page_title: Danish Defence
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Danish Defence / History
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Christian IV på "Trefoldigheden" i Søslaget på Kolberger-Heide 1644, utsnit af midtpart. English: Christian IV of Denmark on the ship Trefoldigheden in the battle of Kolberger-Heide 1644, from the centre part of the painting.
context_page_description: Danish Defence is the unified armed forces of the Kingdom of Denmark charged with the defence of Denmark and its constituent, self-governing nations Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The Defence also promote Denmark's wider interests, support international peacekeeping efforts and provide humanitarian aid.
  Since the creation of a standing military in 1510, the armed forces have seen action in many wars, most involving Sweden, but also involving the world's great powers, including the Thirty Years' War, the Great Northern War, and the Napoleonic Wars.
  Today, Danish Defence consists of: the Royal Danish Army, Denmark's principal land warfare branch; the Royal Danish Navy, a blue-water navy with a fleet of 20 commissioned ships; and the Royal Danish Air Force, an air force with an operational fleet consisting of both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. The Defence also includes the Home Guard. Under the Danish Defence Law the Minister of Defence serves as the commander of Danish Defence and the Danish Home Guard.
caption: Christian IV of Denmark on the ship Trefoldigheden during the Battle of Kolberger-Heide in 1644
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