The Jonstrup Camp (

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: Jonstruplejren) is a military installation in

Ballerup Municipality Ballerup Kommune () is a municipality ( da, kommune) in '' Region Hovedstaden'' on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. It is located approximately 15 kilometers from central Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of ...

in the northwestern outskirts of

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. It is home to the

Royal Danish Air Force Officers School The Royal Danish Air Force Academy ( da, Flyvevåbnets Officersskole) educates and commissions all Officer (armed forces), officers for the Royal Danish Air Force. The Air Force Officer Academy function was initiated in 1951 by the creation of the ...

, Royal Danish Airforce Library and ''Forsvarets rekrutering''.

History

The Jonstrup Camp was founded 1950 when the

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acquired the 30 hectares site to build an educational facility for infantry troops. Construction of the buildings began in 1953 to a design similar to that of the nearby military barracks in

Farum Farum is a town on the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. The town has a population of 20,312 (1 January 2022).

and Sjælsmark. The area was ceded to the

Royal Danish Air Force The Royal Danish Air Force ( da, Flyvevåbnet, lit=The Flying weapon) (RDAF) is the aerial warfare force of The Kingdom of Denmark and one of the four branches of the Danish Defence. Initially being components of the Army and the Navy, it was ...

in 1955, which had been founded on 1 October 1950 through the merger of ''Hærens Flyvetropper'' and ''Søværnets Flyvevæsen''. The camp was home to ''Flyvevåbnets Konstabelskole'' (1953–1960: ''Mathskolen''; 1977–2000: ''Flyvevåbnets Specialskole''), which moved to Værløse Air Base in 2000. The

and the Rotal Danish Airforce Library has been located in the Jonstrup Camp since 1995. Forsvarets Rekrutering moved to the site in 2003.

References

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