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Admiral Danish Fleet
Søværnets Operative Kommando
Active	1 June 1961–30 September 2014
Branch	Royal Danish Navy

The Admiral Danish Fleet (ADMDANFLT) (Danish: Søværnets Operative Kommando lit. 'The Navy's Operational Command') was the operationally supreme organisation of the Royal Danish Navy between 1 January 1991 and 30 September 2014.

History

In 1961, following major restructuring of the Danish Navy, it was decide to collect all daily operational tasks under one command.

Following the 1988 Defence Commission, it was decided that the positions of Inspector of the Navy would be removed and the chief of the Admiral Danish Fleet would become the new Chief of the Royal Danish Navy.

Commanders

No.	Portrait	Chief of the Navy	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Linde, AageRear admiral Aage Linde (1904–1980)	1 June 1961	31 March 1965	3 years, 303 days
2		Helms, AdamRear admiral Adam Helms (1912–2011)	1 April 1965	31 December 1969	4 years, 274 days
3		Brinck-Lund, OleRear admiral Ole Brinck-Lund (1918–2008)	1 January 1970	30 April 1973	3 years, 119 days
4		Lange, Niels FærgemannRear admiral Niels Færgemann Lange (1919–2006)	1 May 1973	30 September 1974	1 year, 153 days
5		Petersen, Henrik MariusRear admiral Henrik Marius Petersen (1919–1978)	1 October 1974	2 May 1978 †	3 years, 213 days
–		Nielsen, HelgeCommodore Helge Nielsen (officer) [da] (1921–2013) Acting	2 May 1978	31 May 1978	29 days
6		Heisterberg-Andersen, Fritz CarlRear admiral Fritz Carl Heisterberg-Andersen (1918–1984)	1 June 1978	30 September 1979	1 year, 121 days
–		Laursen, Tage NikolajCommodore Tage Nikolaj Laursen (1920–?) Acting	1 October 1979	31 October 1979	30 days
–		Lange, Niels FærgemannRear admiral Niels Færgemann Lange (1919–2006) Acting	1 November 1979	31 January 1980	91 days
7		Thiede, Sven EigilRear admiral Sven Eigil Thiede [da] (1924–2005)	1 February 1980	30 April 1983	3 years, 88 days
8		Fischer, Johan OlfertRear admiral Johan Olfert Fischer (1925–?)	1 May 1983	30 September 1984	1 year, 153 days
9		Bork, Jørgen FritsRear admiral Jørgen Frits Bork (1927–2017)	1 October 1984	31 March 1988	3 years, 182 days
10		Garde, JørgenRear admiral Jørgen Garde (1939–1996)	1 April 1988	31 October 1989	1 year, 213 days
11		Borck, Knud Erik JohanRear admiral Knud Erik Johan Borck (1940–2011)	1 November 1989	30 April 1995	5 years, 119 days
12		Winther, Kristen HustedRear admiral Kristen Husted Winther (born 1946)	1 May 1995	30 June 2000	5 years, 60 days
13		Jørgensen, Tim SlothRear admiral Tim Sloth Jørgensen (born 1951)	1 July 2000	31 July 2002	2 years, 30 days
14		Jensen, Kurt BirgerRear admiral Kurt Birger Jensen (born 1949)	1 August 2002	31 July 2005	2 years, 364 days
15		Wang, Nils ChristianRear admiral Nils Christian Wang [da] (born 1958)	1 August 2005	31 August 2010	5 years, 30 days
16		Hansen, FinnRear admiral Finn Hansen [da] (born 1957)	1 September 2010	1 April 2013	2 years, 212 days
–		Leisborch, JanFlotilla admiral Jan Leisborch (born 1954) Acting	1 April 2013	15 April 2013	14 days
17		Trojahn, FrankRear admiral Frank Trojahn (born 1963)	15 April 2013	30 September 2014	1 year, 168 days

References

Citations

1. Elbro & Kristensen 1986, p. 8.
2. Folketinget 1990.
3. Forsvaret 1989.
4. ^ Balsved 2013.
5. Jensen, Henrik Dannemand (4 December 2017). "Viceadmiralen er gået fra borde". Berlingske (in Danish). Berlingske Media. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
6. gravsted.dk (2013). "Knud Erik Johan Borck". Gravsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 May 2018.
7. Kristeligt Dagblad (6 May 2005). "Aktuelle navne". kristeligt-dagblad.dk (in Danish). Kristeligt Dagblad. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
8. Hansen, Michelle (10 April 2013). "Ny chef for Søværnet". soefart.dk (in Danish). Nordiske Medier. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
9. ^ Søværnets Operative Kommando (16 April 2013). "Ny chef for Søværnets Operative Kommando" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

Bibliography

• Balsved, Johnny (30 May 2008). "Mærkedage - 1800-tallet". navalhistory.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 5 November 2020.
• Balsved, Johnny E. (27 September 2013). "Chefer for Kystflåden og Søværnets operative Kommando" [Chiefs for the Coastal Navy and Navy Operational Command]. navalhistory.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 May 2018.
• Bjerg, Hans Christian (31 December 1990). "Marinestaben nedlægges". Søvernsorintering (in Danish). 15: 10–13.
• Elbro, H.; Kristensen, V., eds. (May 1986). 25 år: 1961 - 1.juni - 1986 (in Danish). Århus: Admiral Danish Fleet.
• Folketinget (25 April 1990). "1989/1 LSF 189" (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
• Forsvaret (1989). "Forsvaret i 90'erne". Beretning fra Forsvarskommissionen af 1988 (PDF) (in Danish). Schultz Grafisk A/S. ISBN 978-87-503-8209-6. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
• 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.

External links

• Admiral Danish Fleet website

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