The Danish Ministry of Defence (, short ''FMN'') is a ministry in the Danish government. It is charged with overall planning, development, and strategic guidance of the entire area of responsibility of the

Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

, including the Danish Armed Forces and the emergency management sector. It is Denmark's

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and serves as the secretariat of the Danish Defence Minister. It is also the administrator of the easternmost land in

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, the small

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, Ertholmene, whose administrator is employed by the ministry.

History

The Ministry of Defence was established following the Danish defence law of May 27, 1950 (law #272), about the central structure of the military of Denmark. This combined the two previous ministries; Ministry of War (Krigsministeriet) and the Marine ministry (Marineministeriet). The Minister of Defence had already been created in 1905 as the head of both ministries, though still with branch (Army and Navy) chiefs as administrators. This new Ministry can though trace its history back to 1660, when King Frederick III established a ''War collegium'' (Krigskollegium) for the Army to in both war- and peacetime to administer the Army. A similar command had previously been created for the Navy, the ''Admiralty'' (Admiralitetet) of 1655. The War collegium changed name to ''Krigskancelliet'' in 1679 and later to ''Generalitets- og Kommisariatskollegiet''. The day after the de facto end to absolute monarchy in Denmark, March 21, 1848, Anton Frederik Tscherning became the first War minister of Denmark, with the Generalitets- og Kommisariatskollegiet changing name into the Ministry of War on March 25, 1848. Likewise

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became the first Marine minister (simultaneous

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), while the Admiralty changed into the Marine ministry on April 21, 1848.

Organisation of the combine

*Ministry of Defence ** Department ***Senior Executive Management ****Centre For Minister and Executive Management Support **** Centre For Defence and Civil Preparedness **** Centre For Security and Operations **** Centre For Cyber and Digitalisation **** Legal Centre **** Centre For Strategy, Finance and Governance **** Centre For Organisation, Services and Hr **** Corporate Internal Audit ** Danish Defence **

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** Defence Intelligence Service ** Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation ** Danish Ministry of Defence Personnel Agency ** Danish Ministry of Defence Estate Agency ** Danish Ministry of Defence Accounting Agency ** Danish Ministry of Defence Military Prosecution Service **His Majesty The King’s Military Household

References

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Ministry of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se, spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and Mi ...

Defence

Denmark, Defence 1950 establishments in Denmark

History

Organisation of the combine

See also

References