Adam Wilhelm Moltke

Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785-1864) was Prime Minister of Denmark from 1848 to 1852. He was the first Danish Prime Minister in the Danish constitutional monarchy outlined in 1848 and signed as the Danish Constitution on 5 June 1849 by Frederik VII of Denmark.

The cabinet created on 22 March 1848 was called the March Cabinet (also the Cabinet of Moltke I). On 16 November 1848 it was replaced by the November Cabinet (Cabinet of Moltke II), which in turn was replaced by the July Cabinet (Cabinet of Moltke III) on 13 July 1851, which again was replaced by the October Cabinet (Cabinet of Moltke IV) on 18 October 1851.

On 27 January 1852 Christian Albrecht Bluhme replaced the Moltke as Prime Minister.

Adam Wilhelm Moltke was the grandson of Adam Gottlob Moltke, the influential Court Marshal and companion of Frederik V of Denmark.