Joachim Gersdorff | |
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.jpg) Joachim Gersdorff, painted posthumously by Hans Hansen (1889) | |
| Danish Steward of the Realm | |
| In office 1651–1660 | |
| Monarch | Frederick III |
| Preceded by | Corfitz Ulfeldt |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 November 1611 Søbygaard, Jutland, Denmark |
| Died | 19 April 1661 (aged 49) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Profession | Statesman, Land owner |
Joachim Gersdorff (12 November 1611 - 19 April 1661) was a Danish politician, from 1650 to 1660 Steward of the Danish Realm. It was Gersdorff who negotiated the Treaty of Roskilde on Denmark's part during the Second Northern War, a war he had himself been in favour of entering. Through this treaty, which was concluded in Roskilde on 8 March 1658 (NS), the eastern Danish provinces of Scania, Halland, Blekinge and Bornholm were ceded to Sweden.