Home Guard Command (Denmark)

Home Guard Command (Danish: Hjemmeværnskommandoen), is the Danish Home Guard's top authority and is a level one authority reporting directly to the Ministry of Defence.

Home Guard Command
Hjemmeværnskommandoen
Danish Home Guard Command logo
Active1 April 1949 (1949-04-01)
Country Kingdom of Denmark
BranchJoined/shared
Part ofMinistry of Defence
HeadquartersVordingborg Kaserne
WebsiteOfficial Website
Commanders
The Commanding General of The Home GuardMajor general Jens Garly[1]
The Commissioner of The Home GuardSøren Espersen[1]

The Home Guard is a volunteer military organization offering a permanent state of readiness. The task of the Home Guard is to support the armed forces - nationally as well as internationally. In addition to this, the Home Guard supports the police, the emergency services, and other civilian authorities. The Home Guard contributes internationally with guard duty, build-up of military capacity, and support to civilian reconstruction.

The Home Guard has a combined military and civilian leadership. The Commanding General of the Home Guard is responsible for the training and posting of units and managing the Home Guard. The Commissioner of the Home Guard is responsible for recruitment and the public support to the Home Guard in Denmark and general defence in the Danish community.

In times of tension and war the Danish Defence Command assume command over the activated Home Guard units.

Until 2014, the Home Guard Command was located at Generalstok in Kastellet, in Copenhagen. It was then temporarily relocated to Søkvæsthuset in central Copenhagen. From August 2015, it will be placed at Vordingborg Barracks.

Chiefs of the Home Guard
No. Chief of the Home GuardTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Johnstad-Møller, ErikMajor general
Erik Johnstad-Møller
(1894–1982)
de facto from 1948		1 April 194919599–10 years
2
Digmann, PovlMajor general
Povl Martin Digmann
(1900–1969)		195919655–6 years
3
Permin, Ole-ChristianMajor general
Ole-Christian Permin
(1913–1995)		1965197711–12 years
4
Andreassen, JørgenMajor general
Jørgen Andreassen
(1919–1999)		197719846–7 years
5
Gottlieb, RudMajor general
Rud Gottlieb		198419938–9 years
6
Nilsson, JørgenMajor general
Jørgen Sverker Nilsson
(born 1938)		199328 February 19984–5 years
7
Scheibye, UlfMajor general
Ulf Scheibye
(born 1944)		1 March 199831 July 20046 years, 152 days
8
Norgaard, JanMajor general
Jan Norgaard
(born 1950)		1 August 200430 April 20105 years, 272 days
9
Winkler, FinnMajor general
Finn Winkler
(born 1957)		1 May 201031 July 20177 years, 91 days
10
Garly, JensMajor general
Jens Garly
(born 1962)		1 August 2017Incumbent3 years, 15 days
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References
  1. "The Home Guard Management" (in Danish). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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