Intelligence Regiment
Efterretningregimentet
Coat of Arms
Active1 March 2014
Country Denmark
Branch Royal Danish Army
TypeArmy Intelligence
Size457[1]
Part ofArmy Staff
Garrison/HQVarde
Nickname(s)EFR
Motto(s)Viden 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 a 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
    • Information Activities Company (PSYOPS)
    • Human Intelligence Company (HUMINT & CIMIC)
    • Training Company
    • Intelligence Fusion Cell
      • Collection, Coordination & Intelligence Requirements Management section (CCIRM)
      • All Source Analysis Cell (ASAC)
      • Exploitation section (TECHINT)

Names of the regiment

Names[5]
Hærens Efterretnings CenterArmy Intelligence Centre2014-04-01–2018-12-31
EfterretningsregimentetIntelligence Regiment2019-01-01–

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.


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