Editing Danish Defence (section)

{{Short description|Armed forces of Denmark}}
{{Infobox national military
| name = Danish Defence
| native_name = {{lang|da|Forsvaret}}
| image = [[File:National Coat of arms of Denmark.svg|165px]]
| alt = 
| caption = Coat of arms
| image2 = Flag of Denmark (state).svg
| alt2 = 
| caption2 = [[War flag]] and [[Ensign (flag)|Ensign]] of Denmark
| motto = {{lang|da|Fordi noget er værd at kæmpe for}}<br />({{translation|Because something is worth fighting for}})
| founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1949}}
| current_form = [[Danish Defence Agreement 2018–23|Defence Agreement 2018–23]]
| disbanded = 
| branches = [[File:Coat of arms of the Royal Danish Army.svg|20px]] [[Royal Danish Army]]<br />[[File:Emblem of the Royal Danish Navy.svg|15px|Emblem of the Danish Navy]] [[Royal Danish Navy]]<br />[[File:Royal Danish Air Force wings.svg|25px]] [[Royal Danish Air Force]]<br />[[File:Danish Home Guard logo.svg|15px|Coat of Arms of the Home Guard]] [[Home Guard (Denmark)|Home Guard]]
| headquarters = [[Holmen Naval Base]], [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]
| website = {{url|https://forsvaret.dk/en/|Official Website}}
<!-- Leadership -->| commander-in-chief = {{flagicon|Kingdom of Denmark|royal}} [[Frederik X of Denmark|Frederik X]]
| commander-in-chief_title = [[Monarchy of Denmark|Monarch]]{{efn|Under the current [[Constitution of Denmark]], the role of the Danish monarch as [[commander-in-chief]] is implicit; the constitution does not explicitly state that the monarch is the commander-in-chief. It is also of important note that in modern Danish legal parlance, most jurists interpret references to the ''King'' in the constitution as to be interpreted as references to the ''[[cabinet of Denmark|government]]'' (consisting of the [[Prime Minister of Denmark|Prime Minister]] and other ministers).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedanishparliament.dk/Publications/~/media/Pdf_materiale/Pdf_publikationer/English/My_Constitutional_Act_v_11_2013.pdf.ashx |title=My Constitution Act with Explanations 2013 |publisher=[[Folketing]] |access-date=10 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103060508/http://www.thedanishparliament.dk/Publications/~/media/Pdf_materiale/Pdf_publikationer/English/My_Constitutional_Act_v_11_2013.pdf.ashx |archive-date=3 November 2013 }}</ref> For more, see [[Commander-in-chief#Denmark|Commander-in-chief § Denmark]].}}
| chief minister = {{flagicon|Kingdom of Denmark|state}} [[Mette Frederiksen]]
| chief minister_title = [[Prime Minister of Denmark|Prime Minister]]
| minister = {{flagicon image|Standard of the Minister of Defense of Denmark.svg|border=}} [[Troels Lund Poulsen]]
| minister_title = {{nobreak|[[Minister of Defence (Denmark)|Minister of Defence]]}}
| commander = {{flagicon image|Standard of the Chief of the Defense Staff of Denmark.svg}} General {{ill|Michael Hyldgaard|da}} {{abbrv|act.|acting}}
| commander_title = [[Chief of Defence (Denmark)|Chief of Defence]]
<!-- Manpower -->| age = 18 for voluntary service
| conscription = [[Conscription in Denmark|Yes, for men.]]
| manpower_data = 2023
| manpower_age = 18–49
| available = 2,605,137
| fit = 2,107,794
| fit_f = 
| reaching = 76,970<ref>{{cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5caf2b62#/5caf2b62/1|title=Statistik - maj 2016}}</ref>
| reaching_f = 
| active = 21,000 military & 4,638 civilian (2024)<ref>{{cite web|title=Number of employees|url=http://forpers.dk/hr/Pages/Antalansatte.aspx|website=forpers.dk|publisher=Danish Defence|access-date=19 June 2018|language=da|archive-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602195205/http://forpers.dk/hr/pages/antalansatte.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ranked = 
| reserve = 12,000 + 51,000 volunteers in the Home Guard
| deployed = 800 (2024)<ref>{{cite web |author1=Danish Defence |title=Forsvaret i verden lige nu |url=https://www2.forsvaret.dk/viden-om/opgaver/kort/Pages/kort-over-opgaver.aspx |website=Forsvaret.dk |access-date=19 June 2018 |language=da |date=30 May 2018 |archive-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619113039/https://www2.forsvaret.dk/viden-om/opgaver/kort/Pages/kort-over-opgaver.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<!-- Financial -->| amount = [[Danish krone|DKK]] 68,67 billion (2024)<br />(€9.2 billion)<ref name=DKDefSp>{{cite web | url=https://www.fmn.dk/globalassets/fmn/dokumenter/aarsrapporter/-2024-danish-defence-expenditures-.pdf#page=3| title=Danish Defence expenditures 2024 | page=3 | access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=NATODefSp>{{cite web|title=Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2024)|url=https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2024/6/pdf/240617-def-exp-2024-en.pdf|publisher=NATO|pages=4, 7|access-date=3 February 2025}}</ref>
| percent_GDP = 2.37% (2024)<ref name=DKDefSp/><ref name=NATODefSp/>
<!-- Industrial -->| domestic_suppliers = 
| foreign_suppliers = 
| imports = 
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| history = [[Military history of Denmark]]
| ranks = [[Military ranks of Denmark|Military ranks]]
}}

The '''Danish Defence''' ({{langx|da|Forsvaret}}; {{langx|fo|Danska verjan}}; {{langx|kl|Illersuisut}}; {{literally|the Defence}}) is the unified [[armed forces]] of the [[Denmark|Kingdom of Denmark]] charged with the defence of Denmark and its self-governing territories [[Greenland]] and the [[Faroe Islands]]. The military also promote Denmark's wider interests, support international [[peacekeeping]] efforts and provide [[humanitarian aid]].<ref name="Mission">{{cite web|author1=Defence Command Denmark|title=Mission and Objectives|url=https://www2.forsvaret.dk/eng/About/mission/Pages/Mission.aspx|website=Forsvaret.dk|access-date=14 May 2018|date=23 May 2016}}</ref>

Since the creation of a standing military in 1510, the armed forces have seen action in many wars, most involving [[Sweden]], but also involving the world's [[great power]]s, including the [[Thirty Years' War]], the [[Great Northern War]], and the [[Napoleonic Wars]].

Today, the armed forces consists of: the [[Royal Danish Army]], Denmark's principal [[land warfare]] branch; the [[Royal Danish Navy]], a [[blue-water navy]] with a fleet of 20 commissioned ships; and the [[Royal Danish Air Force]], an [[air force]] with an operational fleet consisting of both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. The Defence also includes the [[Danish Home Guard|Home Guard]]. Under the Danish Defence Law<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=6294 | title = LOV nr 122 af 27/02/2001 om forsvarets formål, opgaver og organisation m.v. | access-date = 2012-07-30 | language = da}}</ref> the [[Ministry of Defence (Denmark)|Minister of Defence]] serves as the commander of Danish Defence (through the [[Chief of Defence (Denmark)|Chief of Defence]] and the [[Defence Command (Denmark)|Defence Command]]) and the [[Danish Home Guard]] (through the [[Home Guard Command (Denmark)|Home Guard Command]]). [[De facto]] the Danish Cabinet is the commanding authority of the Defence, though it cannot mobilize the armed forces, for purposes that are not strictly defence oriented, without the consent of [[Parliament of Denmark|parliament]].