List of Danish regiments

This is a list of Royal Danish Army regiments that have existed since the 15th century. Most formations have changed names several times during their existence. Listed here are commonly used names.

Infantry

Regiments disbanded, merged or amalgamated in the modern era (1951–present) or still active:

CoA	Pre-1961 name	Post-1961 name	Established	Disbanded	Notes	Ref.
	Royal Life Guards		1658		Still active
	1st Regiment	Danish Life Regiment	1763	1 January 2001	Merged into the Guard Hussar Regiment
	2nd Regiment	Schleswig Regiment of Foot	1778 2019	1 January 2001	Merged into the Prince's Life Regiment. Reactivated on 1 January 2019.
	3rd Regiment	Prince's Life Regiment	1657	1 August 2005	Merged into the Jutland Dragoon Regiment
	4th Regiment	Zealand Life Regiment	1614	1 January 2001	Merged into the Guard Hussar Regiment
	5th Regiment	Falster Regiment of Foot	1747	1 August 1976	Merged into the Danish Life Regiment
	6th Regiment	Funen Life Regiment	1614	1 November 1991	Merged into the Schleswig Regiment of Foot
	7th Regiment	Jutlandic Regiment of Foot	1675	1 November 1961	Amalgamated with the King's Regiment of Foot into King's Jutlandic Regiment of Foot
	8th Regiment	Queen's Life Regiment	1657	1 January 2001	Merged into the Prince's Life Regiment
	9th Regiment	King's Regiment of Foot King's Jutlandic Regiment of Foot (from 1961)	1657	1 November 1991	Merged into the Schleswig Regiment of Foot
	10th Regiment	Field Lord's Regiment of Foot	1703	1 August 1961	Merged into the Queen's Life Regiment
	Marine Regiment		1672	2000	Three infantry battalions under Bornholm's Værn
	Infantry Pioneer Command		1938	1951	Merged into the King's Regiment of Foot	[1]

Regiments disbanded before the modern era:

Flag	Name	Established	Disbanded	Notes	Ref.
	2nd Danish Recruited Infantry Regiment	1703	1721		[2]
	Copenhagen Infantry Regiment	1808	1816		[3]
	Fyen National Regiment (of foot)	1733	1765		[4]
	Fyen Recruited Infantry Regiment	1733	1789	Merged into the Prince's Life Regiment	[2]
	Grenadier Guards	1701	1763		[5]
	Halberdier Guard	1571	1763		[5]
	Holstein Infantry Regiment	1778	1951		[6]
	Kiel Infantry Regiment	1773	1773		[4]
	Northern Jutland National Regiment (of foot)	1733	1765		[7]
	Oldenburg Infantry Regiment	1747	1951		[8]
	Oldenburg National Regiment	1704	1765		[9]
	Prince Georg's Regiment	1658	1721
	Plön Recruited Infantry Regiment	1764	1767		[2]
	Southern Jutland National Regiment (of foot)	1733	1765		[7]
	Schleswig National Regiment (of foot)	1737	1765		[7]
	Schleswig-Holstein National Regiment	1737	1765		[9]
	Scanian Regiment	1614	1658
	Viborg Recruited Infantry Regiment	1703	1789		[5]
	Zealand Infantry Regiment	1675	1803	Merged into the Marine Regiment	[2]
	Zealand National Regiment (of foot)	1735	1765		[7]

Cavalry

Regiments disbanded in the modern era or still present:

CoA	Name	Established	Disbanded	Notes	Ref.
	Jutland Dragoon Regiment	1679		Still active
	Guard Hussar Regiment	1762	2000
	Guard Hussar Regiment	2000 (1614)		Still active

Regiments disbanded before the modern era:

• 1st Dragoon Regiment (1672–1856) ^[10]
• 2nd Dragoon Regiment (1683–1910) ^[11]
• 3rd Dragoon Regiment (1670–1932), merged with 5th Dragoon Regiment in 1932 to form the Jutland Dragoon Regiment ^[12]
• 4th Dragoon Regiment (1670–1923) ^[12]
• 5th Dragoon Regiment (1679–1932), merged with 3rd Dragoon Regiment in 1932 to form the Jutland Dragoon Regiment
• 6th Dragoon Regiment (1670–1865), merged into 3rd Dragoon Regiment
• 3rd Zealand National Mounted Regiment (1675–1721) ^[13]
• Holstein's Lancers Regiment (1700–1842) ^[13]
• Royal Horse Guards (1661–1866) ^[14]
• Oldenburg Cuirassier Regiment (1703–1767) ^[15]
• Zealand Cuirassier Regiment (1670–1767) ^[15]
• Zealand Dragoon Regiment (1670–1789) ^[15]
• Schleswig's Cuirassier Regiment (1675–1842) ^[13]

Artillery and other regiments

Artillery

• Fortress Artillery Regiment (1892–1922)
• Coastal Artillery Regiment (1909–1932), amalgamated into Royal Danish Navy
• 1st Field Artillery Regiment (Crown's Artillery Regiment), merged with 2nd Field Artillery Regiment in 1982 to form the King's Artillery Regiment.
• 2nd Field Artillery Regiment (Zealand Artillery Regiment), merged with 1st Field Artillery Regiment in 1982 to form the King's Artillery Regiment.
• 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (North Jutland Artillery Regiment), merged with 4th Field Artillery Regiment in 2000 to form the Queen's Artillery Regiment.
• 4th Field Artillery Regiment (Southern Jutland Artillery Regiment), merged with 3rd Field Artillery Regiment in 2000 to form the Queen's Artillery Regiment.
• King's Artillery Regiment (1982–2005), merged with Queen's Artillery Regiment in 2005 to form the Danish Artillery Regiment.
• Queen's Artillery Regiment (2000–2005), merged with King's Artillery Regiment in 2005 to form the Danish Artillery Regiment.
• Danish Artillery Regiment (2005–2014, 2019–), disbanded in 2014 and reformed into 1st Danish Artillery Battalion. Reactivated on 1 January 2019.

Air Defence

• Zealand Air Defence Regiment (1932–1970), merged into Crown's Artillery Regiment
• Jutlandic Air Defence Regiment (1951–1974), merged into North Jutland Artillery Regiment

Armour

See under Cavalry units

Aviation

• Army Aviation Troops (1912–1950).
• Army Air Corps (1971–2003), amalgamated into Squadron 724 of the Royal Danish Air Force.

Engineers

• Zealandic Engineer Regiment, merged with Jutlandic Engineer Regiment in 1997 to form the Engineer Regiment.
• Jutlandic Engineer Regiment, merged with Zealandic Engineer Regiment in 1997 to form the Engineer Regiment.
• Engineer Regiment (1997–present)

Logistic

• Army Materiel Command (1602–2007) merged with navy and air force counterpart to form Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization.
• Zealandic Logistic Regiment (1951–1997), merged with Jutlandic Logistic Regiment to form the Train Regiment.
• Jutlandic Logistic Regiment (1951–1997), merged with Zealandic Logistic Regiment to form the Train Regiment.
• Train Regiment (1997–present).
• Danish International Logistical Center (2001–2014), merged into Train Regiment.

Signal

• Zealandic Signal Regiment, merged with Jutlandic Signal Regiment in 1992 to form the Signal Regiment.
• Jutlandic Signal Regiment, merged with Zealandic Signal Regiment in 1992 to form the Signal Regiment.
• Command Support Regiment (1992–present).

Other

• Bornholms Regiment , disbanded 2000 and reactivated 2025
• Army Military Police (1947–2014), merged with Navy and Air force Military Police.
• Intelligence Regiment (2014–present).
• Jaeger Corps (1961–2014), Now under command of SOKOM

See also

• Royal Danish Army
• List of wars involving Denmark
• Military history of Denmark
• Structure of the Royal Danish Army

References

1. Petersen 1984, p. 89.
2. Petersen 1984, p. 72.
3. Petersen 1984, pp. 188–189.
4. Petersen 1984, p. 73.
5. Petersen 1984, p. 70.
6. Petersen 1984, p. 98.
7. Petersen 1984, p. 75.
8. Petersen 1984, p. 99.
9. Petersen 1984, p. 76.
10. Petersen 1984, p. 109.
11. Petersen 1984, p. 110.
12. Petersen 1984, p. 111.
13. Petersen 1984, p. 112.
14. Petersen 1984, p. 107.
15. Petersen 1984, p. 113.

• Petersen, Vagn Aage, ed. (1984). Vejledning og oversigt I: Hæren 1660-1980. Rigsarkivet og hjælpemidlerne til dets benyttelse III (in Danish). Danish National Archives. ISBN   87-7497-073-9.