Special Operations Command (Denmark) Explained

Unit Name:	Special Operations Command
Native Name:	Specialoperationskommandoen
Branch:	Danish Defence
Type:	Special operations
Command Structure:	Defence Command
Garrison:	Aalborg Air Base
Garrison Label:	Headquarters
Nickname:	SOKOM
Motto:	Danish: Styrke Gennem Fælles Indsats (Strength Through Joint Effort)
Commander1:	Major general Michael Wiggers Hyldgaard
Commander1 Label:	Chief of SOKOM
Commander2:	Lieutenant colonel Jens P Blomqvist
Commander2 Label:	Chief of Jaeger Corps
Commander3:	Commander Jens Bach
Commander3 Label:	Chief of Frogman Corps

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.

Role

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.

Divisions

• Frogman Corps
• Jaeger Corps
• Sirius Dog Sled Patrol

Commanding officer

	Portrait	Name	Term of office
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Major general Jørgen Høll	1 September 2014	21 March 2018		^[3]
2		Major general Peter Harling Boysen	21 March 2018	1 July 2023
3		Major general	1 July 2023	3 April 2024		^[4] ^[5]
Vacant

See also

• United States Special Operations Command
• Special Forces Command (Sweden)

External links

• Danish Defence SOKOM (in Danish)
• Et supply drop fra SOKOM . Soldaten . October 2019 . 7 . 12–23 . 24 March 2021 . Forsvarskommandoens Kommunikationssektion . Copenhagen . da.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Special Operations Command . 22 November 2015 . da . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115931/http://forsvaret.dk/HST/Nyt%20og%20Presse/%C3%98vrige%20nyheder/Documents/SOKOM%20FAKTAARK%202015.pdf . 4 March 2016.
2. Jægerkorpset og Frømandskorpset overdrages til Specialoperationskommandoen [Jaegercorps and Frogman Corps transferred to Special operations command] ]. Danish Defence . 16 June 2017 . da . 25 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150706212623/http://www2.forsvaret.dk/nyheder/overige_nyheder/Pages/J%C3%A6gerkorpsetogFr%C3%B8mandskorpsetoverdragestilSpecialoperationskommandoen.aspx . 6 July 2015.
3. News: Laursen . Mathias Majlund . Danmarks elitesoldater har fået ny chef . 24 March 2021 . nordjyske.dk . 21 March 2018 . da.
4. Web site: Generals- og admiralsrokade . . 5 July 2023 . da . 24 May 2023.
5. Web site: Forsvarsministeren hjemsender forsvarschefen . Forsvaret . 3 April 2024 . da . 3 April 2024.