Army Operational Command (), short "HOK", was the Danish Army's top authority. It is a Level.II command authority, directly under the Defence Command. ''HOK'' was formed on 1 January 1991. The origin of ''HOK'' can be traced back to 1808, with the forming of the General staff. Initially located in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

, 1 August 1993 it had its headquarters in

Karup Karup is a town in Viborg Municipality, Denmark. Sport The Uhrebanen is a motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over ...

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. Due to the recent Defence agreement 2005-2009 many changes are currently in the process of being implemented, so the following subordinated list might not be fully complete or fully accurate. Directly subordinated is the following Level.III authorities.

Subordinated Level.III authorities

Danish Division The Danish Division (), short DDIV, is the only remaining military land Division (military), division in Denmark. It was created on 1 January 1997 as the successor of Jutland Division. It is one of the now-three Divisions of Multinational Corps N ...

(DDIV) * 1.Brigade * 2.Brigade * Danish Operative Logistical Group (DANOPLOG) * Local defence region - Bornholm Defence (LFR BV) *

Jægerkorpset The Jaeger Corps also known as the Huntsmen Corps () is an elite special operations force of the Danish Armed Forces part of Special Operations Command, formerly of the Royal Danish Army, based at Aalborg Air Base. History The Jaeger Corps tr ...

(JGK)

Regiments

Den Kongelige Livgarde The Royal Life Guards () is a mechanized infantry regiment of the Danish Army, founded in 1658 by King Frederik III. The primary task is to provide a number of soldiers from the Guard Company to serve as a guard/ceremonial unit to the Danish ...

(LG) *

Jydske Dragonregiment The Jutland Dragoon Regiment () is the only regiment of the Royal Danish Army that has an armored (Main Battle Tank, MBT) battalion, and is one of the Danish combat regiments in which soldiers are entitled to wear the black beret of the Armoured ...

(JDR) *

Gardehusarregimentet The Guard Hussar Regiment () is a cavalry unit of the Royal Danish Army, whose primary task is to train the Guard Hussars for various functions in the mobilisation force. The Guard Hussar Regiment is one of two active cavalry regiments of the Da ...

(GHR) *

Ingeniørregimentet The Engineer Regiment () is a regiment in the Royal Danish Army with base in Skive (Denmark), Skive in Jutland. The soldiers of this regiment are trained in skills such as demolition, bomb disposal, bridge construction, defending against chemical ...

(IGR) *

Telegrafregimentet The Command Support Regiment () is a regiment of the Royal Danish Army. It was established in 1951 with the purpose of training and equipping units to support the Danish army with wartime Command, Control and Communications. Until 1 January 2019 t ...

(TGR) * Trænregimentet (TRR) * Danske Artilleriregiment (DAR)

Schools

* Army Officers Academy (HO) * Army Combat School (HKS) * Army Artillery School (HILS) * Army Engineer & ABC School (HIAS) * Army Signal School * Army Logistical School (HLS) * Army Sergeant School (HSGS)

Camps

* Borrislejren * Oksbøllejren * Jægersprislejren

Recent disbanded structures (since 2000)

* 1.Jutland Brigade (1.JBDE) 1961-2004 * 2.Jutland Brigade (2.JBDE) 1961-1996 * 3.Jutland Brigade (3.JBDE) 1961-2004 * 1.Zealand Brigade (1.SBDE) 1961-2004 * 2.Zealand Brigade (2.SBDE) 1961-1994 * 3.Zealand Brigade (3.SBDE) 1961-1974 *

Danish International Brigade The Danish International Brigade (), short DIB (also sometimes known as the ''Danish Reaction Brigade'') was a Denmark, Danish military brigade. The political decision to form this brigade was conceived in the Danish Defence agreement 1992–1995 ...

(DIB) 1994-2005 * 1.Zealand Combat group(1.SKG) 1983-1996 * 2.Zealand Combat group(2.SKG) 1983-2000 * 3.Zealand Combat group(3.SKG) 1983-1996 * 4.Zealand Combat group(4.SKG) 1983-1990 *

Zealand Combat group Zealand ( ) is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size) at 7,031 km2 (2715 sq. mi.). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020, comprising 4 ...

(SKG) 2000-2004 *

Jutland Combat group Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

(JKG) 1983-2004 * 4.Combat group (4.KG) 1991-1996 *

Danish Division Combat group Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A Danish person, also called a "Dane", can be a national or citizen of Denmark (see Demographics of Denmark) * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, ...

2000-2004 * Nørrejyske Artilleriregiment (NJAR) * Sønderjydske Artilleriregiment (SJAR) * Dronningens Livregiment (DRLR) * Slesvigske Fodregiment (SLFR) * Danske Livregiment (DLR) * Sjællandske Livregiment (SLR) * Prinsens Livregiment (PLR) * Kongens Artilleriregiment (KAR) * Dronningens Artilleriregiment (DAR) * Danish International Logistical Center (DANILOG) * Danske Artilleriregiment (DAR)

Previous disbanded structures (since 1995)

Jutland Division The Jutland Division (''Jyske Divisionskommando'') was a mechanized infantry formation (military), formation of the Danish Army during the Cold War. It was formed during 1951 to 1952 as 3rd Division from assets of the III Military Region and the di ...

(JDIV) * 2.Zealand Brigade (2.JBDE) * 2.Jutland Brigade (2.JBDE) * Sjællandske Ingeniørregiment * Jyske Ingeniørregiment * Sjællandske Trænregiment * Jyske Trænregiment

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* {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 Military units and formations of Denmark