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Royal Danish Army
Hæren
Coat of arms of the Royal Danish Army
Founded17 November 1614; 409 years ago (1614-11-17)[1]
CountryRoyal Danish Army Kingdom of Denmark
AllegianceDanish Realm Frederik X
Royal Danish Army Denmark
Royal Danish Army Faroe Islands
Royal Danish Army Greenland
TypeArmy
RoleLand warfare
SizeActive: 25,400[2]
Reserve: 63,000
363 tracked and 257 wheeled armoured vehicles[3]
Part ofDanish Armed Forces
EquipmentSee list
EngagementsThirty Years' War (1625–1629)
Torstenson War (1643–1645)
Second Nordic War (1657–1660)
Scanian War (1675–1679)
Great Nordic War (1700 & 1709–1720)
Napoleonic Wars (1807–1814)
First Schleswig War (1848–1851)
Second Schleswig War (1864)
German invasion of Denmark (1940)
Operation Bøllebank (1994)
War in Kosovo (1998–1999)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Iraq War (2003–2007)
WebsiteOfficial Website
Official Facebook
Official YouTube
Commanders
Chief of DefenceGeneral Flemming Lentfer
Chief of Army CommandMajor-General Gunnar Arpe
Sergeant Major of the ArmyHenning Bæk
Notable
commanders
Christian IV
Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve
Frederick IV
Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel
Prince Frederik of Hesse
Frederick VI
Insignia
War flag

The Royal Danish Army (Danish: Hæren; Faroese: Herurin; Greenlandic: Sakkutuut) is the land-based branch of the Danish Armed Forces, together with the Danish Home Guard. For the last decade, the Royal Danish Army has undergone a massive transformation of structures, equipment and training methods, abandoning its traditional role of anti-invasion defence, and instead focusing on out of area operations by, among other initiatives, reducing the size of the conscripted and reserve components and increasing the active (standing army) component, changing from 60% support structure and 40% operational capability, to 60% combat operational capability and 40% support structure. When fully implemented, the Danish army will be capable of deploying 1,500 troops permanently on three different continents continuously, or 5,000 troops for a shorter period of time, in international operations without any need for extraordinary measures such as parliamentary approval of a war funding bill.

  1. ^ Nørby, Søren (2006). Det danske forsvar. København: Det historiske hus. p. 39. ISBN 87-11-11853-9.
  2. ^ "The Army". Forsvaret.dk. Forsvaret. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. ^ Equipment used in the Army, retrieved June 25th 2008 Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine

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