The Ranks and insignia of Royal Danish Army follows the NATO system of ranks and insignia, as does the rest of the Danish Defence.
Current ranks[]
Officers[]
The highest officer's rank is OF-9 (General) which is reserved for the Chief of Defence (only when this seat is occupied by an army officer). Similarly, OF-8 (Lieutenant general) is reserved for the Vice Chief of Defence). OF-7 (Major general) is used by the chief of the Army Staff and OF-6 (Brigadegeneral) by the chief of a brigade as well as keepers of high-office positions.
NATO Code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF(D) | Student Officer | |
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Denmark (Edit) | No Equivalent | No equivalent | |||||||||||
General | Generalløjtnant | Generalmajor | Brigadegeneral | Oberst | Oberstløjtnant | Major | Kaptajn | Premierløjtnant | Løjtnant | Sekondløjtnant |
Enlisted[]
The Danish OR's also follow the NATO system, though there are no OR-6's. OR-4 (Korporal) is the highest of the M100-level ranks is and not considered a NCO-rank.
NATO Code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denmark (Edit) |
No equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chefsergent | Seniorsergent | Oversergent | Sergent | Officerselev | Korporal | Overkonstabel af 1. grad |
Overkonstabel | Konstabel | Sergentelev |
References[]
- Badges of Rank for the Royal Danish Army, 2018
- Badges of Rank for the Royal Danish Army, 2018 (in Danish)
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