b. 1822 - d. 1873) Con
Blixen-Finecke (acting)
24 Feb 1860 - 31 Dec 1863 Carl Christian Hall (2nd time)
(s.a.)
NL
31 Dec 1863 - 11 Jul 1864 Ditlev Gothard Monrad
(b. 1811 - d. 1887) NL
11 Jul 1864 - 6 Nov 1865 Christian Albrecht Bluhme
(s.a.)
Con
(2nd time)
6 Nov 1865 - 28 May 1870 Christian Emil, greve
Krag (b.
1817 - d. 1896) Con
(from 8 Jul 1867, Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs)
28 May 1870 - 14 Jul 1874 Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman,
(b. 1815 - d. 1892) Con
greve Holstein
14 Jul 1874 - 11 Jun 1875 Christen Andreas
Fonnesbech (b. 1817 - d.
1880) Con
11 Jun 1875 - 7 Aug 1894 Jakob Brønnum
Scavenius Estrup (b. 1825 - d. 1913) Rp
7 Aug 1894 - 23 May 1897 Kjeld Thor
Tage Otto, baron (b. 1839 - d. 1923)
Rp
Reedtz-Thott
23 May 1897 - 27 Apr 1900 Hugo Egmont Hørring
(b. 1842 - d. 1909) Rp
27 Apr 1900 - 24 Jul 1901 Hannibal Sehested til Broholm
(b. 1842 - d. 1924) Rp
24 Jul 1901 - 15 Jan 1905 Johan Hendrik Deuntzer
(b. 1845 - d. 1918) LP-V
15 Jan 1905 - 11 Oct 1908 Jens Christian Christensen
(b. 1856 - d. 1930) LP-V
11 Oct 1908 - 16 Aug 1909 Niels Thomasius Neergaard
(b. 1854 - d. 1936) LP-V
(1st time)
16 Aug 1909 - 28 Oct 1909 Johan Ludvig Carl Christian,
(b. 1839 - d. 1912) LP-V
greve Holstein-Ledreborg
28 Oct 1909 - 4 Jul 1910 Carl Theodor Zahle (1st
time) (b. 1866 - d. 1946) RV
4 Jul 1910 - 21 Jun 1913 Klaus Berntsen
(b. 1844 - d. 1927) LP-V
21 Jun 1913 - 30 Mar 1920 Carl Theodor Zahle (2nd time)
(s.a.)
RP
30 Mar 1920 - 5 Apr 1920 Carl Julius Otto Liebe
(b. 1860 - d. 1929) Non-party
5 Apr 1920 - 5 May 1920 Michael Petersen
Friis
(b. 1857 - d. 1949) Non-party
5 May 1920 - 23 Apr 1924 Niels Thomasius Neergaard
(s.a.)
LP-V
(2nd time)
23 Apr 1924 - 13 Dec 1926 Thorvald August Marinus Stauning
(b. 1873 - d. 1942) SD
(1st time)
13 Dec 1926 - 28 Apr 1929 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
(b. 1876 - d. 1943) KF
28 Apr 1929 - 1 May 1942 Thorvald August Marinus
Stauning (s.a.)
SP
(2nd time)
1 May 1942 - 10 Nov 1942 Vilhelm Buhl (1st time)
(b. 1881 - d. 1954) SD
(acting to 4 May 1942)
10 Nov 1942 - 5 May 1945² Erik
Julius Christian Scavenius (b. 1877 - d. 1962) Non-party
29 Aug 1943 - 5 May 1945 Nils Svenningsen (acting)
(b. 1894 - d. 1985) Non-party
5 May 1945 - 8 Nov 1945 Vilhelm Buhl (2nd time)
(s.a.)
SD
8 Nov 1945 - 13 Nov 1947 Knud Kristensen
(b. 1880 - d. 1962) LP-V
13 Nov 1947 - 27 Oct 1950 Hans Hedtoft (1st time)
(b. 1903 - d. 1955) SD
27 Oct 1950 - 30 Sep 1953 Erik Eriksen
(b. 1902 - d. 1972) LP-V
30 Sep 1953 - 29 Jan 1955 Hans Hedtoft (2nd time)
(s.a.)
SD
29 Jan 1955 - 19 Feb 1960 Hans Christian Svane Hansen
(b. 1906 - d. 1960) SD
(acting to 1 Feb 1955)
19 Feb 1960 - 3 Sep 1962 Olfert Viggo Fischer
Kampmann
(b. 1910 - d. 1976) SD
(acting to 21 Feb 1960)
6 May 1962 - 15 Aug 1962 Jens Otto Krag
(b.
1914 - d. 1978) SD
(acting for Kampmann)
28 Aug 1962 - 18 Feb 1968 Jens Otto Krag (1st time)
(s.a.) SD
(acting for Kampmann to
3 Sep 1962)
18 Feb 1968 - 9 Oct 1971 Hilmar Tormod Ingolf
Baunsgaard (b. 1920 -
d. 1989) RV
9 Oct 1971 - 5 Oct 1972 Jens Otto
Krag (2nd time) (s.a.)
SD
5 Oct 1972 - 18 Dec 1973 Anker Henrik
Jørgensen (1st time) (b. 1922)
SD
18 Dec 1973 - 13 Feb 1975 Poul Hartling
(b. 1914 - d. 2000) LP-V
13 Feb 1975 - 10 Sep 1982 Anker Henrik Jørgensen
(2nd time) (s.a.)
SD
10 Sep 1982 - 25 Jan 1993 Poul Holmskov
Schlüter
(b. 1929)
KF
25 Jan 1993 - 27 Nov 2001 Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
(b. 1943)
SD
27 Nov 2001 - 5 Apr 2009 Anders Fogh Rasmussen
(b. 1953)
LP-V
5 Apr 2009 - 3 Oct 2011 Lars Løkke Rasmussen
(b. 1964)
LP-V
3 Oct 2011 -
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (f) (b. 1966)
SD
German Plenipotentiaries
9 Apr 1940 - 5 Nov 1942 Cecil von Renthe-Fink
(b. 1885 - d. 1964) NSDAP
5 Nov 1942 - 5 May 1945 Werner Best
(b. 1903 - d. 1989) NSDAP
Commanders of German Troops
9 Apr 1940 - 31 May 1940 Leonhard Kaupisch
(b. 1878 - d. 1945)
1 Jun 1940 - 26 Sep 1942 Erich Lüdke
(b. 1882 - d. 1946)
27 Sep 1942 - 26 Jan 1945 Hermann von Hanneken
(b. 1890 - d. 1981)
27 Jan 1945 - 5 May 1945 Georg Lindemann
(b. 1884 - d. 1963)
Head of the Allied Military Administration
5 May 1945 - Aug 1945 Richard
Henry Dewing (U.K.) (b. 1891
- d. 1981)
Chairmen of the Free Danish Council³
30 Sep 1940 - 15 May 1942 Karl Gustav Anker-Petersen
(b. 1898 - d. 1956)
(acting; in London exile)
15 May 1942 - 5 May 1945 John Guido Leo Christmas
Møller (b. 1898 - d. 1948)
(acting; in London exile)
Note: Freedom Council (Frihedsråd) was formed to unify the various resistance groups in Denmark. six persons formed the council on 16 Sep 1943, which was later expanded to 15 persons. There was no leader or president. These were the members as announced after the liberation.
Freedom Council
16 Sep 1943 - 1945
Council Members
- Niels Banke (from 194.)
(b. 1907 - d. 1983)
- Carl Adolf Bodelsen (from 1944)
(b. 1894 - d. 1978)
- Ole Chievitz (from 1944)
(b. 1883 - d. 1946)
- Mogens Fog (to 1944)
(b. 1904 - d. 1990)
- Erling Foss
(b. 1897 - d. 1982)
(from 1944, in Sweden)
- Børge Houmann
(b. 1904 - d. 1994)
- Erik Husfeldt (194. - 194.)
(b. 1901 - d. 1984)
- Frode Jakobsen
(b. 1906 - d. 1997)
- Alfred Jensen (194. - 194.)
(b. 1903 - d. 1988)
- Flemming B. Muus
(b. 1907 - d. 1982)
- Arne Nøe-Nygaard (to 1943)
(b. 1908 - d. 1991)
- Aage Schoch (to 1944)
(b. 1898 - d. 1968)
- Arne Sørensen (from 1943)
(b. 1906 - d. 1978)
- Hans Øllgaard (from 1944)
(b. 1888 - d. 1979)
- Ole Lippmann (from 194.)
(b. 1916 – d. 2002)
- Ebbe Munck (in Stockholm)
(b. 1905 – d. 1974)
- John Christmas Møller
(b. 1894 – d. 1948)
(in London)
- Thomas Døssing (in Moscow)
(b. 1887 – d. 1947)
¹Full style of the ruler:
(a) 18 Oct 1487 - 13 Apr 1523: Med Guds Nåde Danmarks
Sveriges Norges Vendes og Gotes Konge, Hertug i Slesvig Holsten Stormarn
og Ditmarsken, Greve i Oldenborg og Delmenhorst ("with the Grace
of God, of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Wends and Goths King, Duke in Schleswig,
Holstein, Stormarn and Ditmarschen, Count in Oldenburg
and Delmenhorst");
(b) 21 Aug 1524 - 19 Feb 1670: Med Guds Nåde Danmarks
Norges Vendes og Gotes Konge, Hertug i Slesvig Holsten Stromarn og Ditmarsken,
Greve i Oldenborg og Delmenhorst ("with the Grace of God,
of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and Goths King, Duke in Schleswig, Holstein,
Stormarn, Ditmarschen, Count in Oldenburg and Delmenhorst");
(c) 19 Feb 1670 - 22 Mar 1777: af Guds Nåde,
Konge til Danmark og Norge, de Venders og Goters, Hertug til Slesvig, Holsten,
Stormarn og Ditmersken, Greve i Oldenborg og Delmenhorst ("by
the Grace of God, King to Denmark and Norway, the Wends and Goths, Duke to
Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn and Ditmarschen, Count
in Oldenburg and Delmenhorst");
(d) 22 Mar 1777 - 7 Feb 1814: af Guds Nåde
Konge til Danmark og Norge, de Venders og Goters, Hertug til Slesvig,
Holsten, Stormarn, Ditmarsken og Oldenborg ("by
the Grace of God, King to Denmark and Norway, the Wends and Goths, Duke
to Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarschen, and Oldenburg");
(e) 7 Feb 1814 - 9 Jun 1815: Af Guds Nåde Konge til Danmark,
de Venders og Goters, Hertug til Slesvig, Holsten, Stormarn, Ditmarsken,
Oldenborg og Pommern, Fyrste til Rügen ("by the
Grace of God, King to Denmark, the Wends and Goths, Duke to Schleswig, Holstein,
Stormarn, Ditmarschen, Oldenburg and Pomerania, Prince of Rugen");
(f) 9 Jun 1815 - 1 Dec 1918: Af Guds Nåde Konge
til Danmark, de Venders og Goters, Hertug til Slesvig, Holsten, Stormarn,
Ditmarsken, Lauenborg og Oldenborg ("by the Grace of God,
King to Denmark, the Wends and Goths, Duke to Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarschen,
Oldenburg and Pomerania, Prince of Rugen");
(g) 1 Dec 1918 - 17 Jun 1944: af Guds Nåde
Konge til Danmark og Island, de Venders og Goters, Hertug til Slesvig, Holsten,
Stormarn, Ditmarsken, Lauenborg og Oldenborg ("by the Grace
of God, King to Denmark, of Iceland, the Wends and Goths, Duke to Schleswig,
Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarschen, Lauenburg, and
Oldenburg");
(h) 17 Jun 1944 - 15 Jan 1972: Af Guds Nåde, Konge/Dronning
til Danmark, de Venders og Goters ("by the Grace of God, King/Queen
of Denmark, the Wends and the Goths");
(i) from 15 Jan 1972: af Guds Nåde Danmarks Dronning
("by the Grace of God Queen of Denmark").
²Prime Minister Scavenius and his government laid down their functions 29 Aug 1943. From then the Germans governed Denmark alone. However, Scavenius and his government constitutionally still were Denmark's government until 1945.
³External resistance against the Germans started immediately in 1940, the Danish diplomatic representatives abroad refusing to recognize the new situation created by the occupation. The most important among them was Henrik Kauffmann, the Minister to the U.S., who, in 1941, placed Greenland under American protection. This was soon followed by the establishment, in London, of a Danish Council, acting as a representative of the Free Danish. The Council had no Chairman for most of the war. It was only in the last month before the liberation that Frode Jacobsen (s.a.)(the founder of the Council) emerged as de facto leader. The Council continued to function for some time after liberation.
Noble title: Greve = Count
Territorial Disputes: Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute
Denmark's claim that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond
200 nm; Faroese continue to study proposals for full independence; sovereignty
dispute with Canada over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere
Island and Greenland; Denmark (Greenland) and Norway have made submissions
to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) and Russia
is collecting additional data to augment its 2001 CLCS submission;
Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, and the
UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall
area) remains dormant.
Party abbreviations: KF = Konservative Folkeparti
(Conservative People's Party, center-right, former Højre,
est.1915); LP-V = Danmarks Liberale Parti "Venstre" (Liberal
Party of Denmark "Left", moderate-liberal, est.1870 as Agrarian Party);
RP = Radikale Parti (Radical Party); RV = Radikale Venestre
(Radical Left [Social Liberal] Party, social-liberal, est.1905); SD
= Socialdemokratiet i Danmark (Social Democracy in Denmark, social-democratic,
est.1871);
- Former parties: Con = Højre
(Conservative Party, 1848-1866); FF = Bondevennernes
Selskab (Society of the Friends of Farmers, agrarian, 1846-72);
NL = Nationalliberale (National Liberal, liberal 1830s-c.1880);
NSDAP = Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist
German Workers Party, Nazi fascist, authoritarian, Germany nationalist);
Rp = Højre (Right Party, conservative,
1881-1915)
Anholt Island
May 1809 - 15 Jan 1814 British occupation.
British Commandants
3 May 1809 - 17 May 1810 Edward Nicolls (b. 1779 – d. 1865)
(Governor and Commandant)
Aug 1810 - Sep 1812 James Wilkes Maurice (b. 1775 – d. 1857)
7 Sep 1812 - 24 Apr 1813 T.B. Campbell
Apr 1813 - 15 Jan 1814 ....
Bornholm Island
17 Jun 1645 - 29 Oct 1645 Swedish occupation.
15 Mar 1658 - 9 Dec 1658 Swedish occupation.
9 Apr 1940 - 9 May 1945 German occupation
(subordinated to Denmark
occupation forces).
9 May 1945 - 5 Apr 1946 Soviet Union occupation.
Swedish Commanders
17 Jun 1645 - 29 Oct 1645 John Burdon
15 Mar 1658 - 8 Dec 1658 Johan Printzenskold
(b. 1618 - d. 1658)
German Commandants
Oct 1940 - May 1941 Georg West
(b.
1872 - d. 19..)
May 1941 - Oct 1942 Hans Köhler
(b. 1902 - d. 1949)
Oct 1942 - Aug 1943 Eduard Rabe
(b. 1890 - d. 19..)
Aug 1943 - Jul 1944 Joachim von Rosenberg
(b. 1891 - d. 1944)
30 Jul 1944 - 1 Mar 1945 Robert Wilhelm Moraht
(b. 1884 - d. 1956)
5 Mar 1945 - 6 May 1945 Gerhard von
Kamptz
(b. 1902 - d. 1998)
6 May 1945 - 9 May 1945 Rolf Wuthmann
(b. 1893 - d. 1977)
Soviet Military Governors
9 May 1945 - 22 May 1945 P.D. Strebkov (acting)
22 May 1945 - 13 Jul 1945 Fyodor Fyodorovich Korotkov
(b. 1902 - d. 1973)
13 Jul 1945 - 5 Apr 1946 Aleksandr Vasilyevich
Yakushev
Jutland
8 Nov 1657 - 26 Feb 1658 Jutland peninsula occupied
by Sweden.
8 Mar 1864 - 16 Nov 1864 Jutland peninsula occupied
by Prussia and Austria.
Swedish Military Governor
8 Nov 1657 - 26 Feb 1658 Jakob Kasimir de
la Gardie (b. 1629 - d.
1658)
Prussian Commanders of the Allied Army
8 Mar 1864 - 18 May 1864 Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Graf
von (b. 1784 - d. 1877)
Wrangel
18 May 1864 - 24 Jun 1864 Friedrich Karl von Preussen
(b. 1828 - d. 1885)
Prussian Military governor of Jutland
24 Jun 1864 - 16 Nov 1864 Ernst Eduard Vogel von
(b. 1797 - d. 1885)
Falckenstein
Supreme Civil Commissioners
18 May 1864 - 16 Nov 1864 Adolf Prinz zu Hohenlohe-
(b. 1797 - d. 1873)
Ingelfingen
18 May 1864 - 16 Nov 1864 Anton Freiherr Halbhuber
von (b. 1809 - d. 1886)
Festwill
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