Army Command (Denmark)
Military unit
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The Army Command is the Royal Danish Army's top authority, and directly under the Defence Command. Originally created as the Army Staff, as part of the Danish Defence Agreement 2013–17, which called for major restructuring within the Danish military.[2] It is the successor to Army Operational Command. On 1 January 2019, as part of the Danish Defence Agreement 2018–23, the name was changed to Army Command.[3]
| Army Command | |
|---|---|
| Hærkommandoen | |
Coat of Arms of the Army Staff | |
| Active | 1951–1976 1 January 2019 |
| Country |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Branch | Royal Danish Army |
| Size | 90[1] |
| Part of | Defence Command |
| Headquarters | Karup |
| Nickname | HST |
| Stable belt |  |
| Website | Official Website |
| Commanders | |
| Chief of the Army Command | Major General Michael Lollesgaard |
Army Command structure 2020
Army Command, in Karup[4]
Multinational Division North, in Ādaži (Latvia)
1st Brigade, in Holstebro
2nd Brigade, in Slagelse
Danish Artillery Regiment, in Oksbøl
Engineer Regiment, in Skive
Signal Regiment, in Fredericia
Train Regiment, in Aalborg
Intelligence Regiment, in Varde
Royal Life Guards, in Høvelte
Guard Hussar Regiment, in Slagelse
Jutland Dragoon Regiment, in Holstebro
Schleswig Foot Regiment, in Haderslev
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Leadership
Chief of the Army Command (1950–1970)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Lieutenant general Ebbe Gørtz (1886–1976) | 1 October 1950 | 3 July 1951 | 275 days | [5] | |
| 2 | Lieutenant general Erik C.V. Møller (1896–1972) | 4 July 1951 | 30 June 1957 | 5 years, 362 days | [6] | |
| 3 | Lieutenant general Viggo Hjalf (1900–1985) | 1 July 1957 | 30 June 1960 | 2 years, 365 days | [7] | |
| 4 | Lieutenant general Valdemar Jacobsen (1902–1987) | 1 July 1960 | 31 July 1967 | 7 years, 30 days | [8][9] | |
| 5 | Lieutenant general Otto Blixenkrone-Møller (1912–2006) | 1 August 1967 | 31 December 1969 | 2 years, 152 days | [10] | |
![Ebbe Gørtz [da]](#/media/File:Ebbe_Gørtz_by_Elfelt_&_Co.jpg)
![Erik C.V. Møller [da]](#/media/File:Erik_C._V._Møller_by_Elfelt_&_Co.jpg)
![Viggo Hjalf [da]](#/media/File:No_image.png)
![Otto Blixenkrone-Møller [da]](#/media/File:General_Otto_Blixenkrone-Møller.jpg)
Chief of the Army Command (2019–present)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| – | Colonel Keld Robert Christensen (born 1963) Acting | 1 January 2019 | 31 January 2019 | 30 days | [11][12] | |
| – | Major general Kenneth Pedersen (born 1968) Acting | 31 January 2019 | 1 September 2019 | 213 days | [13] | |
| 1 | Major general Michael Lollesgaard (born 1960) | 1 September 2019 | 1 April 2021 | 1 year, 212 days | [14][15] | |
| – | Brigadier general Gunner Arpe Nielsen (born 1967) Acting | 1 April 2021 | 15 May 2021 | 44 days | [15] | |
| 2 | Major general Gunner Arpe Nielsen (born 1967) | 15 May 2021 | 1 May 2024 | 2 years, 352 days | [16] | |
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Major general Peter Harling Boysen (born 1963) |
1 May 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 316 days | [17] |
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![Kenneth Pedersen [da]](#/media/File:Lt._Gen._Kenneth_Pedersen,_Hall_of_Fame_(cropped).jpg)
![Michael Lollesgaard [de]](#/media/File:CJTF-OIR_officials_host_Ambassadors_Day_event_at_Union_III_(Michael_Lollesgaard)_(cropped).jpg)
![Gunner Arpe Nielsen [da]](#/media/File:Maj._Gen._Gunner_Nielsen_(6781621)_(cropped).jpg)
