Erhard J.C. Qvistgaard
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Erhard J.C. Qvistgaard | |
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Qvistgaard in 1952 | |
Chief of Defence | |
In office 1 October 1950 – 30 September 1962 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Kurt Ramberg [da] |
Chairman of the NATO Military Committee | |
In office 1953–1954 | |
Preceded by | Charles Foulkes |
Succeeded by | Augustin Guillaume |
Personal details | |
Born | Erhard Jørgen Carl Qvistgaard (1898-05-11)May 11, 1898 Rorup, Denmark |
Died | May 8, 1980(1980-05-08) (aged 81) Copenhagen, Denmark |
Resting place | Gilleleje Cemetery |
Later work | Board member of IBM Denmark |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Denmark |
Branch/service | Royal Danish Navy |
Years of service | 1919–1962 |
Rank | Admiral |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Admiral Erhard Jørgen Carl Qvistgaard (1898–1980) was a Danish admiral who was the first Danish Chief of Defence, from 1950 to 1962, and also Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1953 to 1954.[1]
After training at the Naval Officers' School, Qvistgaard became a second lieutenant in 1919, a first lieutenant in 1920 and a lieutenant captain in 1928. In 1925-31 and again in 1935–38, he was commander of several of Denmark's submarines. In 1931-35 he was a teacher at the Naval Officers' School, and 1936-38 was a teacher at the submarine school for naval officers. In 1937 he became a naval captain, and from 1938 to 1945 he was an adjutant to King Christian X. In 1946, he was appointed Marine and Air Attaché at the Danish Embassy in London - a task he served in sufficiently[2] such that the then-Minister of Defense Hans Rasmus Hansen sent him on to the United States in 1949[3] with the temporary rank of Rear Admiral to act as a naval attaché and to lead the Danish delegation to the Washington group that was planning and setting up NATO.
Qvistgaard was given the job as the first Danish Chief of Defence in 1950. He was given the task of uniting the armed forces after the war, where there had been major friction between the three branches. He is the longest serving CoD to date.[4]
References
Literature
- Bjerg, Hans Christian. "Qvistgaard, Erhard Jørgen Carl". In Svend Cedergreen Bech (ed). Danish biographical lexicon. 3rd edition. Copenhagen: Schultz, 1979–84. Volume 11. [1] Archived 4 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Lidegaard, Bo. In The King's Name: Henrik Kaufmann in Danish Diplomacy 1919-1958. Copenhagen: Samleren, 1996. ISBN 87-568-1377-5.
External links
- http://gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=ejcqvistgaard
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by Charles Foulkes | Chairperson of the Nato Military Committee 1953–1954 | Succeeded by Augustin Guillaume |
Preceded by None | Chief of Defence (Denmark) 1950–1962 | Succeeded by Kurt Rudolph Ramberg |
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- 1949–1951 Omar Bradley
- 1951–1952 Etienne Baele
- 1952–1953 Charles Foulkes
- 1953–1954 E. J. C. Quistgaard
- 1954–1955 Augustin Guillaume
- 1955–1956 Stylianos Pallis
- 1956–1957 Giuseppe Mancinelli
- 1957–1958 B. R. P. F. Hasselman
- 1958–1959 Bjarne Øen
- 1959–1960 J. A. Beleza Ferraz
- 1960–1960 Rüştü Erdelhun
- 1960–1961 Louis Mountbatten
- 1961–1962 Lyman Lemnitzer
- 1962–1963 C. P. de Cumont
- 1963–1964 Adolf Heusinger
- 1964–1968 C. P. de Cumont
- 1968–1971 Nigel Henderson
- 1971–1974 Johannes Steinhoff
- 1974–1977 Peter Hill-Norton
- 1977–1980 H. F. Zeiner-Gundersen
- 1980–1983 Robert Hilborn Falls
- 1983–1986 Cornelis de Jager
- 1986–1989 Wolfgang Altenburg
- 1989–1993 Vigleik Eide
- 1993–1996 Richard Vincent
- 1996–1999 Klaus Naumann
- 1999–2002 Guido Venturoni
- 2002–2005 Harald Kujat
- 2005–2008 Ray Henault
- 2008–2011 Giampaolo Di Paola
- 2011–2015 Knud Bartels
- 2015–2018 Petr Pavel
- 2018–2021 Stuart Peach
- 2021–2023 Rob Bauer
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