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| Forsvarsministeriet | |
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 MOD headquarters since 2017 | |
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| Formed | 27 May 1950; 75 years ago (1950-05-27) |
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| Headquarters | Holmens Kanal 42,Copenhagen |
| Annual budget | 21 billionDKK (2016) |
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| Website | fmn.dk |
TheDanish Ministry of Defence (Danish:Forsvarsministeriet, shortFMN) is a ministry in theDanish government. It is charged with overall planning, development, and strategic guidance of the entire area of responsibility of theMinister of Defence, including theDanish Armed Forces and the emergency management sector. It is Denmark'sministry of defence and serves as the secretariat of the Danish Defence Minister.
It is also the administrator of the easternmost land inDenmark, the smallarchipelago,Ertholmene, whose administrator is employed by the ministry.
The Ministry of Defence was established following the Danish defence law of May 27, 1950 (law #272), about the central structure of themilitary 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 KingFrederick III established aWar 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, theAdmiralty (Admiralitetet) of 1655.
The War collegium changed name toKrigskancelliet in 1679 and later toGeneralitets- og Kommisariatskollegiet. The day after the de facto end toabsolute 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.LikewiseAdam Wilhelm Moltke became the first Marine minister (simultaneousPrime minister), while the Admiralty changed into the Marine ministry on April 21, 1848.
