Ranks and insignia of Royal Danish Army

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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

The current insignia for the Royal Danish Army was introduced along with the introduction of the MultiCam uniform. This sand coloured insignia replaced the older standard green slip-on and all other special slip-ons.[1]

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 Royal Danish Army 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
 Royal Danish Army[2]
General Generalløjtnant Generalmajor Brigadegeneral Oberst Oberstløjtnant Major Kaptajn Premierløjtnant Løjtnant Sekondløjtnant Sergent
(Officerselev)
Danish Pay Grade[3] M406 M405 M404 M403 M402 M401 M332
M331
M322		 M321 M312 M311 M310

Medical personnel

Insignia used by physicians, dentists and veterinarians.[4]

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
Shoulder straps No equivalent
Position Surgeon general Staff physician 1st class
Staff veterinarian 		Staff physician 2nd class
Staff veterinarian 		Chief Physician Staff Specialist Resident 1st class Resident 2nd class Resident 3rd class
Rank designation Brigadegeneral Oberst Oberstløjtnant Major Kaptajn Premierløjtnant Løjtnant

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
 Royal Danish Army[2]
Chefsergent Seniorsergent Oversergent Sergent Sergent
(Officerselev) 		Korporal Overkonstabel af 1. grad Overkonstabel Konstabel
Danish Pay Grade[3] M232 M231 M221 M212 M211 M113 M112
Other rank insignia
NATO Code OR-9 OR-8 OR-5 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Shoulder board
Danish Regiments-, brigade- og skole Chefsergent Regiments- og brigade-, Seniorsergent Sergentelev Overkonstabel 1. grad, gruppefører Overkonstabel, gruppefører Konstabel, gruppefører Konstabel elev Værnepligtig menig, gruppefører
English Command sergeant major Command sergeant major NCO trainee Lance corporal, section commander Private first class, section commander Private, section commander Private recruit Conscript, section commander

Clerical personnel

  • Clerical personnel
  • Army Dean
    Army Dean
  • Army Chaplain
    Army Chaplain
  • Army Conscript Chaplain
    Army Conscript Chaplain

Types of ranks

Rank
NATO 		Rank insignia
M/58 M/69 TAN499 M/06 M/11
Woodland Desert
Chefsergent OR-9


Historical ranks

Army insignia from around 1911

References

  1. ^ Hærchefsergent (July 2018). "Gradstegn og anden distinktionering". Uniformsbestemmelser for hæren (UBH) Jul 2018 (in Danish).
  2. ^ a b "Hærens Gradstegn" (PDF). forsvaret.dk (in Danish). Danish Defence. October 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Historik". forpers.dk (in Danish). Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  4. ^ Hærchefsergent (July 2018). "Gradstegn og anden distinktionering". Uniformsbestemmelser for hæren (UBH) Jul 2018 (in Danish). p. 17.
  5. ^ Hedegaard, Ole A. (1 January 1986). "Nyt militært gradstegn - en ny/gammel tradition!". Krigsvidenskab.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 August 2018.
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