Army Staff (Denmark)
| Army Staff | |
|---|---|
| Hærstaben | |
| Active | 1950–1990 (1st time) 2014–2018 (2nd time) |
| Country |  Denmark |
| Branch |  Royal Danish Army |
| Type | Staff |
| Role | Operational, territorial and tactical operations |
The Army Staff (Danish: Hærstaben) is the name of various military staffs in the Royal Danish Army. At multiple times it was the highest authority within the Army.
History
[edit]The original Army Staff was created following the first major restructuring following the Second World War, and consisted of the General Staff. It was responsible for war preparations (training and education), studies and planning. It supported the Army Command. After the Army Command was subjugated to the Defence Command in 1976, the Army Staff became the main command of the Army.[1] Following the 1988 Defence Commission, it was decided that the Army Staff and the positions of Inspector of the Army would be disbanded and replaced with the Army Operational Command.[2][3] Following the Danish Defence Agreement 2013–17, the Army Operational Command was disbanded, re-establishing the Army Staff. As part of the Danish Defence Agreement 2018–23, the Army Staff was abolished and changed to the Army Command again.[4]
Chief of the Army Staff
[edit]1950–1970
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Major general Erik Kragh (1901–1984) |
1951 | 30 April 1957 | 5–6 years | [5] | |
| 2 | Major general Povl Martin Digmann (1900–1969) |
1 May 1957 | 1959 | 1–2 years | ||
| 3 | Major general Valdemar Jacobsen (1902–1987) |
1959 | 30 June 1960 | 0–1 years | ||
| 4 | Major general Eigil Wolff (1914–1983) |
1 July 1960 | 31 October 1963 | 3 years, 122 days | [6] | |
| 5 | 
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Major general Otto Blixenkrone-Møller (1912–2006) |
1 November 1963 | 31 July 1967 | 3 years, 272 days | [7] |
| 6 | Major general Christian Vegger (1915–1992) |
1 August 1967 | 31 December 1969 | 2 years, 153 days | ||
1970–1990
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Chief of the Army (Chefen for Hæren) | ||||||
| 1 |
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Lieutenant general Otto Blixenkrone-Møller (1912–2006) |
1 January 1970 | 30 November 1972 | 2 years, 334 days | [7] |
| 2 | Major general Christian Vegger (1915–1992) |
1 December 1972 | 1976 | 3–4 years | [8] | |
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Major general Harald Martin Hermann Boysen (1922–2019) |
1976 | 30 June 1982 | 5–6 years | [9] |
| Inspector of the Army (Inspektøren for Hæren) | ||||||
| 1 |
|
Major general Harald Martin Hermann Boysen (1922–2019) |
1 July 1982 | 1987 | 4–5 years | [9] |
| 2 | Major general Jørgen Christian Essemann (born 1933) |
1987 | 1990 | 2–3 years | [10] | |
| 3 | 
|
Major general Kjeld Hillingsø (born 1935) |
1990 | 31 December 1990 | 0 years | [11] |
2014–2018
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Major general Hans-Christian Mathiesen (born 1965) | 1 October 2014 | 24 October 2018 | 4 years, 23 days | [12][13] [14] | |
| – | Colonel Keld Robert Christensen (born 1963) Acting | 24 October 2018 | 31 December 2018 | 68 days | [14][15] | |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Hillingsø 2009.
- ^ Folketinget 1990.
- ^ Forsvaret 1989.
- ^ DSM.
- ^ Wolff, E. H. "Erik Kragh". lex.dk (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Bjerg, Hans Christian. "E.H. Wolff". lex.dk (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ a b Bjerg, Hans Christian. "Otto Blixenkrone-Møller". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish) (3 ed.). Gyldendal. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Hillingsø, Kjeld. "Christian Vegger". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish) (3 ed.). Gyldendal. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ a b Exner 2002.
- ^ "Fordelingsliste for opfording til medlemskab af Forenignen for tilvejebringelse og udstilling af kastellets historiske samling" (PDF). kastelletsvenner.dk (in Danish). 6 October 1987. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Berlingske 2010.
- ^ "CURRICULUM VITAE: H.-C. Mathiesen" (PDF). forsvaret.dk (in Danish). 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ Danish Defence. "Hærstaben". Forsvaret (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ a b Forsvarskommandoen 2018.
- ^ "Curriculum Viltae - Keld Robert Christensen" (PDF). forsvaret.dk (in Danish). 4 July 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
Sources
[edit]- Berlingske (20 April 2010). "Farverig generalløjtnant fylder 75". Berlingske (in Danish). Berlingske Media. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- DSM. "Forsvarschefen om implementeringen af Forsvarsforliget". Danske Soldater- og Marineforeningers Fællesråd (in Danish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- Exner, Poul (13 May 2002). "Fødselsdage i dag". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- Folketinget (25 April 1990). "1989/1 LSF 189" (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- Forsvaret (1989). "Forsvaret i 90'erne". Beretning fra Forsvarskommissionen af 1988 (PDF) (in Danish). Schultz Grafisk A/S. ISBN 978-87-503-8209-6. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- Forsvarskommandoen (24 October 2018). "Redegørelse vedrørende inhabilitet". forsvaret.dk (in Danish). Værnsfælles Forsvarskommando. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- Hillingsø, Kjeld (31 January 2009). "Hærkommandoen". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- Klint, Helge (1965). "Træk af Hærstabens historie". Hærkommandoens Årsskrift (in Danish). Nyt Nordisk Forlag: 5–11.
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