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Intelligence Regiment (Denmark)

The Intelligence Regiment is an army intelligence regiment of the Royal Danish Army.

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Intelligence Regiment
Efterretningregimentet
Coat of arms
Active1 March 2014
Country Denmark
Branch Royal Danish Army
TypeArmy intelligence
RoleCivil–military co-operation
Counterintelligence
Electronic warfare
HUMINT
ISTAR
Military intelligence
Psychological warfare
Size4571
Part ofArmy Staff
Garrison/HQVarde
NicknameEFR
MottoViden er styrke (Knowledge is strength)
WebsiteOfficial website
Commanders
Ceremonial chiefHM The King
Colonel of
the Regiment		Lars Christian Küseler 2
Insignia
Regimental beltStable belt HEC
Colours

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

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

  • 1 Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Battalion
    • HQ Platoon
    • UAS Company
    • EW Company, physically placed at Ryes Kaserne in Fredericia
  • 2 Military Intelligence Battalion
    • Intelligence Fusion Centre
    • Human Interaction Company (PSYOPS, HUMINT & CIMIC)
    • Training Company

Names of the regiment

Names5
Hærens Efterretnings Center Army Intelligence Centre 2014-04-01 – 2018-12-31
Efterretningsregimentet Intelligence Regiment 2019-01-01 –
References

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.