The town of Copenhagen was founded in 1167.
It replaced Roskilde as capital of Denmark in 1443 and remained so ever since
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
From 1857 onwards Copenhagen was headed by 4 Mayors. Until 1938 the meetings
of the council were chaired by the state representative, the Head President.
In 1938 he lost his executive role, being replaced in this by a Head Mayor.
Head Presidents
Overpræsidenter
1870 - 1883 Ernst Emil Rosenørn 1810 - 1894
1883 - 1886 Søren Hilmar Steindor Finsen 1824 - 1886
1886 - 1891 Carl Ludvig Adolf Benzon 1823 - 1891
1892 - 1899 Christian Sophus Klein 1824 - 1900
1900 - 1910 Valdemar Oldenburg 1834 - 1918
1911 - 1924 Frederik Lindam Godefroi de
Dompierre de Jonquieres 1854 - 1925
1924 - 1928 Jens Jensen 1859 - 1928
1928 - 1945 Johan Keller Bülow 1885 - 1945
Head Mayor
Overborgmester
1938 - 1946 Viggo Christensen 1880 - 1967
In 1536 Lutheranism replaced Catholicism as major, sole legal religion in
Denmark. In 1849 freedom of religion was proclaimed, but the Evangelical
Lutheran Church remained Denmark's national Church.
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CHURCH LEADERS
Heads of the Danish Folkekirken
1536 - .... The Heads of State of Denmark
Ministers of Church Affairs
(The Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs was the highest administrative
authority for the Church)
Ministers of Church Affairs and EducationKirke- og Undervisningsministre
1870 - 1874 Carl Christian Hall 1812 - 1888
1874 - 1875 Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae 1821 - 1885
1875 - 1880 Johan Christian Henrik Fischer 1814 - 1885
1880 - 1891 Jacob Frederik Scavenius 1838 - 1915
1891 Johannes Magnus Valdemar Nellemann s.a.
1891 - 1894 August Hermann Ferdinand Carl Goos s.a.
1894 - 1897 Vilhelm Bardenfleth 1850 - 1933
1897 - 1900 Hans Valdemar Sthyr, biskop på Lolland-
Falster 1838 - 1905
1900 - 1901 Jens Jacobsen Kokholm Bjerre 1847 - 1901
1901 - 1905 Jens Christian Christensen 1856 - 1930
1905 - 1909 Enevold Frederik Adolf Sørensen 1850 - 1920
1909 - 1910 Michael Cosmus Bornemann Nielsen 1847 - 1930
1910 - 1913 Jacob Christian Lindberg Appel 1866 - 1931
1913 - 1916 Søren Keiser-Nielsen 1856 - 1926
Ministers of Church AffairsKirkeministre
1916 - 1920 Thorwald V. Poulsen
1920 H. E. Hass
1920 C. E. A. Ammentorp
1920 - 1922 Jens Christian Christensen s.a.
1922 - 1924 Jacob Christian Lindberg Appel s.a.
1924 - 1926 N. P. C. Dahl
1926 - 1929 F. C. Bruun-Rasmussen
1929 - 1935 N. P. C. Dahl
1935 - 1940 Johs. Hansen
1940 - 1942 Vilhelm Fibiger
1942 - 1943 V. K. Holbøll
1943 - 1945 none (1)
(1) Head of the Church department (during the period of direct German
control)
Departementschef i Kirkeministeriet
1943 - 1945 J. T. R. Thomsen
Bishops of Copenhagen
Formally the Bishops of Copenhagen were equal in rang to the other bishops.
They performed however some special tasks and represented the Church.
1854 - 1884 Hans Lassen Martensen 1808 - 1884
1884 - 1895 Bruun Juul Fog
1895 - 1909 Thomas Skat Rørdam 1854 - 1909
1909 - 1911 Peder Madsen
1911 - 1934 Harald Ostenfeld 1894 - 1934
1934 - 1960 Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard 1890 - 1979
Danish Oversea Dependencies in the period 1871 - 1945 included :
The Faroer since 1380/1814 (1)
Greenland since 1380/1721/1814
Iceland from 1380/1814 to 1918
The Virgin Islands from 1672 to 1917
(1) The Faroer, Greenland and Iceland were originally Norwegian
possessions.
After the union between Denmark and Norway in 1380, their
administration was however gradually taken over by Denmark.
In 1814, by the Treaty of Kiel, they formally became Danish
dependencies.
The modern colonization of Greenland only started in 1721.
