•
Niels Krag, 1594–1602 •
Jon Jakobsen Venusinus, 1602–1608 •
Claus Christoffersen Lyschander, 1616–1623/4 •
Johannes Isacius Pontanus, 1618–1639 (appointed jointly with Lyschander) •
Johannes Meursius, 1624–1639 •
Stephan Hansen Stephanius, 1639–1650 •
Vitus Bering, 1650–1675 • Ivar Nielsen Hertzholm (uncertain, mentioned as royal historian in the first edition of
Dansk biografisk leksikon, but not in the improved third edition). • Willum Worm, 1679–1704 • Christoff Heinrich Amthor, 1714–1721 • Andreas Hojer, 1722–1730 •
Hans Gram, 1730–1748 •
Bernhard Møllmann •
Peter Frederik Suhm, 1787–1798 • Ove Malling, 1809–1829 • Caspar Frederik Wegener, 1847–1883 ==References==