Intelligence Regiment (Denmark) Explained

Unit Name:	Intelligence Regiment
Native Name:	Efterretningregimentet
Dates:	1 March 2014
Type:	Army Intelligence
Size:	457^[1]
Command Structure:	Army Staff
Garrison:	Varde
Nickname:	EFR
Motto:	Viden er Styrke (Knowledge is Strength)
Colonel Of The Regiment:	Lars Christian Küseler ^[2]
Ceremonial Chief:	HM The King
Identification Symbol Label:	Regimental belt
Identification Symbol 2 Label:	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
  • Intelligence Fusion Cell
    • Collection, Coordination & Intelligence Requirements Management section (CCIRM)
    • All Source Analysis Cell (ASAC)
    • Exploitation section (TECHINT)
  • Human Interactivities Company (PSYOPS, HUMINT & CIMIC)
  • Training Company

Names of the regiment

Names^[5]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: HEC: Tasks and organization. 8 December 2015. da. https://web.archive.org/web/20151210204436/http://www.artilleriet.dk/artikel/5111vEfterretningscenter.htm. 10 December 2015. dead.
2. Web site: HEC. 8 December 2015. da.
3. Web site: The army forces intelligence service with new centre. 8 December 2015. da. https://web.archive.org/web/20150111030827/http://forsvaret.dk/HST/Nyt%20og%20Presse/forlig2013-17/Documents/forlig_12_290114.pdf. 11 January 2015. dead.
4. Web site: Efterretningsregimentets opgaver og enheder . Forsvaret . 19 November 2023.
5. Web site: Rasmussen . Peter Ernstved . FC: "Det her er ikke nogen navneleg" . OLFI . 23 July 2019 . da . 30 April 2018.