Secretary of War (Denmark) explained

Post:	Secretary
Body:	War
Reports To:	The King
Appointer:	The King
Formation:	1688
Last:	Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz
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^[1] 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

Secretary of War for the Army

Danish: Overkrigssekretærer for Landetaten

Secretary of War for the Navy

Danish: Overkrigssekretærer for Søetaten

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Book: Topsøe-Jensen. T.A.. Marquard. Emil. Officerer i Den dansk-norske Søetat 1660-1814 og Den danske Søetat 1814-1932. 1935a. Pedersen & Lefevre. Copenhagen. da. I.
• Book: Topsøe-Jensen. T.A.. Marquard. Emil. Officerer i Den dansk-norske Søetat 1660-1814 og Den danske Søetat 1814-1932. 1935b. Pedersen & Lefevre. Copenhagen. da. II.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn. Danish. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 20 March 2018.