List of Danish regiments explained

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

Regiment disband in the modern era (1951–present) or still present:

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

Regiment disband before the modern era:

Name	Established	Disbanded	Notes
2nd Danish Recruited Infantry Regiment	1703	1721
Copenhagen Infantry Regiment	1808	1816
Fyen National Regiment (of foot)	1733	1765
Fyen Recruited Infantry Regiment	1733	1789	merged in the Prince's Life Regiment
Grenadier Guards	1701	1763
Halberdier Guard	1571	1763
Holstein Infantry Regiment	1778	1951
Kiel Infantry Regiment	1773	1773
Northern Jutland National Regiment (of foot)	1733	1765
Oldenburg Infantry Regiment	1747	1951
Oldenburg National Regiment	1704	1765
Prince Georg's Regiment	1658	1721
Plön Recruited Infantry Regiment	1764	1767
Southern Jutland National Regiment (of foot)	1733	1765
Schleswig National Regiment (of foot)	1737	1765
Schleswig-Holstein National Regiment	1737	1765
Scanian Regiment	1614	1658
Viborg Recruited Infantry Regiment	1703	1789
Zealand Infantry Regiment	1675	1803	merged in the Marine Regiment
Zealand National Regiment (of foot)	1735	1765

Cavalry

Regiment disband in the modern era or still present:

Jutland Dragoon Regiment (1679–present)
Guard Hussar Regiment (1762–2000)
Guard Hussar Regiment (After amalgamation the year from Zealand Life Regiment is used)(1614–present)

Regiment disband before the modern era:

1st Dragoon Regiment (1672–1856)
2nd Dragoon Regiment (1683–1910)
3rd Dragoon Regiment (1670–1932), merged with 5th Dragoon Regiment in 1932 to form the Jutland Dragoon Regiment
4th Dragoon Regiment (1670–1923)
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)
Holstein's Lancers Regiment (1700–1842)
Royal Horse Guards (1661–1866)
Oldenburg Cuirassier Regiment (1703–1767)
Zealand Cuirassier Regiment (1670–1767)
Zealand Dragoon Regiment (1670–1789)
Schleswig's Cuirassier Regiment (1675–1842)

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 (1937–1970), 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

, disbanded 2000
Army Military Police (1947–2014), merged with Navy and Air force Military Police.
Intelligence Regiment (2014–present).
Jaeger Corps (1961–2014), Now SOKOM

References

Book: 1984 . Petersen . Vagn Aage . Vejledning og oversigt I: Hæren 1660-1980 . Rigsarkivet og hjælpemidlerne til dets benyttelse III . Danish . Danish National Archives . 87-7497-073-9 .