Steen Andersen Bille
✓ Source-basedstableDanish politician (1751-1833)
PoliticiansLived 1751 to 1833 · aged 81
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Admiral Steen Andersen Bille was a Danish naval officer. A member of the Bille family, he rose to the rank of admiral and became a privy counselor during the period of Denmark-Norway's policy of "armed neutrality" following the Gunboat War. He was instrumental in the rebuilding of the Danish Navy after 1814.
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Drawing of a 12-pound canon created by Bille as a cadet (scale 1:12).
The action of 16 May 1797, where Bille fought an inconclusive action
Ernst Peymann saying his goodbye to Bille at the Nordre Toldbod as the latter sets out to attack the British navy on 17 August 1807
Frederikke Vilhelmine Bille
Steen Andersen Bille's grave at the Cemetery of HolmenAwards 2
Politicians born in the 1750s 6
About this person
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Politicians
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Politician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1751 to 1833 · aged 81
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