Summary
The Special Operations Command (Danish: Specialoperationskommandoen; SOKOM) is a command of the Danish Armed Forces and a part of the Defence Command. SOKOM was established in 2014 to bring the Jaeger Corps (Danish: Jægerkorpset) and the Frogman Corps (Danish: Frømandskorpset) under one command. It is based at Aalborg Air Base.
| Special Operations Command | |
|---|---|
| Specialoperationskommandoen | |
 | |
| Active | 1 September 2014 |
| Country |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Branch | Danish Defence |
| Type | Special operations |
| Part of | Defence Command |
| Headquarters | Aalborg Air Base |
| Nickname(s) | SOKOM |
| Motto(s) | Styrke Gennem Fælles Indsats (Strength Through Joint Effort) |
| Commanders | |
| Chief of SOKOM | Major general Michael Wiggers Hyldgaard |
| Chief of Jaeger Corps | Lieutenant colonel Jens P Blomqvist |
| Chief of Frogman Corps | Commander Jens Bach |
Role edit
SOKOM was established on 1 September 2014 as part of the Danish Defence Agreement 2013-2017; Major General Jørgen Høll was appointed its first chief. SOKOM was created with the aim of "strengthening and increasing the future capabilities within special operations, including capabilities of the Air Force".[1]
On 1 July 2015, the Jaeger Corps was transferred from the Royal Danish Army and the Frogman Corps from the Royal Danish Navy to SOKOM.[2]
SOKOM is tasked with working with national and international partners, where SOKOM will be able to offer a special operations alternative to conventional military solutions and to be able to deploy a headquarters element to support special operations on foreign soil.[1]
Divisions edit
Commanding officer edit
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | 
|
Major general Jørgen Høll (born 1958) |
1 September 2014 | 21 March 2018 | 3 years, 201 days | [2][3] |
| 2 | 
|
Major general Peter Harling Boysen (born 1963) |
21 March 2018 | 1 July 2023 | 5 years, 102 days | [3] |
| 3 | 
|
Major general Michael Hyldgaard (born 1964) |
1 July 2023 | 3 April 2024 | 277 days | [4][5] |
See also edit
- United States Special Operations Command
- Special Forces Command (Sweden)
References edit
- ^ a b "Special Operations Command" (PDF) (in Danish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Jægerkorpset og Frømandskorpset overdrages til Specialoperationskommandoen [Jaegercorps and Frogman Corps transferred to Special operations command]". Danish Defence (Press release) (in Danish). 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ a b Laursen, Mathias Majlund (21 March 2018). "Danmarks elitesoldater har fået ny chef". nordjyske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "Generals- og admiralsrokade". forsvaret.dk (in Danish). 24 May 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Forsvarsministeren hjemsender forsvarschefen". Forsvaret (in Danish). 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
External links edit
- Danish Defence SOKOM (in Danish)
- "Et supply drop fra SOKOM". Soldaten (in Danish) (7). Copenhagen: Forsvarskommandoens Kommunikationssektion: 12–23. October 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2021.