Defence Staff (Denmark)
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Founded1 October 1950; 75 years ago (1950-10-01)
Country
Kingdom of Denmark
Kingdom of DenmarkPartofDefence Command
HeadquartersHolmen Naval Base
| Defence Staff | |
|---|---|
| Forsvarsstaben | |
| Founded | 1 October 1950; 75 years ago (1950-10-01) |
| Country | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Part of | Defence Command |
| Headquarters | Holmen Naval Base |
| Website | Official website |
| Commanders | |
| Chief of the Defence Staff | Lieutenant general Kenneth Pedersen |
Military unit
The Danish Defence Staff (Danish: Forsvarsstaben) is a senior command authority within the Danish Defence, responsible for leadership, administration, and staff support.
The Defense Staff is part of the Defense Command and supports the Chief of Defence with operational management and administration of the defense. There are five department within the Defense Staff:[1]
- Executive Office
- Plans and Capability
- Joint Operations
- Finance and Management
- InterForce [da] Executive Office
Chief of the Defense Staff
The Chief of the Defense Staff reports directly to the Chief of Defense and serves as his deputy. The person in question is also responsible for ensuring that the Armed Forces 'resources are utilized optimally, so that the Armed Forces' tasks are solved in the best possible way. The Chief of the Defense Staff, together with the Chief of Defense, constitutes the top management of the Defense.
- List
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Defence branch | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  |
Major general Einar M. Nordentoft (1896–1968) |
13 October 1950 | 30 September 1956 | 5 years, 353 days | Army | [2][3] |
| 2 |  |
Major general Poul Vilhelm Hammershøy (1905–1961) |
1 October 1956 | 30 September 1959 | 2 years, 364 days | Army | [4] |
| 3 |  |
Major general Erik Rasmussen (1903–1972) |
1 October 1959 | 30 September 1962 | 2 years, 364 days | Air force | [5] |
| 4 | |
Major general Svend Børge Reimert Helsø (1910–1975) |
1 October 1962 | 30 November 1970 | 8 years, 60 days | Army | [3][6] |
| 5 |  |
Major general Eigil Wolff [da] (1914–1983) |
1 January 1970 | 30 November 1972 | 2 years, 334 days | Army | [3] |
| 6 |  |
Major general Knud Jørgensen [da] (1919–1990) |
1 December 1972 | 30 April 1977 | 4 years, 150 days | Air force | [7] |
| 7 | |
Lieutenant general Gunnar Kjær Kristensen [da] (1928–2001) |
1 May 1977 | 30 April 1983 | 5 years, 364 days | Army | [8] |
| 8 |  |
Vice admiral Sven Egil Thiede [da] (1924–2005) |
1 May 1983 | 30 November 1985 | 2 years, 213 days | Navy | [9] |
| 9 |  |
Lieutenant general Jørgen Lyng (born 1934) |
1 December 1985 | 31 October 1989 | 3 years, 334 days | Army | [10] |
| 10 |  |
Vice admiral Jørgen Garde (1939–1996) |
1 November 1989 | 31 March 1996 | 6 years, 151 days | Navy | [11] |
| 11 |  |
Lieutenant general Christian Hvidt [da] (born 1942) |
1 April 1996 | 20 August 1996 | 141 days | Air force | [12] |
| 12 | |
Lieutenant general Ove Høegh-Guldberg Hoff [da] (born 1942) |
20 August 1996 | 29 February 2000 | 3 years, 193 days | Army | [3][12] |
| 13 |  |
Lieutenant general Hans Jesper Helsø (born 1942) |
1 March 2000 | 1 October 2002 | 2 years, 214 days | Army | [3] |
| 14 |  |
Vice admiral Tim Sloth Jørgensen (born 1951) |
1 October 2002 | 31 July 2008 | 5 years, 304 days | Navy | [13] |
| 15 |  |
Lieutenant general Bjørn Bisserup (born 1960) |
31 July 2008 | 1 October 2014 | 6 years, 62 days | Army | [14] |
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Lieutenant general Per Ludvigsen [da] (born 1957) |
1 October 2014 | 1 November 2017 | 3 years, 31 days | Army | [14] |
| 17 | .jpg) |
Lieutenant general Max A.L.T. Nielsen [de] (born 1963) |
1 November 2017 | 1 September 2019 | 1 year, 304 days | Air force | [15][16] |
| – |  |
Rear admiral Frank Trojahn (born 1963) acting |
1 September 2019 | 15 November 2019 | 75 days | Navy | [16] |
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Lieutenant general Kenneth Pedersen [da] (born 1968) |
15 November 2019 | 1 August 2025 | 5 years, 259 days | Army | [16][17] |
| 19 | |
Lieutenant general Henrik Berg (born 1964) |
1 December 2025 | Incumbent | 151 days | Army | [18] |
References
- ↑ "Organisation of the Danish Armed Forces". Forsvaret. Danish Defence. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ↑ Trommer.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Forsvarskommandoen 2000, p. 286.
- ↑ Bjerg 2011b.
- ↑ Bjerg 2011a.
- ↑ Håndbog 1967, p. 22.
- ↑ Nielsen & Olesen 1976, p. 401.
- ↑ "Generalløjtnant G.K. Kristensen". jdrhistorie.dk (in Danish). 25 May 2001. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ↑ Balsved 2006.
- ↑ Nielsen & Estrup 1988, p. 409.
- ↑ Grooss 2010.
- 1 2 Andersen 1996.
- ↑ Balsved 2009.
- 1 2 Kolding 2014, p. 3.
- ↑ Rasmussen 2017.
- 1 2 3 Wester 2019.
- ↑ "Kenneth Pedersen bliver ny direktør for Beredskabsstyrelsen" [Kenneth Pedersen Becomes New Director of DEMA]. Danish Emergency Management Agency (in Danish). 1 July 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "Henrik Berg bliver ny viceforsvarschef og chef for Forsvarsstaben" [Henrik Berg becomes new Deputy Chief of Defence and Chief of the Defence Staff]. Krigeren (in Danish). 7 October 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- Andersen, Leif (20 August 1996). "Ny forsvarschef" (in Danish). Danske Nyheder. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- Balsved, Johnny (6 March 2006). "Thiede, S. E." navalhistory.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- Balsved, Johnny (11 October 2009). "Jørgensen, Tim Sloth". navalhistory.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- Bjerg, Hans Christian (2011a). "Erik Rasmussen - officer" (in Danish). biografiskleksikon.lex.dk. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- Bjerg, Hans Christian (2011b). "P.V. Hammershøy" (in Danish). biografiskleksikon.lex.dk. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- Forsvarskommandoen (2000). Ved Forenede Kræfter. Aalborg: Nordjyllands Bogtrukkeri A/S. ISBN 87-988033-0-1.
- Grooss, Poul (21 January 2010). "Flådens historie". krigsvidenskab.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- Kolding, Helle (June 2014). "Nye ændringer i forsvarets ledelse". CS Bladet (in Danish). 4. Centralforeningen for stampersonel. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- Nielsen, Herluf; Olesen, H.B., eds. (1976). Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Statskalender: Statshåndbog for Kongeriget Danmark 1976 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz.
- Nielsen, Herluf; Estrup, Morten, eds. (1988). Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Statskalender: Statshåndbog for Kongeriget Danmark 1988 (PDF) (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- Rasmussen, Peter Ernstved (21 February 2017). ""Malt" bliver viceforsvarschef og Lollesgaard ryger til Nato". olfi.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- Trommer, Aage. "Einar M. Nordentoft". denstoredanske.lex.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- Wester, Kasper Junge (13 November 2019). "Generalmajor Kenneth Pedersen bliver ny viceforsvarschef". olfi.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- Håndbog for Søværnet. Ministry of Defence. 1967.
External links
- Official website
- Official website (in Danish)
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