Chief Justice of Denmark

The Chief Justice of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Overdommer) is the highest-ranking member of the judiciary of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Danish Realm. The Chief Justice leads the Supreme Court of Denmark alongside 17 puisne justices (juniordommere; sg. juniordommer); the Chief Justice presides over the most public and/or politically important cases, while the majority are presided over by one of the puisne justices. The Danish monarch, on advice of the Parliament of Denmark, appoints the Chief Justice, who in turn is responsible for appointing the Supreme Court's 17 puisne justices. There is no specific limit to the Chief Justice's term length, although the majority have served four to six years, with the longest-serving ever being Gabriel Grundtvig, who served from 11 May 1950 to 15 June 1959, just over nine years.