Peter Frederik Steinmann

Biography

Peter Frederik Steinmann (8 July 1812 – 16 February 1894) was an officer in the Royal Danish Army who served in the First and Second Schleswig Wars and was briefly Minister of War.

Steinmann entered military service in 1823 at the age of 11. He rose through the ranks of the army during the First and Second Schleswig Wars, being granted the rank of major general and awarded the Grand Cross of the Dannebrog in 1864. He was Minister of War during the brief cabinet of Christen Andreas Fonnesbech from 1874 to 1875. He spent the later part of his career as the commanding general in Jutland, before retiring to his estate, Tybjerggaard, in 1882.