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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
Denmark Denmark (Edit) No Equivalent Rank insignia of general of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of generalløjtnant of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of generalmajor of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of brigadegeneral of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of oberst of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of oberstløjnant of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of major of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of kaptajn of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of premierløjtnant of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of flyverløjtnant of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of løjtnant of the Royal Danish Army 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
Flag of Denmark Denmark
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Rank insignia of chefsergent of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of seniorsergent of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of oversergent of the Royal Danish Army No equivalent Rank insignia of sergent of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of værnepligtig sergent of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of korporal of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of overkonstabel 1. grad of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of overkonstabel of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of konstabel of the Royal Danish Army Rank insignia of sergentelev of the Royal Danish Army
Chefsergent Seniorsergent Oversergent Sergent Officerselev Korporal Overkonstabel
af 1. grad
Overkonstabel Konstabel Sergentelev


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