List of rectors of the University of Copenhagen

This is a list of rectors of the University of Copenhagen.

Rector of the University of Copenhagen
Seal of the University
Incumbent Henrik Caspar Wegener since 11 November 2016
University of Copenhagen
Formation	1479
First holder	Jesper Henriksen

List of rectors

From	To	Name	Reference
1479	1480	Jesper Henriksen	[1]
1480	1480	Erik Nielsen Rosenkrantz [da]
1480	1481	Tilemann Schlecht
1481	1482	Jørgen Hvid
1482	1482	Peder David Skotte [da]
1482	1483	Jesper Henriksen
1484	1487	Erik Nielsen Rosenkrantz
1488	1489	Peder David Skotte	[2]
1489	1490	Arnold Lauridsen
1490	1491	Jørgen Hvid
1491	1492	Peder Albertsen
1492	1493	Erik Nielsen Rosenkrantz
1493	1494	Jørgen Hvid
1494	1495	Peder David Skotte
1495	1496	Erik Nielsen Rosenkrantz
1496	1497	Jørgen Hvid
1496	1497	Erik Nielsen Rosenkrantz
1497	1499	Hans Albertsen [da]
1499	1500	Peder David Skotte
1500	1501	Anders Friis
1501	1502	Erik Nielsen Rosenkrantz
1502	1503	Paul Andersen
1503	1504	Peder David Skotte
1504	1505	Anders Friis
1505	1507	Peter Petersen
1507	1508	Johannes Luche
1508	1509	Poul Reff
1509	1510	Peder David Skotte
1510	1511	Matthias Pedersen
1511	1513	Anders Friis
1513	1514	Ditlev Smyther
1514	1515	Peder Albertsen
1515	1516	Anders Friis
1516	1517	Knud Valkendorf
1517	1518	Alexander Kinghorn
1518	1519	Christoffer Jacobsen Ravensberg
1519	1520	Paul Andersen
1520	1521	Amelung Amelungsen
1520	1521	Paul Andersen
1521	1522	Vincentz Lunge [da]
1522	1524	Christen Torkelsen Morsing
1524	1525	Ditlev Smyther
1525	1526	Christoffer Jacobsen Ravensberg
1526	1529	Claus Rosengaard
1529	1531	Claus Urne
1531	1532	Peder Svave
1537	1538	Christen Torkelsen Morsing	[3]
1538	1538	Peder Palladius
1538	1539	Johan Bugenhagen
1539	1539	Christen Torkelsen Morsing
1539	1541	Tileman von Hussen
1541	1542	Peder Povlsen
1542	1543	Oluf Chrysostomus
1543	1544	Peder Svave
1544	1545	Johannes Machabæus
1545	1546	Jens Andersen Sinning
1546	1547	Christen Torkelsen Morsing
1547	1548	Peter Capteyn
1548	1549	Rembert Gilsheim
1549	1550	Johannes Machabæus
1550	1551	Niels Hemmingsen
1551	1552	Peter Capteyn
1552	1553	Albret Knoppert
1553	1555	Peder Palladius
1555	1556	Hans Albertsen
1556	1557	Christian Torkelsen Morsing
1557	1558	Albret Knoppert
1558	1559	Niels Hemmingsen
1559	1560	Jacob Bording
1560	1561	Poul Madsen
1561	1562	Erasmus Lætus
1562	1564	Albret Knoppert
1564	1565	Niels Hemmingsen
1565	1566	Hans Frandsen
1566	1567	Klaus Lauritsen Scavenius
1567	1569	Hans Albertsen
1569	1570	Albret Knoppert
1570	1571	Johannes Sascerides
1571	1573	Niels Hemmingsen
1573	1575	Hans Frandsen
1575	1577	Hans Thomesen Aurifaber
1577	1578	Poul Madsen
1578	1580	Anders Lemvig
1580	1581	Klaus Hammer
1581	1582	Anders Lauritzen
1582	1584	Klaus Theophilius
1584	1585	Klaus Lauritsen Scavenius
1585	1586	Jakob Madsen Aarhus
1586	1588	Anders Lemvig
1588	1589	Hans Thomesen Aurifaber
1589	1590	Poul Madsen
1590	1592	Anders Christensen
1592	1593	Johannes Sascerides
1593	1594	Hans Olufsen Slangerup
1594	1595	Klaus Theophilius
1595	1596	Anders Krag
1596	1597	Jørgen Christoffersen Dybvad
1597	1598	Anders Lemvig
1598	1599	Thomas Fincke
1599	1600	Peder Jensen Winstrup
1600	1601	Anders Christensen
1601	1602	Niels Krag
1602	1603	Hans Poulsen Resen
1603	1604	Klaus Theophilius
1604	1605	Ivar Stub
1605	1606	Jørgen Christoffersen Dybvad
1606	1607	Thomas Fincke
1607	1608	Johannes Stephanius
1608	1609	Peder Jensen Winstrup
1609	1610	Gellius Sascerides
1610	1611	Hans Rasmussen Skomager
1611	1612	Hans Poulsen Resen
1612	1613	Leonhard Metzner
1613	1614	Hans Jensen Alanus
1614	1615	Cort Aslaksen
1615	1616	Thomas Fincke
1616	1617	Christen Sørensen Longomontanus
1617	1618	Hans Poulsen Resen
1618	1619	Caspar Bartholin the Elder
1619	1620	Wolfgang Rhuman
1620	1621	Cort Aslaksen
1621	1622	Claus Plum
1622	1623	Hans Jensen Alanus
1623	1624	Jesper Rasmussen Brochmand
1624	1625	Thomas Fincke
1625	1626	Christen Sørensen Longomontanus
1626	1627	Hans Poulsen Resen
1627	1628	Ole Worm
1628	1629	Wolfgang Rhuman
1629	1629	Caspar Bartholin the Elder
1629	1630	Jesper Rasmussen Brochmand
1630	1631	Claus Plum
1631	1632	Hans Rasmussen Brochmand
1632	1633	Niels Pedersen Aurilesius
1633	1634	Thomas Fincke
1634	1635	Christen Sørensen Longomontanus
1635	1636	Jesper Rasmussen Brochmand
1636	1637	Ole Worm
1637	1637	Wolfgang Rhuman
1637	1638	Jacob Fincke
1638	1638	Hans Rasmussen Brochmand
1638	1639	Jacob Fincke
1639	1640	Claus Plum
1640	1641	Christen Sørensen Longomontanus
1641	1642	Hans Hansen Resen
1642	1643	Ole Worm
1643	1644	Jacob Fincke
1644	1645	Niels Poulsen Schandorph
1645	1646	Claus Plum
1646	1647	Thomas Bang
1647	1648	Laurits Mortensen Scavenius
1648	1649	Ole Worm
1649	1650	Peder Spormand
1650	1651	Hans Hansen Svane
1651	1652	Johan Müller
1652	1653	Jacob Fincke
1653	1654	Thomas Bang
1654	1654	Ole Worm
1654	1654	Thomas Bartholin
1654	1656	Peder Spormand
1656	1657	Jacob Knudsen
1657	1658	Christen Ostenfeld
1658	1659	Rasmus Enevoldsen Brochmand
1658	1659	Jacob Knudsen
1659	1661	Hans Wandal
1661	1661	Johan Müller
1661	1662	Peder Lauritsen Scavenius
1662	1664	Bertel Casparsen Bartholin
1664	1664	Rasmus Hansen Brochmand
1664	1665	Christian Nold
1665	1666	Thomas Bartholin
1666	1667	Rasmus Bartholin
1667	1668	Matthias Foss
1668	1669	Christen Ostenfeld
1669	1670	Bertel Bartholin
1670	1671	Jørgen Witzleben
1671	1672	Thomas Bartholin
1672	1673	Jørgen Eilersen
1673	1674	Jens Jensen Bircherod
1674	1675	Rasmus Bartholin
1675	1676	Ole Borch
1676	1677	Christoffer Hansen Schletter
1677	1679	Villum Worm
1679	1680	Hans Bagger
1680	1680	Thomas Bartholin
1680	1681	Christian Nold
1681	1682	Ole Borch
1682	1683	Christian Nold
1683	1684	Rasmus Bartholin
1684	1685	Cosmus Bornemann
1685	1686	Jens Jensen Bircherod
1686	1687	Villum Worm
1687	1688	Caspar Thomsen Bartholin
1688	1689	Hans Wandal
1689	1690	Cosmus Bornemann
1690	1691	Holger Jacobsen
1691	1692	Hector Gottfried Masius
1692	1693	Caspar Thomsen Bartholin
1693	1694	Ole Christensen Rømer
1694	1695	Heinrich Bornemann
1695	1697	Holger Jacobsen
1697	1698	Hans Wandal
1698	1699	Christian Reitzer
1699	1700	Ole Christensen Rømer
1700	1701	Hector Gottfried Masius
1701	1703	Caspar Thomsen Bartholin
1703	1704	Hans Thomsen Bartholin
1704	1706	Hans Mikkelsen Mule
1706	1708	Hans Wandal
1708	1711	Christian Reitzer
1711	1714	Hans Jensen Bircherod
1714	1717	Hans Stenbuch
1717	1720	Georg Frederik Franck de Franckenau
1720	1722	Heinrich Weghorst
1722	1723	Hans Thomsen Bartholin
1723	1726	Johannes de Buchwald
1726	1729	Anders Frølund
1729	1731	Søren Lintrup
1731	1731	Johannes de Buchwald
1731	1732	Christian Bagger
1732	1733	Hans Gram
1733	1734	Hans Stenbuch
1734	1735	Georg Detharding
1735	1736	Ludvig Holberg
1736	1737	Marcus Wöldike
1737	1738	Andreas Hojer
1738	1739	Peder Nielsen Horrebow
1739	1740	Jeremias Friedrich Reuss
1740	1741	Balthazar Johannes de Buchwald
1741	1742	Christian Thestrup
1742	1743	Marcus Wöldike
1743	1744	Georg Detharding
1744	1745	Hans Gram
1745	1746	Søren Bloch
1746	1747	Christian Ludvig Scheidt
1747	1748	Peder Nielsen Horrebow
1748	1749	Jeremias Friedrich Reuss
1749	1750	Balthazar Johannes de Buchwald
1750	1751	Peder Holm
1751	1752	Hans Peter Anchersen
1752	1753	Peder Kofoed Ancher
1753	1754	Johan Christian Kall
1754	1755	Peder Rosenstand-Goiske
1755	1756	Christen Lodberg Friis
1756	1757	Bernhard Møllmann
1757	1758	Hans Otto Bang
1758	1759	Balthazar Johan de Buchwald
1759	1760	Hans Peter Anchersen
1760	1761	Peder Holm
1761	1762	Johan Christian Kall
1762	1763	Peder Kofoed Ancher
1763	1764	Peder Rosenstand-Goiske
1764	1765	Bernhard Møllmann
1765	1766	Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein
1766	1767	Johan Andreas Cramer
1767	1768	Peder Kofoed Ancher
1768	1769	Christen Horrebow
1769	1770	Peder Holm
1770	1771	Johan Christian Kall
1771	1772	Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein
1772	1773	Martin Hübner
1773	1774	Nicolai Edinger Balle
1774	1775	Peder Kofoed Ancher
1775	1776	Hector Frederik Janson
1776	1777	Christen Friis Rottbøll
1777	1778	Balthazar Gebhard de Obelitz
1778	1779	Claus Frees Hornemann
1779	1780	Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein
1780	1780	Johan Heinrich Schlegel
1780	1782	Nicolai Edinger Balle
1782	1783	Jacob Edvard Colbiørnsen
1783	1784	Abraham Kall
1784	1785	Hector Frederik Janson
1785	1786	Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein
1786	1787	Børge Riisbrigh
1787	1788	Claus Frees Hornemann
1788	1789	Jacob Edvard Colbiørnsen
1789	1790	Thomas Bugge
1790	1791	Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer
1791	1792	Lauritz Nørregaard
1792	1793	Nicolai Christoffer Kall
1793	1794	Claus Frees Hornemann
1794	1795	Jacob Baden
1795	1796	Mathias Saxtorph
1796	1797	Friederich Münter
1797	1798	Mathias Saxtorph
1798	1799	Abraham Kall
1799	1800	Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer
1800	1801	Johan Clemens Tode
1801	1802	Thomas Bugge
1802	1803	Friederich Münter
1803	1804	Johan Frederik Vilhelm Schlegel
1804	1805	Nicolai Christoffer Kall
1805	1806	Claus Frees Hornemann
1806	1807	Frederik Ludvig Bang
1807	1808	Niels Treschow
1808	1809	Peter Erasmus Müller
1809	1810	Frederik Theodor Hurtigkarl
1810	1811	Thomas Bugge
1811	1812	Claus Frees Hornemann
1812	1813	Johan Frederik Vilhelm Schlegel
1813	1814	Børge Thorlacius
1814	1815	Peter Erasmus Müller
1815	1816	Johan Sylvester Saxtorph
1816	1817	Jacob Andreas Wolf
1817	1818	Claus Frees Hornemann
1818	1819	Frederik Theodor Hurtigkarl
1819	1820	Johan David Herholdt
1820	1821	Niels Schow
1821	1822	Gregers Wad
1822	1823	Jens Møller
1823	1824	Matthias Hastrup Bornemann
1824	1825	Ole Bang
1825	1826	Hans Christian Ørsted
1826	1827	Knud Lyne Rahbek
1827	1828	Peter Erasmus Müller
1828	1829	Johan Frederik Vilhelm Schlegel
1829	1830	Johan Sylvester Saxtorph
1830	1831	Jens Wilken Hornemann
1831	1832	Adam Oehlenschläger
1832	1833	Jens Møller
1833	1834	Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup-Rosenvinge
1834	1835	Johan David Herholdt
1835	1836	Christian Thorning Engelstoft
1836	1837	Erich Christian Werlauff
1837	1838	Henrik Nicolai Clausen
1838	1839	Johannes Ephraim Larsen
1839	1840	Ole Bang
1840	1841	Hans Christian Ørsted
1841	1842	Peter Oluf Brøndsted
1842	1843	Carl Emil Scharling
1843	1844	Anton Wilhelm Scheel
1844	1845	Daniel Frederik Esricht
1845	1846	Frederik Christian Sibbern
1846	1847	Adam Oehlenschläger
1847	1848	Christian Thorning Engelstoft
1848	1849	Frederik Christian Bornemann
1849	1850	Sophus August Vilhelm Stein
1850	1851	Hans Christian Ørsted	[4]
1851	1853	Henrik Nicolai Clausen
1853	1855	Johannes Ephraim Larsen
1855	1857	Johan Nicolai Madvig
1857	1859	Johannes Forchhammer
1859	1861	Frederik Christian Bornemann
1861	1862	Carl Emil Scharling
1862	1863	Henrik Nicolai Clausen
1863	1864	Johan Nicolai Madvig
1864	1865	Henrik Nicolai Clausen
1865	1866	Frederik Terkel Julius Gram
1866	1867	Johan Nicolai Madvig
1867	1868	Niels Ludvig Westergaard
1868	1869	Andreas Buntzen
1869	1870	Henrik Nicolai Clausen
1870	1871	Johan Nicolai Madvig
1871	1872	Andreas Aagesen
1872	1873	Adolph Steen
1873	1874	Christen Hermansen
1874	1875	Johannes Magnus Valdemar Nellemann
1875	1876	Johan Louis Ussing
1876	1877	Peter Ludvig Panum
1877	1878	Carl Valentin Holten
1878	1879	Johan Nicolai Madvig
1879	1880	August Hermann Ferdinand Carl Goos
1880	1881	Rasmus Nielsen
1881	1882	Johannes Frederik Johnstrup
1882	1883	Peter Edvard Holm
1883	1884	Carl Martinus Reisz
1884	1885	Carl Henrik Scharling
1885	1886	Johan Louis Ussing
1886	1887	Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen
1887	1888	Hans William Scharling
1888	1889	Carl Edvard With
1889	1890	Peder Madsen
1890	1891	Edvard Holm
1898	1899	Carl M. Reisz
1899	1900	Johannes Steenstrup
1900	1901	Thorvald Nicolai Thiele
1901	1902	Vilhelm Thomsen
1902	1903	Harald Høffding
1903	1904	Peder Madsen
1904	1905	Julius Lassen
1905	1906	Christian Bohr
1906	1907	Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen
1907	1908	Martin Clarentius Gertz
1908	1909	Carl Torp
1909	1910	Carl Julius Salomonsen
1910	1911	Kristian Erslev
1911	1912	Frants Buhl
1912	1913	Hector Jungersen
1913	1914	J. C. Jacobsen
1914	1915	Harald Westergaard
1915	1916	Johan Ludvig Heiberg
1916	1917	Knud Faber
1917	1918	Wilhelm Johannsen
1918	1919	Viggo Bentzon
1919	1920	Thorkild Rovsing
1920	1921	Otto Jespersen
1921	1922	Einar Biilmann
1922	1923	Johannes Bock
1923	1924	Hans Vilhelm Munch-Petersen
1924	1925	Frederik Torm
1925	1926	Johannes Fibiger
1926	1927	Holger Pedersen
1927	1928	Martin Knudsen
1928	1929	Johannes Hjelmslev
1929	1930	Johannes Oskar Andersen
1930	1931	Lauritz Vilhelm Birck
1931	1932	Carl Edvard Bloch
1932	1933	Aage Friis
1933	1934	Niels Erik Nørlund
1934	1935	Johannes Østrup
1935	1936	Axel Nielsen
1936	1942	Carl Edvard Bloch	[5]
1942	1948	Jens Nørregaard [da]
1948	1956	Hans Marinus Hansen
1956	1958	Erik Johan Warburg
1958	1966	Carl Iversen [da]
1966	1972	Mogens Fog
1972	1976	Thor A. Bak [da]
1976	1979	Morten Lange
1979	1982	Erik Skinhøj [da]
1982	1994	Ove Nathan [da]
1994	2002	Kjeld Møllgård [da]
2002	2005	Linda Nielsen
2005	2017	Ralf Hemmingsen [da]
2017	incumbent	Henrik Caspar Wegener [da]	[6]