Peter Harling Boysen


Peter Harling Boysen is a Danish general who serves as the Chief of the Royal Danish Army.
He has extensive experience from international warzones and special operations, including NATO operations and UN peacekeeping forces, and has served in the Bosnian War and the war in Afghanistan. He was chief of the Special Operations Command prior to his appointment as Army chief in 2024.
In 2026, he leads the deployment to Greenland of hundreds of elite combat soldiers trained in arctic warfare, in response to the Greenland crisis. Upon arrival, General Boysen said he is ready to defend Greenland. Denmark has announced that a "substantial contribution" of the Danish Defence forces will be sent to Greenland under Boysen's command.

Career

Boysen joined the Army in 1983 and graduated as an officer. He graduated from the Advanced Command and Staff Course in the United Kingdom and earned a master's degree in Defense Studies at King's College, London. He has extensive international experience from warzones and has held command posts in UNFICYP in Cyprus, UNPROFOR and SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and has served with ISAF during the Afghanistan War. He was chief of planning in the Operations Staff from 2010 and chief of the Special Operations Command from 2018 to 2023. He then became Chief of the Royal Danish Army in 2024.

Military ranks

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