Danish Division

Danish Division
Multinational Division North
Danske Division
Active1 January 1997 – present
(27 years, 10 months)
Country Denmark
Branch Royal Danish Army
SizeDivision HQ
Garrison/HQHaderslev Kaserne
PatronKnud Lavard[1]
Motto(s)Velox Et Acer (Quick And Sharp)
WebsiteOfficial Facebook
Commanders
Current
commander
Major General Jette Albinus [2]
Notable
commanders
R. Allerup

The Danish Division (Danish: Danske Division), short DDIV, is the only remaining military land 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 North East (MNC NE), the German-Danish-Polish Corps, the successor to the former German-Danish Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland (LANDJUT), a NATO Allied Forces Northern Europe formation.

Due to the Danish Defence agreement 2005–2009 Danish Division is currently undergoing major reorganisation, which will not only reduce the divisional strength but also transform it from the originally mobilization unit into a permanent and available formation. As a result of this, DDIV will possibly be affiliated with Allied Rapid Reaction Corps instead. The current structure consists of an armoured brigade, which is the main combat formation, and a training brigade, plus divisional troops. The armoured brigade consists of a single tank battalion, a reconnaissance battalion and two armoured infantry battalions.

  1. ^ Danske Division. "History of the Danish Division". forsvaret.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  2. ^ https://www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/2023/generals--og-admiralsrokade/ [bare URL]