The high command of the Armed Forces encompasses the Chief of Defence and the Chief of Defence Staff, who are based in the Defence Command in Copenhagen.
The current Chief of Defence is Flemming Lentfer. He holds the rank of general and has been Chief of Defence since December 1. 2020.
CV for Chief of Defence, General Flemming Lentfer
Kenneth Pedersen has been Chief of the Defence Staff since 2019. He holds the rank of lieutenant general and - together with the Chief of Defence – he is part of the high command of the Armed Forces.
CV for Chief of the Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Kenneth Pedersen
Chief of Operations Staff: Major General Michael Wiggers Hyldgaard
Chief of Development and Planning Staff: Rear Admiral Frank Trojahn
Commander of the Army: Major General Michael Anker Lollesgaard
Admiral Danish Fleet: Rear Admiral Torben Mikkelsen
Commander of the Air Force: Major General Anders Rex
Commander of Arctic Command: Major General Kim Jesper Jørgensen
Commander of the Special Operations Forces: Major General Peter Boysen
Head of the High-Command Staff Secretariat: Brigadier General Anders Berg Olesen
Commander of the Royal Danish Defence College: Rear Admiral Henrik Ryberg
Commander of the Danish Defence Maintenance Agency: Commodore Per Hesselberg
Commander of the Danish Defence Medical Command: Surgeon General Sten Hulgaard