Military ranks of Denmark
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The military ranks of Denmark are the military insignia used by the Danish Defence. The ranks are split into two overall categories befalingsmænd (lit. 'commanders') and menige (lit. 'privates'), with befalingsmænd being further split into officerer (lit. 'commissioned officers') and underofficerer (lit. 'sub-officers').[1]
Structure
| Group | Sub-group | Level | NATO code | Pay grade[2] | Description |
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| Commanders | Officers | Leadership | OF-9 | M406 | The highest rank in the military and reserved only for the Chief of Defence and the King À la suite.[3] |
| OF-8 | M405 | The second highest rank in the military and until 1970 used for branch chiefs. Now only for the Chief of the Defense Staff, the Chief of Acquisition and the National Armaments Director.[4][5][6] | |||
| OF-7 | M404 | The third highest rank in the military and is given to the branch chiefs (including the Home Guard), as well as the chiefs of the Operations Staff, Development and Planning Staff, Operational Support Command, Joint Arctic Command, Special Operations Command, Estate Command and the Royal Danish Defence College.[4] | |||
| OF-6 | M403 | The rank was introduced in 1983, following the adaptation of the STANAG 2116.[7]
The rank is given to deputy branch chiefs, the Surgeon General, commanders of the Health Services, the Maintenance Service, the brigades, or to OF-5 on extended international missions, as a temporary rank.[8] | |||
| OF-5 | M402 | ||||
| OF-4 | M401 | ||||
| Management | OF-3 | M332 | Established in 2005 as a way to improve avancement for M331 who are unable to advance to M401, due to lack of available positions.[9] | ||
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| M322 | Awarded to M321 who have a highly specialised knowledge or 18–20 years' experience as an officer but has not yet completed a Master of Military Studies (MMS).[10][11] | ||||
| OF-2 | M321 | ||||
| OF-1 | M312 | ||||
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| Sub-officers | Middle management | OR-9 | M232 | ||
| OR-8 | M231 | ||||
| OR-7 | M221 | ||||
| OR-5 | M212 | ||||
| M211 | |||||
| Privates | N/a | Manual level | OR-4 | M113 | |
| OR-3 | M112 | ||||
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| N/a | M111 | Only for conscripts and recruits.[2] |
Commissioned officer ranks
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
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| Admiral | Viceadmiral | Kontreadmiral | Flotilleadmiral | Kommandør | Kommandørkaptajn | Orlogskaptajn | Kaptajnløjtnant | Premierløjtnant | Løjtnant | |||||||||||||||
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| Danish pay grade[2] | M406 | M405 | M404 | M403 | M402 | M401 | M332 M331 M322 | M321 | M312 | M311 | M310 | |||||||||||||
Special insignia
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Other ranks
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
| NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chefsergent | Seniorsergent | Oversergent | Sergent | Sergent (Officerselev) |
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| Danish pay grade[2] | M232 | M231 | M221 | M212 | M211 | M113 | M112 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joint ranks
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| Civil, chefniveau | Civil, lederniveau | Civil, mellemniveau | Civil, manuelt niveau | |
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| Afdelingssygeplejerske | 1. assistent | Sygeplejeassistent | ||
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