Ministry of Defence (Denmark)

Danish Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Forsvarsministeriet
	MOD headquarters since 2017
Ministry overview
Formed	27 May 1950
Preceding agencies	Ministry of War; Ministry for the Navy;
Headquarters	Holmens Kanal 42, Copenhagen;
Annual budget	21 billion DKK (2016)
Minister responsible	Jeppe Bruus, Minister of Defence;
Ministry executive	Pernille Langeberg (acting), Permanent secretary;
Website	fmn.dk

Former Ministry of Defence headquarters prior to 2017

The Danish Ministry of Defence (Danish: Forsvarsministeriet, short FMN) is a ministry in the Danish government. It is charged with overall planning, development, and strategic guidance of the entire area of responsibility of the Minister of Defence, including the Danish Armed Forces and the emergency management sector. It is Denmark's ministry of defence and serves as the secretariat of the Danish Defence Minister.

It also employs the administrator of the easternmost land in Denmark, the small archipelago Ertholmene.