Danish military
| Danish Defence Forsvaret |
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| Motto | Fordi noget er værd at kæmpe for! (Because some things are worth fighting for!) |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Current form | Defence Agreement 2013-17 |
| Service branches |
 Royal Danish Army Royal Danish Navy Royal Danish Air Force Danish Home Guard
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| Headquarters | Kuglegården |
| Website |
Official Website Official Facebook Official Picture Database |
| Leadership | |
| Monarch | Margrethe II |
| Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Minister of Defence | Claus Hjort Frederiksen |
| Chief of Defence | General Bjørn Bisserup |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18 |
| Conscription | Yes, for males |
| Available for military service |
1,276,087 (2004 est.), age 18-60 |
| Fit for military service |
1,088,751 (2004 est.), age 18-60 |
| Reaching military age annually |
43.073 |
| Active personnel | 15,034 military and 4,877 civilian (1 January 2016) |
| Reserve personnel | 12,000 + 51,000 volunteers in the Home Guard |
| Deployed personnel | 473 (21 January 2015) |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | 20.9 billion DKK (USD ~3.0 billion) (2015) |
| Percent of GDP | 1,3% (2014) |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers |
 Canada Germany Sweden Switzerland United States
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| Related articles | |
| History | Military history of Denmark |
| Ranks |
Officer ranks Other ranks |
The Danish Defence (Danish: Forsvaret) is the unified armed forces of the Kingdom of Denmark, charged with the defence of Denmark and its constituent, self-governing nations Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
The Queen is the Commander-in-chief in accordance with the Danish constitution, and under the Danish Defence Law the Minister of Defence serves as the commander of the Danish Defence (through the Chief of Defence and the Defence Command) and the Danish Home Guard (through the Home Guard Command). De facto the Danish Cabinet is the commanding authority of the Defence, though it cannot mobilize the armed forces, for purposes that are not strictly defence oriented, without the consent of parliament.
Denmark also has a concept of "total defence" (Danish: Totalforsvar).
During World War II, the armed forces were disbanded by the Germans during Operation Safari. After the war, the different branches were reorganized, and collected under Danish Defence, was in order for greater communication between the branches.
Total Defence (Danish: Totalforsvaret), is a collection of the military, Home Guard, Danish Emergency Management Agency and elements of the police to ensure effective and coordinated efforts, in cases of crises, disasters or major incidents.
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