The Danish King remained commander in chief throughout the Early Modern period, in the Thirty Years' War, the Dano-Swedish War (1657-58) and the Scanian War (1675-1679), the Great Northern War (1700-1721), the Theatre War of 1789/9 and the Napoleonic Wars.
The Royal Danish Army has historically been an integral part of the defence of Denmark and thus involved in warfare, skirmishes and battles continuously to protect her interests.