Military ranks of Denmark

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

Leadership level

OF-9

OF-9 is the highest rank in the military, rated M406 within the Danish pay grade structure,[2] and reserved only for the Chief of Defence and the King À la suite.[3]

OF-8

OF-8 is the second highest rank in the military and rated M405 within the Danish pay grade structure.[2] The rank used to be reserved for the branch chiefs, but from 1970 only for the Chief of the Defense Staff, the Chief of Acquisition and the National Armaments Director.[4][5][6]

OF-7

OF-7 is the third highest rank in the military and rated M404 within the Danish pay grade structure.[2] The rank 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

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]

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

NATO code OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1
Rank group[9] Leadership level (Chefniveau) Management level (Lederniveau)
 Royal Danish Army[10]
General Generalløjtnant Generalmajor Brigadegeneral Oberst Oberstløjtnant Major Kaptajn Premierløjtnant Løjtnant Sekondløjtnant
 Royal Danish Navy[11]
Admiral Viceadmiral Kontreadmiral Flotilleadmiral Kommandør Kommandørkaptajn Orlogskaptajn Kaptajnløjtnant Premierløjtnant Løjtnant
 Royal Danish Air Force[12]
General Generalløjtnant Generalmajor Brigadegeneral Oberst Oberstløjtnant Major Kaptajn Premierløjtnant Løjtnant Sekondløjtnant
Danish pay grade[2] M406 M405 M404 M403 M402 M401 M332
M331
M322		 M321 M312 M311 M310

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
Rank group[9] Middle management level (Mellemlederniveau) Manual level (Manuelt niveau)
 Royal Danish Army[10]
Chefsergent Seniorsergent Oversergent Sergent Sergent
(Officerselev) 		Korporal Overkonstabel af 1. grad Overkonstabel Konstabel
 Royal Danish Navy[11]
Chefsergent Seniorsergent Oversergent Sergent Sergent SØ Korporal Marinespecialist Marineoverkonstabel Marinekonstabel
 Royal Danish Air Force[12]
Chefsergent Seniorsergent Oversergent Sergent Sergent
(Officerselev) 		Korporal Flyverspecialist Flyveroverkonstabel Flyverkonstabel
Danish pay grade[2] M232 M231 M221 M212 M211 M113 M112

Joint ranks

Rank group Non-combat
Judge Advocate Corps[13]
Generalauditør Auditør Auditørfuldmægtig
Legal[13][14]
Militærjuridisk rådgiver
Civilian[13]
Civil, chefniveau Civil, lederniveau Civil, mellemniveau Civil, manuelt niveau
Medical[13][14]
Speciallæge/
Special tandlæge 		Læge/tandlæge
uden auto. til
selvstændig virke 		Ledende afdelingssygeplejerske
Nurse[13][14]
Afdelingssygeplejerske 1. assistent Sygeplejeassistent
Music[13]
Musikdirigent Musiker

See also

References

  1. ^ Hertz, Michael; Petersen, Karsten Skjold. "Militære grader". Lex – Danmarks Nationalleksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Historik". Forsvarsministeriets Personalestyrelse (in Danish). 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  3. ^ Hedegaard, Ole A. (1 January 1986). "Nyt militært gradstegn - en ny/gammel tradition!". Krigsvidenskab.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Forsvarets ledelse" [Defence leadership]. Forsvaret (in Danish). 17 October 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Direktion" [Management]. Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse (in Danish). 7 October 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  6. ^ Lind, Vickie (21 March 2024). "Ny direktør FMI" [New director of DALO]. Hovedorganisationen af Officerer i Danmark (in Danish). Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  7. ^ Hedegaard 1986.
  8. ^ Marrup, Karsten (1 May 2017). "Stop galskaben med midlertidige tillagte grader!". OLFI (in Danish). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Bekendtgørelse om militære grader mv. for personel i det militære forsvar". retsinformation.dk (in Danish). 24 March 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Hærens Gradstegn" (PDF). forsvaret.dk (in Danish). Danish Defence. October 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Søværnets Gradstegn" (PDF). forsvaret.dk (in Danish). Danish Defence. October 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Flyvevåbnets Gradstegn" (PDF). forsvaret.dk (in Danish). Danish Defence. October 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d e f "Værnsfælles gradstegn" (PDF). Forsvaret (in Danish). Danish Defence. October 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  14. ^ a b c Hærchefsergent (March 2021). "FKOBST H. 628-1: Uniformsbestemmelser for Hæren" (PDF) (in Danish). pp. 36–37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
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