Secretary of War (Denmark)

Secretary of War
Overkrigssekretær
Longest serving
Carl von Holstein

August 1746–6 February 1763
Reports toThe King
AppointerThe King
Formation1688
First holderJens Harboe
Final holderFrederik Christian Rosenkrantz (Army)
Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig (Navy)
Abolished10 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 and was dissolved as part of Johann Friedrich Struensee's administrative reforms in 1770.