Home Guard Command (Denmark)

Home Guard Command
Hjemmeværnskommandoen
Danish Home Guard Command logo
Active	1 April 1949 (1949-04-01)
Country	Denmark
Branch	Joined/shared
Part of	Ministry of Defence
Headquarters	Vordingborg Kaserne
Website	Official Website
Commanders
Chief of the Home Guard	Major general Finn Winkler^[1]
Commissioner of the Home Guard	Bjarne Laustsen^[1]

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

It is under dual management by a military General and a civilian (usually a member of parliament).

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

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.

References

1 2 "The Home Guard Management" (in Danish). Retrieved 22 November 2015.

Links to related articles

Military of Denmark

Services	Royal Danish Army Royal Danish Navy Royal Danish Air Force Danish Home Guard

Command organisations	Defence Command Army Staff Arctic Command Home Guard Command Special Operations Command

Joint Service	Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization Defence Personnel Service The Ark Project Defence Property Management Agency Defence Intelligence Service Judge Advocate Corps Danish Armed Forces Health Services Defence Internal Auditor Defence Financial Management Agency Emergency Management Agency Administration of Conscientious Objector

Higher education facilities	Royal Danish Defence College Royal Danish Military Academy Royal Danish Naval Academy Royal Danish Air Force Officers School

Army units	1st Danish Artillery Battalion Engineer Regiment Guard Hussar Regiment Jutland Dragoon Regiment Royal Life Guards Signal Regiment Train Regiment

Navy units	1st Squadron 2nd Squadron Naval Air Squadron Sirius Dog Sled Patrol Danish Task Group

Air Force units	Air Squadron 515 Air Squadron 660 Air Squadron 690 Air Squadron 721 Air Squadron 722 Air Squadron 723 Air Squadron 724 Air Squadron 727 Air Squadron 730 Mobile Air Control Centre Control and Reporting Centre Karup Combat Support Wing

Special Force units	Danish Huntsmen Corps Danish Frogman Corps Sirius Dog Sled Patrol

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