Intelligence Regiment (Denmark)

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Intelligence Regiment
Efterretningregimentet
Coat of arms for Intelligence Regiment (Denmark).svg
Coat of arms
Active1 March 2014
CountryFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
BranchFlag of Denmark (state).svg  Royal Danish Army
TypeArmy intelligence
Role Civil–military co-operation
Counterintelligence
Electronic warfare
HUMINT
ISTAR
Military intelligence
Psychological warfare
Size457 [1]
Part of Army Staff
Garrison/HQ Varde
NicknameEFR
MottoViden er styrke (Knowledge is strength)
Website Official website
Commanders
Ceremonial chief HM The King
Colonel of
the Regiment		Lars Christian Küseler [2]
Insignia
Regimental belt Army Intelligence Center Belt.png
Colours ERR Colours.svg

The Intelligence Regiment (Danish : Efterretningsregimentet, EFR) is an army intelligence regiment of the Royal Danish Army.

Contents

It was originally created as the Army Intelligence Centre (Danish : Hærens Efterretnings Center), and was a collection of all intelligence units, created by the Danish Defence Agreement 2013-2017 on the basis of lessons learned in Afghanistan and Iraq. [3]

Following the Danish Defence Agreement 2018–23, the centre was upgraded to a regiment and the name was changed.

Structure

Today the Intelligence Regiment has 2 battalions: [4]

Names of the regiment

Names [5]
Hærens Efterretnings CenterArmy Intelligence Centre2014-04-01–2018-12-31
EfterretningsregimentetIntelligence Regiment2019-01-01–

References

  1. ↑ "HEC: Tasks and organization" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "HEC" (in Danish). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "The army forces intelligence service with new centre" (PDF) (in Danish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Efterretningsregimentets opgaver og enheder". Forsvaret. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Rasmussen, Peter Ernstved (30 April 2018). "FC: "Det her er ikke nogen navneleg"" (in Danish). OLFI. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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