The Danish Estate Command (; ETK), directly under the Chief of Defence. It was created in 2025 after the Danish Ministry of Defence Estate Agency () was reorganized, due to the Defence Agreement 2024–2033.

Organization The Estate Command holds the authority that handles all construction and building projects for all other authorities under the Danish Ministry of Defence. It does not actually do the building itself, but rather is the project manager and works out all the plans on how it should be done and who should do it.

The Estate Command is also responsible for such things as property assessments, selling and buying property, legal consultation, preservations, energy, environmental issues. It also administrates the Danish Defence's 700 rental properties.

History

Defence Construction Service

The Estate Command can trace its history back to 1684, when King Christian V setup three fortifications services for Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein and Norway. In 1952, the Army Construction Service, merged with Navy Construction Service and Coast Fortification Service, to form the Defence Construction Service (/FBT).

Construction and Establishments Service In January 2007, due to the Defence agreement 2005-2009, significant changes took take place in Defence Construction Service, which is to eventually evolve into Construction and Establishments Service (/FBE), by incorporating decentralized departments located in various military regiments, as well as the Defence Command's infrastructure department, for a more streamlined organization. In 2014, the name was changed to Danish Ministry of Defence Estate Agency (/FES) and place under the Ministry of Defence, as part of the Defence Agreement 2013-17.

Misuse of funds In December 2019, it was reported that there were violations of rules in 75 percent of the purchases related to the DDEO. In extreme cases, payment was given to tasks which were never completed. As a result, the director of the DDEO, Hans J. Høyer, was removed from his post and Chief of Defence Bjørn Bisserup was made acting director.

Commanding officer Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 Lieutenant colonel 1952 1979 years Hans J. Høyer 2013 10 December 2019 years – GeneralBjørn Bisserup 13 December 2019 1 December 2020 – Major generalAnders Mærkedahl Pedersen 1 December 2020 1 April 2021 1 April 2021 7 March 2025 – Henrik Sørensen 7 March 2025 1 August 2026 Major generalMikkel Enemark Olsen 1 August 2026 Incumbent

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