Forsvarschef general Flemming Lentfer

Chief of Defence, General Flemming Lentfer. Photo: Sara Skytte.

The current Chief of Defence is Flemming Lentfer. He holds the rank of general and has been Chief of Defence since December 1. 2020.

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Kenneth Pedersen has been Chief of the Defence Staff since 2019. He holds the rank of lieutenant general and - together with the Chief of Defence – he is part of the high command of the Armed Forces.

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Other high-command officers

 

Chief of Joint Operations:


Major General Michael Wiggers Hyldgaard

 

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Chief of Plans and Capabilities:


Major General Anders Rex

 

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Commander, Army Command:


Major General Gunner Arpe Nielsen

 

Admiral Danish Fleet, Royal Danish Navy Command (acting):


Commodore Carsten Fjord-Larsen 

 

Commander, Air Command:


Major General Jan Dam

 

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Commander, Joint Arctic Command:


Rear Admiral Martin la Cour-Andersen

 

 

Commander, Special Operations Command:


Major General Peter Boysen

 

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Director Executive Office:


Commodore Bo Overgaard

 

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Commander of the Royal Danish Defence College:


Rear Admiral Henrik Ryberg

 

 

Commander of the Danish Armed Forces Health Services:


Surgeon General Sten Hulgaard

 

 

Commander of the Danish Defence Maintenance Agency:


Commodore Per Hesselberg

 

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Last updated September 15, 2021 - 17:58