Anton Frederik Tscherning
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Ant(h)on Frederik Tscherning (12 December 1795 – 29 June 1874) was a Danish army officer who became a politician.[1]
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Anton Frederik Tscherning | |
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1st Minister of War | |
In office 22 March 1848 – 16 November 1848 | |
Prime Minister | Adam Wilhelm Moltke |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Christian Frederik Hansen |
Personal details | |
Born | (1795-12-12)12 December 1795 Frederiksværk, Zealand, Denmark |
Died | 29 June 1874(1874-06-29) (aged 78) Copenhagen, Zealand, Denmark |
Political party | Society of the Friends of Peasants |
Spouse | Eleonora von Lützow/Tscherning (1817–1890) |
Children | Marie Elisabeth (1847–1920) Anthonie Eleonore ("Anthonore" 1849–1926) Eilert Adam (1851–1919) Johan Andreas (1853–1918) Sara Birgitte (1855–1916) |
Parent(s) | Eilert Tscherning (1767–1832) Marie von Lützow (1767–1830) |
Occupation | army officer politician |
Cabinet | Moltke I |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Denmark |
Branch/service | Royal Danish Army |
Years of service | 1828–1842 |
Rank | Colonel |
During the First Schleswig War he served, briefly, as Denmarks's first Minister for War between March and November in 1848. Tscherning rapidly organised of a military infrastructure which enabled the country to resist Prussian attack, but failed to distinguish himself as a military strategist. He was a member of the Folketing (Danish parliament) between 1849 and 1864 and of the Statsrådet (Council of State) between 1854 and 1864.[2]
In his interventions he championed the liberal causes of the time, such as extension of democratic participation and free trade. During the 1860s, as the issue of Schleswig separatism forced itself to the top of the political agenda, he opposed the government policy of attempting uncompromisingly to impose Danish control in a region where, progressively, the German speaking minority was becoming a majority.[3]