The Danish Defence Command (DCD) ( Danish : Forsvarskommando , FKO ) is the Danish joint military command and the top coordination and controlling authority of the Danish Armed Forces . It is a Level I command authority, directly under the Ministry of Defence .
5-451: The term Defence Command means the joint military headquarters in some countries. For more information, see Defence Command (Denmark) Defence Command (Finland) Pyongyang Defense Command Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Defence Command . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-718: The Special Operations Command . The Defence Command was established on the basic of law no. 334 of 18 June 1969 about the origination of the Danish Defence; in order to reduce resources expended and make a true combined Defence command of Denmark. It was a continuation of the Danish defence re-construction of 1950, which erected Ministry of Defence, Chief of Defence, Defence Staff, Army Command , Søværnskommandoen and Flyverkommandoen . These latter commands were in 1969 combined into one and placed under
15-518: The Ministry of Defence, giving the Chief of Defence full administrative and operational command of all branches of the Danish military. The staff of these former branch commands continued to exist inside FKO, but in 1982, which saw a major reconstruction of FKO, they too vanished in favour of an even more branch independent organisation. The reorganization resulted in a unified command structure similar to
20-673: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Defence_Command&oldid=1219662925 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Defence Command (Denmark) It consists of the Chief of Defence and three service staffs, Operations and Planning Staffs, known collectively as Forsvarsstaben (the Defence Staff), Arctic Command and
25-592: The previous General Command . The Danish Defence agreement 2005–09 called for another major re-construction of the Danish military, affecting the origination of FKO. Between 1973 and 2006 FKO was located in Vedbæk (Henriksholm Allé) a little north of Lyngby , in a modern steel and concrete building, built 1970 – November 1972 by Defence Construction Service . FKO moved to this building in March 1973. FKO moved to Søarsenalet on Holmen Naval Base on July 24, 2006. As
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