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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File:Rank insignia of generalmajor of the Royal Danish Army.svg | 
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File:Rank insignia of oberstløjnant of the Royal Danish Army.svg | 
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| 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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File:Rank insignia of seniorsergent of the Royal Danish Army.svg | File:Rank insignia of oversergent of the Royal Danish Army.svg | No equivalent | File:Rank insignia of sergent of the Royal Danish Army.svg | File:Rank insignia of værnepligtig sergent of the Royal Danish Army.svg | 
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File:Rank insignia of overkonstabel 1. grad of the Royal Danish Army.svg | File:Rank insignia of overkonstabel of the Royal Danish Army.svg | 
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| Chefsergent | Seniorsergent | Oversergent | Sergent | Officerselev | Korporal | Overkonstabel af 1. grad |
Overkonstabel | Konstabel | Sergentelev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other ranks insignia
Sergentelev
(NCO trainee)
(NCO trainee)
Overkonstabel 1. grad, gruppefører
(Lance corporal, section commander)
(Lance corporal, section commander)
Overkonstabel, gruppefører
(Private first class, section commander)
(Private first class, section commander)
Konstabel, gruppefører
(Private, section commander)
(Private, section commander)
Værnepligtig menig, gruppefører
(Conscript, section commander)
(Conscript, section commander)
Konstabel elev
(Private recruit)
(Private recruit)
Historical ranks insignia
Seniorsergent af 1. grad
(Warrant Officer Class 1)
(Warrant Officer Class 1)
Seniorsergent af 2. grad
(Warrant Officer Class 2)
(Warrant Officer Class 2)
Oversergent
(Sergeant first class)
(Sergeant first class)
Værnepligtig Korporal
(Conscripted corporal)
(Conscripted corporal)
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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