List of Danish full generals

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This is a list of full generals in the Royal Danish Army and Air Force. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers. It ranks above lieutenant general and was prior to 1842 below general field marshal.

List of generals

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Appointed Retired Branch Ref.
File:Poul Vendelbo de Løvenørn.jpg Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn
(1686–1740) 		1738
As general of the cavalry 		27 February 1740 † File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [1]
Conrad Ahlefeldt [da]
(1707–1791) 		1763
As general of the cavalry 		25 January 1771 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [2]
File:Heinrich Wilhelm von Huth.jpg Heinrich Wilhelm von Huth [da]
(1717–1806) 		17 January 1772
As general of the infantry 		File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [3]
File:Johann Valentin Tischbein - Ernst Friedrich III of Saxony-Hildburghausen.jpg Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
(1727–1780) 		1763
As general of the infantry 		3 July 1765 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [4]
File:HGM De la Pegna Finkenfang bei Maxen (cropped).jpg Friedrich August von Finck
(1718–1766) 		21 October 1764
As general of the infantry 		24 February 1766 † File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [5]
File:Peder Als - Andreas Hauch, kommandant på Kronborg - KMS7417 - Statens Museum for Kunst.jpg Andreas Hauch [da]
(1708–1782) 		21 October 1774
As general of the infantry 		19 May 1782 † File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [6]
Caspar Moltke [da]
(1738–1800) 		11 October 1791
As general of the cavalry 		17 April 1800 † File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [6]
File:Ernst Peymann 1735-1823.jpg Ernst Peymann
(1737–1823) 		2 January 1795
As general of the infantry 		18 January 1809 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [7]
File:Christoph Wilhelm Wohlien - Portræt af Frederik VI.jpg Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark
(1768–1839) 		3 December 1839 † Royalty
File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army
File:Frederik Carl Christian Ulrik Ahlefeldt.jpg Frederik Carl Christian Ulrik Ahlefeldt Laurvigen [da]
(1742–1825) 		22 February 1808 1808 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [8]
File:Adam Ludvig Moltke.jpg Adam Ludvig Moltke [da]
(1743–1810) 		1 April 1808 11 March 1808 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [9]
File:Prinds Frederik af Hessen.png Prince Frederik of Hesse
(1771–1845) 		1808 1842[lower-alpha 1] Royalty
File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army 		[10]
Prince Christian of Hesse
(1776–1814) 		1 January 1812 14 November 1814 † Royalty
File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army 		[11]
File:Christian Hornemann - Portræt af den unge Kong Christian VIII.png Crown Prince Christian of Denmark
(1786–1848) 		28 January 1812 20 January 1848 † Royalty
File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army 		[11]
File:Frederik August Emil.jpg Emil of Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Augustenborg [da]
(1767–1841) 		31 July 1815 ? File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [12]
Carl Friederich Bielefeldt [da]
(1752–1825) 		1815 ? File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [13]
File:Joachim Castenschiold.jpg Joachim Castenschiold
(1743–1817) 		5 November 1809 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [14]
File:Arveprins Ferdinand.jpg Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
(1792–1863) 		1 August 1829 29 June 1863 † Royalty
File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army 		[15]
File:Frantz Christopher (von) Bülow - David Monies (cropped).jpg Frantz Bülow [da]
(1769–1844) 		1 January 1840
(À la suite) 		File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [16]
File:Otto Blome.jpg Otto von Blome
(1770–1849) 		27 February 1841 ? File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [17]
File:Frederik Caspar Conrad Frieboe (cropped).jpg Frederik Caspar Conrad Frieboe [da]
(1767–1846) 		1 July 1842
(À la suite) 		File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [18]
File:Frederik 7 of Denmark.jpg Frederick VII of Denmark
(1808–1863) 		20 January 1848 15 November 1863 † Royalty [19]
File:Wilhelmvonhessenkassel.jpg Prince William of Hesse-Kassel
(1787–1867) 		28 February 1848 5 September 1867 † Royalty [20]
File:Kristian 9.jpg Christian IX of Denmark
(1818–1906) 		15 November 1863 29 January 1906 † Royalty [21]
File:Christian de Meza.jpg Christian de Meza
(1792–1865) 		19 December 1864 1 April 1865
(À la suite) 		File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [18]
File:Otto Bülow by Chr. E. Jørgensen 02.jpg Otto Bülow [da]
(1812–1895) 		18 September 1867 3 April 1882 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [22]
File:Gustav Castenskiold by Hansen, Schou & Weller.jpg Gustav Castenskiold [da]
(1815–1886) 		18 September 1867 8 August 1885 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [23]
File:Frederik Dreyer 1814-1898.jpg Frederik Dreyer [da]
(1814–1898) 		18 September 1867 31 March 1881 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [24]
File:Henri Alexandre Antoine de Dompierre de Jonquières by Thora Hallager.jpg Henri de Dompierre de Jonquières [da]
(1816–1879) 		18 September 1867 ? File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [25][26]
File:Max Müller 1808-1884.jpg Friedemann Maximilian Müller [da]
(1808–1884) 		18 September 1867 1 January 1879 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [27]
File:Johan Waldemar Neergaard by Georg E. Hansen.jpg Johan Waldemar Neergaard [da]
(1810–1879) 		18 September 1867 14 December 1877 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [28]
File:Georg Julius Wilhelm Nielsen by J.A. Schultz.jpg Georg Julius Wilhelm Nielsen [da]
(1811–1891) 		18 September 1867 1 April 1881 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [29]
File:Paul Ulrich Scharffenberg by Hansen & Weller.jpg Paul Scharffenberg [da]
(1810–1882) 		18 September 1867 21 April 1879 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [30]
File:Peter Frederik Steinmann 1812-1894 by Eduard Hansen.jpg Peter Frederik Steinmann
(1812–1894) 		18 September 1867
14 December 1877 		11 June 1875
3 April 1882 		File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [31]
File:Frederik Christian Stiernholm by Emil Rye.jpg Frederik Stiernholm [da]
(1822–1879) 		18 September 1867 21 April 1879 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [32]
File:Wilhelm Carl Bernt Stricker by F.F. Petersen.jpg Wilhelm Carl Bernt Stricker [da]
(1817–1885) 		18 September 1867 26 August 1885 † File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [33]
File:Ernst Wilster.jpg Ernst Wilster [da]
(1808–1881) 		18 September 1867 14 December 1877 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [34]
File:Philipp Wörishöffer.jpg Philipp Wörishöffer [da]
(1804–1892) 		18 September 1867 2 April 1874 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [35]
File:Frederic8-(1863-1868).jpeg Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
(1843–1912) 		18 September 1867 14 May 1912 † Royalty [36]
File:Ernst du Plat by Hansen & Weller.jpg Ernst du Plat [da]
(1816–1892) 		24 September 1870 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [37]
File:Eduard Schreiber.jpg Edvard Valentin Schreiber
(1822–1892) 		8 October 1870 13 November 1889 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [38]
File:Wolfgang Haffner in uniform.jpg Wolfgang von Haffner
(1810–1887) 		30 August 1871
(À la suite) 		23 December 1872 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [39]
File:Carl Wolle by Hansen, Schou & Weller.jpg Carl Wolle [da]
(1813–1893) 		22 April 1874 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [40]
File:Christian Bauditz by Pacht & Crone.jpg Christian Bauditz [da]
(1815–1909) 		23 April 1874 29 January 1885 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [41]
File:Christian Albert Frederik Thomsen by Hansen & Weller.jpg Christian Albert Frederik Thomsen [da]
(1827–1896) 		16 July 1874
Out of number 		? File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [42]
File:Stefan Ankjær by V.E. Svendsen.jpg Stephan Ankjær [da]
(1820–1892) 		16 July 1874 15 October 1888 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [43]
File:Poul Egede Glahn by N.E. Sinding.jpg Poul Egede Glahn [da]
(1811–1896) 		17 December 1876
(À la suite) 		File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [44][45]
File:Jacob Ernst by Jens Petersen.jpg Jacob Ernst [da]
(1820–1897) 		31 July 1877 21 July 1890 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [46]
File:Wilhelm Frederik Ludvig Kauffmann by Elfelt.jpg Wilhelm Kauffmann [da]
(1821–1892) 		1 January 1879 18 March 1891 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [47]
File:Lorentz August Bie.jpg Lorentz August Bie [da]
(1815–1891) 		10 January 1879 29 January 1885 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [48]
File:Johan Ditlev Høst by Hansen, Schou & Weller.jpg Johan Ditlev Høst [da]
(1818–1882) 		21 April 1879 9 February 1882 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [49]
File:Ludolph Fog by Ludvig Kjær.jpg Ludolph Fog [da]
(1825–1897) 		21 April 1879 1895 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [50]
File:Heinrich Theodor Wenck.jpg Heinrich Theodor Wenck [da]
(1810–1885) 		15 December 1879
(À la suite) 		File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [51]
File:Prince Wilhelm - Hans Mehlert.jpg Prince Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg [da]
(1816–1893) 		1880 5 September 1893 † Royalty [20]
File:Gustav the 5th., Swedish king, the son of Oscar the 2nd, king in1907 No-nb bldsa 1c050.jpg Gustaf V of Sweden
(1858–1950) 		20 December 1907 29 October 1950 † Royalty [52]
File:Britain Before the First World War; Edward VII Q107143.jpg Edward VII of England
(1841–1910) 		22 April 1908 6 May 1910 † Royalty [53]
File:Emperor Francis Joseph.jpg Franz Joseph I of Austria
(1830–1916) 		11 May 1908 21 November 1916 † Royalty [53]
File:Christian X - Peter Elfelt.jpg Christian X of Denmark
(1870–1947) 		15 May 1912 20 April 1947 † Royalty [52]
File:Grand Duke of Meck. Schwerin LCCN2014697714.jpg Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(1882–1945) 		19 July 1913 17 November 1945 † Royalty [52]
File:King George VI LOC matpc.14736 A (cropped).jpg George VI of the United Kingdom
(1895–1952) 		13 December 1937 6 February 1952 † Royalty [54]
File:Portrait of Gustaf, King of Sweden, Bestanddeelnr 907-0653 (cropped 2).jpg Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
(1882–1973) 		24 March 1952 15 September 1973 † Royalty [55]
File:Frederick IX in 1947 Crop.png Frederik IX of Denmark
(1899–1972) 		20 April 1947 14 January 1972 † Royalty [55]
File:General Kurt Rudolph Ramberg.jpg Kurt Ramberg [da]
(1908–1997) 		1 October 1962 30 November 1973 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Air Force [56]
File:General Otto Blixenkrone-Møller.jpg Otto Blixenkrone-Møller [da]
(1912–2006) 		1 December 1972 30 April 1977 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [57]
File:General Knud Jørgensen.png Knud Jørgensen [da]
(1919–1990) 		1 May 1977 30 September 1984 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [57]
File:Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Bestanddeelnr 928-2405 (cropped).jpg Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
(1967–2018) 		1981 13 February 2018 † Royalty [58]
File:General Otto K. Lind.png Otto K. Lind
(1920–2000) 		1 October 1984 30 November 1985 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [57]
File:Official Jørgen Lyng portrait.jpg Jørgen Lyng
(born 1934) 		1 November 1989 31 March 1996 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [57]
File:Official Christian Hvidt portrait.jpg Christian Hvidt [da]
(born 1942) 		20 August 1996 30 September 2002 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Air Force [57]
File:General Hans Jesper Helsø.jpg Hans Jesper Helsø
(born 1948) 		1 October 2002 31 July 2008 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [57]
File:General Knud Bartels NATO.jpg Knud Bartels
(born 1948) 		16 November 2009 15 July 2015 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [59][60]
File:Peter Bertram.png Peter Bartram
(born 1961) 		20 March 2012 10 January 2017 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [61][62]
File:Bjørn Bisserup General 2017.jpg Bjørn Bisserup
(born 1960) 		10 January 2017 1 December 2020 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [62][63]
File:LENTFER portræt 2 hig res FOTO FMI.jpg Flemming Lentfer
(born 1964) 		1 December 2020 3 April 2024 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Air Force [64][65]
File:Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark in 2021.jpg Frederik X of Denmark
(born 1968) 		14 January 2024 Royalty [66]
File:Michael Wiggers Hyldgaard DVIDS7231908 (cropped).jpg Michael Hyldgaard [da]
(born 1964) 		3 April 2024 File:Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army [65][67]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Promoted to General field marshal in 1836.[10]

References

Citations
  1. ↑ Bech & Bøggild-Andersen 2011.
  2. ↑ Mygind 1999, p. 39.
  3. ↑ Mygind 1999, p. 41.
  4. ↑ Rist 1890, p. 568.
  5. ↑ Mygind 1999, p. 23.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mygind 1999, p. 21.
  7. ↑ Mygind 1999, p. 72.
  8. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 5.
  9. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 61.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hedegaard 1986.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Richter 1977a, p. 86.
  12. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 15.
  13. ↑ Liebe & Borgstrøm 1978a, p. 79.
  14. ↑ Richter 1977a, pp. 79–80.
  15. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 119.
  16. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 72.
  17. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 46.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Richter 1977b, p. 58.
  19. ↑ Richter 1977a, pp. 127–128.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Richter 1977b, p. 207.
  21. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 85.
  22. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 73.
  23. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 80.
  24. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 105.
  25. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 213.
  26. ↑ Liebe & Borgstrøm 1978b, p. 484.
  27. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 69.
  28. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 77.
  29. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 80.
  30. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 142.
  31. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 177.
  32. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 178.
  33. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 182.
  34. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 225.
  35. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 232.
  36. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 127.
  37. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 104.
  38. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 155.
  39. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 155.
  40. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 229.
  41. ↑ Richter 1977a, pp. 26–27.
  42. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 191.
  43. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 10.
  44. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 143.
  45. ↑ Liebe & Borgstrøm 1978b, p. 326.
  46. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 111.
  47. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 221.
  48. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 40.
  49. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 202.
  50. ↑ Richter 1977a, p. 125.
  51. ↑ Richter 1977b, p. 219.
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 Hennings & Bille-Hansen 1918, p. 393.
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 Ravn & Hennings 1910, p. 379.
  54. ↑ Bille-Hansen & Holck 1949, p. 278.
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 Fabritius 1963, p. 282.
  56. ↑ Pontoppidan & Teisen 1984, p. 447.
  57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 57.3 57.4 57.5 Balsved 2013.
  58. ↑ "Prins Henrik af Danmark". kongehuset.dk (in dansk). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  59. ↑ /ritzau/ 2009.
  60. ↑ Vinther 2015.
  61. ↑ Ministry of Defence 2012.
  62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 /ritzau/ 2016b.
  63. ↑ Therkildsen & Redder 2016.
  64. ↑ /ritzau/ 2020.
  65. ↑ 65.0 65.1 "Forsvarsministeren hjemsender forsvarschefen". Forsvaret (in dansk). 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  66. ↑ "Hans Majestæt Kong Frederik 10. udnævnt til admiral og firestjernet general" [HRH King Frederik X is made admiral and four-star general]. fmn.dk (in dansk). Ministry of defence. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  67. ↑ Just, Andreas Nygaard; Dall, Anders (4 April 2024). "Ny forsvarschef på kajen i Korsør: Vi skal arbejde bedre sammen". DR Nyheder (in dansk). Retrieved 11 August 2024.
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