List of Chiefs of Defence of Denmark
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Chief of Defence (Denmark)
The Chief of Defence of Denmark , under responsibility of the Defence minister, is the Chief of Defence and commander1 of the Royal Danish Army, the Royal Danish Navy and the Royal Danish Air Force...
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Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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Chiefs of Defence
| From | To | Chief of Defence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 October 1950 | 30 September 1962 | Admiral Erhard Jørgen Carl Qvistgaard |
| 1 October 1962 | 30 September 1972 | General Kurt Rudolph Ramberg (Air force) |
| 1 December 1972 | 30 April 1977 | General Otto Blixenkrone-Møller (Army) |
| 1 May 1977 | 30 September 1984 | General Knud Jørgensen (Air force) |
| 1 October 1984 | 30 November 1985 | General Otto Katharus Lind (Army) |
| 1 December 1985 | 31 October 1989 † | Admiral Sven Eigil Thiede |
| 1 November 1989 | 31 March 1996 | General Jørgen Lyng (Army) |
| 1 April 1996 | 3 August 1996 † | Admiral Jørgen Garde Jørgen Garde Hans Jørgen Garde was a Danish admiral.Garde was the Danish Chief of Defence from 1 April 1996 until his death. Garde died when the Gulfstream III he was travelling in with his wife crashed during final approach to Vágar Airport in bad weather and poor visibility.- External links :* *... (died in a plane crash) |
| 20 August 1996 | 30 September 2002 | General Christian Hvidt (Air force) |
| 1 October 2002 | 31 July 2008 | General Hans Jesper Helsø (Army) |
| 1 August 2008 | 4 October 2009 | Admiral Tim Sloth Jørgensen Tim Sloth Jørgensen Admiral Tim Sloth Jørgensen is a senior officer in the Royal Danish Navy.He is notable for being appointed Chief of Denmark's Defence staff.Jørgensen conducted a tour of military sites in Greenland and Nunavut, Canada, inAugust 2009.... |
| 5 October 2009 | 15 November 2009 | Lieutenant General Bjørn Bisserup |
| 16 November 2009 | General Knud Bartels Knud Bartels Knud Bartels is a Danish general.Bartels is the Danish Chief of Defence and was appointed on 16 November 2009... (Army) |