General War Commissioner (fromGerman:Generalkriegskommissarius) was a military office in various German states as well as inDenmark-Norway. It was the military officer in charge of nationalconscription, collection of war contributions, equipment, provisioning, payroll and militarydiscipline. Their subordinates, with responsibility for specific regions, were called War Commissioners. The position of General War Commissioner was usually of equal rank to that of aGeneral.
The position was created in Denmark-Norway in the 17th century. Related offices included the localland-krigskommissær andsø-krigskommissær office-holder, as of 1802 merged into one office asland- og søkrigskommissær.Krigskommissær (Overkrigskommissær) was also used as a purely honorary title., often acquired by wealthy citizens on the payment of a sum of money.
In Norway it existed from 1640 to 1990.[1]