Danish soldier killed by bomb - 3 September 2011

A Danish soldier was killed in Helmand province on 3rd September 2011 when a bomb exploded beside a Danish Army foot patrol. The incident occurred north of Gereshk.

Four other Danish soldiers were injured.

Update: the fallen soldier has been named as Konstabel Jacob Sten Lund Olsen.

Danish Army Konstabel Alexander Biune

23-year-old Danish Army Konstabel Alexander Biune was killed in Helmand province on 10th July 2011 by the blast from a roadside bomb. He died in a military field hospital in Camp Bastion after being airlifted by helicopter.

Konstabel Biune served with the Jutland Dragoons based at Holstebro. He joined the army in February 2010.

Head of Danish Battlegroup, Colonel Jens Riis, said of Konstabel Biune: "He trusted himself and everyone felt safe when he took the lead. He lead his mates through perilous areas and did it with a conviction that he was better than anyone. He did until this tragic day for all of us."

Konstabel Biune leaves his parents, his girlfriend and two siblings.

Danish soldier, Samuel Enig

Konstabel Samuel Enig, 23, of Denmark, was killed on 9th January 2011 in Gereskh, Helmand province, Afghanistan. He died from wounds suffered when insurgents detonated a bomb as his patrol unit passed by.

He was assigned to the Den Kongelige Livgarde (The Royal Life Guards), Høvelte, Denmark.

Click here for a full list of Danish military fatalities since 2001

Denmark - complete list of fatalities

Danish military fatalities in Afghanistan

Date	Name	Rank	Age	Unit
2013
02-Jan	Jakobsen, René Brink	Oversergent	39	Rangers
2011
03-Sep	Olsen, Jacob	Konstabel	22	Hussar Regt.
10-Jul	Alexander Biune	Konstabel	23	Jutland Dragoons
09-Jan	Samuel Enig	Konstabel	23	Royal Life Guards
2010
14-Nov	Jorgeb Randrup	O-Konstabel	27	Royal Life Guards
23-Oct	Mikkel Jorgensen	Konstabel	21	Royal Life Guards
22-Sep	Simon Jorgensen	Konstabel	22	Royal Life Guards
07-Aug	Jimmi Petersen	O-Konstabel	28	Royal Life Guards
07-Aug	Erik Rolandsen	O-Konstabel	26	Royal Life Guards
21-Jul	Jonas Ploger	Lieutenant	26	Hussar Regmt
13-Jun	Martin Kristiansen	Jr Tech	33	Flyvevåbnets Førings
01-Jun	Sophia Bruun	Konstabel	22	Hussar Regmt
08-Jan	Simon Hoffmann	Konstabel	23	Hussar Regmt
2009
25-Nov	Kenneth Nielsen	Konstabel	23	Hussar Regmt
17-Nov	Rune Nielsen	Konstabel	22	Hussar Regmt
23-Oct	Michael Ebert	Sergent	23	Royal Life Guards
19-Sep	Steffen Larsen	Konstabel	23	Royal Life Guards
17-Jun	Martin Abildgaard	Konstabel	23	Hussar Regmt
17-Jun	Mads Rasmussen	Konstabel	21	Hussar Regmt
17-Jun	Andreas Brohus	O-Konstabel	26	Hussar Regmt
2008
19-Dec	Jacob Jensen	Sergent	23	Hussar Regmt
19-Dec	Sebastian Holm	Konstabel	22	Hussar Regmt
19-Dec	Benjamin Rasmussen	Konstabel	21	Hussar Regmt
04-Dec	Jacob Gronnegaard	Konstabel	22	Jutland Dragoons
04-Dec	Dan Gyde	O-Konstabel	29	Jutland Dragoons
25-Aug	Henrik Christiansen	Sergent	29	Royal Life Guards
25-Jul	Jesper Petersen	O-Konstabel	28	Jutland Dragoons
31-Mar	Christian Raaschou	O-Konstabel	24	Royal Life Guards
26-Mar	Anders Storgaard	Konstabel	21	Royal Life Guards
17-Mar	Sonny Jakobsen	Sergent	45	CIMIC Team
17-Mar	Christian Damholt	Captain	33	CIMIC Team
13-Mar	Jens Petersen	Sergent	56	Parachute Regt
24-Feb	Morten Jensen	Konstabel	21	Not reported
2007
29-Nov	Mark Visholm	Konstabel	21	Hussar Regmt
29-Nov	Casper Cramer	Konstabel	21	Hussar Regmt
16-Oct	Anders Storrud	Major	34	Royal Life Guards
26-Sep	Thorbjorn Reese	Konstabel	22	Royal Life Guards
26-Sep	Mikkel Sorensen	Konstabel	24	Royal Life Guards
03-May	Steen Sorensen	Lieutenant	24	Danish Artillery
2004
04-Dec	Unknown	Sergent		Unknown
2002
06-Mar	Kim Carlsen	L-cpl	35	Royal Engineers
06-Mar	Brian Andersen	L-cpl	26	Royal Engineers
06-Mar	Thomas Butzkowsky	Sergent	26	Royal Engineers

Danish soldier, Jørgen Randrup killed by bomb

Danish soldier, Jørgen Randrup, age 27, of the Royal Guard, was killed by a roadside bomb in the area east of Gereshk in Afghanistan, on November 14, 2010.

Jorgen Randrup

Jørgen Randrup joined the Danish Army in 2003 and had previously been deployed to Kosovo in 2005 and Afghanistan in 2007.

He is survived by his mother, father, sister and girlfriend.

Danish soldier Mikkel Jorgensen killed

Danish soldier, Mikkel Jorgensen was killed 23rd October, when his unit was engaged in a firefight during a patrol east of Patrol Base Bridzar, located four miles (six km) northeast of Gereshk in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was 21 and a Private with the Royal Danish Life Guards.

Danish soldier Simon Mundt Jorgensen killed by IED

Danish soldier Simon Mundt Jorgensen was killed in September, 2010, by an explosive device south of the patrol base Bridzar six miles northeast of Gereshk, in Helmand Province.

He was from Charlie Company who are seconded from the Royal Life Guards.

Two Danish soldiers killed in IED blast

Two Danish soldiers were killed and three others were injured, two of them seriously, in a bomb attack in the southern Helmand province in Afghanistan on 7th August 2010.

A Danish tank on patrol hit a roadside bomb about six kilometres (four miles) northeast of the town of Gereshk.

The two soldiers were both serving with the Danish Royal Life Guards.

They are:

Erik Rolandsen, age 26, (pictured top left) and

Jimmi Petersen, age 28 (pictured bottom left)

There are some 750 Danish troops in NATO's International Security Assistance Force. Most are in Helmand province under British command.

Thirty-four Danish soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the deployment began.

IED blast kills Danish soldier

COPENHAGEN - The Danish army says an explosion in southern Afghanistan has killed one of its soldiers and wounded four.

The Army Operational Command says 33-year-old Martin Kristiansen was killed by an explosive device that hit his vehicle near the Budwan patrol base in Helmand province. Kristiansen and the four wounded were taken by helicopter to the field hospital in Camp Bastion.

Denmark has lost 31 soldiers in Afghanistan since it joined the U.S.-led coalition in 2002. Earlier this month the Nordic country lost its first female soldier in the conflict.

Female Danish soldier killed by IED

Private Sophia Bruun

Denmark deploys woman soldiers at the frontline alongside their male colleagues. Private Sophia Bruun was such a soldier, and she is the first Danish female fallen in Afghanistan.

Private Sophia Bruun, 22, was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. On Tuesday 1 June 2010 at 1207 pm local time, private Bruun’s vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device and she was killed instantly.

Private Bruun was on patrol with her unit in the vicinity of Patrol Base Bridzar, which is located about four miles northeast of Gereshk. She was on duty as the gunner on a Piranha Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC).

Danish soldier dies in bomb blast

Simon Hoffmann

A 23 year-old Danish soldier, Simon Sejer Hoffmann, a Private with 2nd Danish Light Reconnaisance Squadron was killed on 8th January 2010, when the patrol vehicle he was hit by a roadside bomb.

Five other soldiers were injured in the blast. in Helmand province.

At the funeral, Chaplain Thomas Østergaard Aallmann, who has served in Afghanistan himself, said: "Simon Sejer Hoffmann. You lived up to your middle name (‘sejer’ means ‘victory’ in Danish). You are victorious. You triumphed over indifference and apathy. Even in your defeat you have won, because you stood up for something; you fell for freedom, life, and peace instead of living just to survive. 

IED blast kills Danish Hussar

Pvt. Kenneth Nielsen

Danish soldier, Kenneth Patrick Nielsen, a 23 year old Private with the Danish Hussar Guard regiment, was killed 25th November 2009 by an improvised explosive device (IED) while patrolling with his unit in Helmand province.

Danish sergeant dies in combat

Sergeant Michael Ebert becomes the 26th soldier to die in combat while serving in Afghanistan. A Danish soldier has been shot and killed while on foot patrol in Southern Afghanistan.

Sergeant Michael Ebert, 23, was flown to a field hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead on arrival on Friday.

Danish Army Operational Command -- Head of the Danish battlegroup, the ISAF team 8, Col. Karsten Eiholm Kjaer writes:

Sergeant Michael Ebert untimely death fills us all in the Danish Battlegroup with great sadness. His nearest lost a girlfriend, a son and a good comrade. We in the battle group has lost an exemplary officer, a good colleague and a good and loyal friend, as Sergeant Michael Ebert, 23 October died of injuries he suffered during a shoot fight in the bazaar area north of Gereshk.

Sergeant Michael Ebert was flying for the 2nd group in the 3rd Mechanized Infanterikompagnis 2nd division deployed with his unit during a patrol in the green zone.
He always led his group with great authority and confident belief in his own professionalism, since the device fell into an ambush.

The other units in the division engaged the enemy immediately while sick helpers gave first aid to Michael Ebert. Unfortunately the injuries after the shoot so severe that he later died from them, despite a laudable efforts of his comrades.

Michael Ebert was in the Company known as a deeply professional, purposeful and serious officer who was well liked and highly respected for his efforts here in Afghanistan, both his soldiers, colleagues as superiors.

Fighting Group and especially 3rd Infantry companies are burdened by Michal Ebert died, but our thoughts and deepest sympathy goes primarily to Michael's closest relatives and friends.

Yesterday the sun went down after a sad day. Today, the sun got up again, and we continue to solve the tasks. We do this because we still believe that we are making a difference.

We do not let Michael's sacrifice be in vain.

Been honored Sergeant Michael Ebert memorial.

Danish soldier killed in gun battle

23-year-old soldier Steffen Bloch Larsen, serving with the Danish Royal Lifeguards, Saturday was shot and killed in Afghanistan, was married last summer, telling his comrades from the 3rd division in a tribute.

Our friend Steffen was a very positive, empathetic and helpful person who always 
drew the care of others before themselves. A person who always gave more than what he 
demanded of others. A very cheerful person with his happy, humorous and 
always smiling creature affected all around him.

How to tell fellow soldiers from the 3rd Division on Steffen Bloch Larsen, who was killed Saturday during a foot patrol Saturday in Helmand province.

The defense announced Sunday the name of the 23-year-old soldier, along with tribute from Steffen Bloch Larsen s fellow soldiers from his company commander and from Col. Karsten Kjaer Eiholm

- It was a great pleasure for me because after the summer he asked me a map 
interview, where he proudly told me that he had married his girlfriend. It 
was fantastic to hear and see his pride in this regard. It was 
clearly understand how his love was, says his company commander in the memory word that sends his thoughts to Steffen Bloch Larsen's surviving spouse.

Danish Hussar guard dies from IED blast

The Acting Head of the Danish Battle Group, Lieutenant Colonel Jens Ole Rossen-Jørgensen, writes: 



Wednesday 17 June was a very sad day for the Danish battalion in Helmand since the course of the morning was incontrovertibly clear to us that we had suffered our first loss to Team 7 Three talented soldiers, friends and colleagues were with a torn from us and their loved ones in the most relentless and brutal fashion after being hit by a vejsidebombe.

We sit back down here, thoughtful and deeply concerned at having lost three of our comrades and all our thoughts go in this tragedy home to our fallen comrades' families and friends whose loss is irreplaceable, and whose sorrow we feel and share.

Andreas Søgaard Brohus was a dedicated and experienced scout. Dedicated and professionally performed his tasks, he was confronted. He was good to adapt to any situation and always took it calmly. Andreas was very hard to stress, regardless of the events or tasks that may arise or be resolved.

He was a quiet and honest man who was easy to talk to about everything and nothing - a good friend and a great companion. He was in the section known to talk to himself when he should be sure to remember something specific.

On the home front gave Andreas the small challenges in the house and getting together with Linda and dog Charlie. Andreas married his beloved Linda, shortly before departing for Afghanistan, and together they went on honeymoon to Bali during Andreas' leave.

Andreas was called as a conscript to the Jutland Dragoon Regiment, 1 February 2005. Here Andreas reported after 4 months of service to the Army Response Training as konstabelelev.

Andreas was appointed konstabel 1 February 2006 and was then released with Team 7 running / signal man Scouting squadron in Iraq. In practice, Andreas all-possible-husband and also contested positions gunner and observer of others' absences.

After deployment to Iraq was transferred to Andreas Gardehusarregimentet where he contested the different functions in 1 Armored Infantry Battalion, in January 2008 he joined the team in February 2009 was to facilitate investigations under Section Staff and Logistics Company at Team 7 in Helmand, Afghanistan .

Andreas was 26 years. He leaves parents, brother and sister and his beloved wife Linda.

Hussar from Denmark dies in IED explosion

Mads Rasmussen, Danish Hussar Regt.

The Acting Head of the Danish Battle Group, Lieutenant Colonel Jens Ole Rossen-Jørgensen, writes: 



Wednesday 17 June was a very sad day for the Danish battalion in Helmand since the course of the morning was incontrovertibly clear to us that we had suffered our first loss to Team 7 Three talented soldiers, friends and colleagues were with a torn from us and their loved ones in the most relentless and brutal fashion after being hit by a vejsidebombe.

We sit back down here, thoughtful and deeply concerned at having lost three of our comrades and all our thoughts go in this tragedy home to our fallen comrades' families and friends whose loss is irreplaceable, and whose sorrow we feel and share.

Mads Lerche Rasmussen was outgoing and frank, and could charm through to everyone he spoke with. He was also temperamental, but as fast as he was up in the red box, just as quickly he was back in his usual sociable and charming style. He was incredibly vellidt among his friends and colleagues and highly respected for his skills as a soldier, especially as jet shuttle.

Over all the earth Mads loved his car, which he spent much time and money on, so it could be just as he wanted it. Mads was pronounced B-man, big fan of Manchester and forgudede his sister, whose picture he had hanging beside his bed.

Mads resigned as konstabelelev by Gardehusarregimentet and began by Stab company in 1 Armored Infantry Battalion, 1 November 2006. He was appointed konstabel 1 August 2007 and then transferred to 1 Mechanized infantry company in the same battalion. From June to August 2008 was Mads released for the first time when he came in and filled a hole in the Fenris-company on hold 5 in Afghanistan.

1 October 2008 tilgik Mads scout section of the company and staff were deployed in February 2009 with Team 7 to Helmand in Afghanistan in the light detecting section under Staff and Logistics Company.

Mads was 21 years. He leaves his parents and sister.

Danish soldier killed by IED

Wednesday 17 June was a very sad day for the Danish battalion in Helmand since the course of the morning was incontrovertibly clear to us that we had suffered our first loss to Team 7 
Three talented soldiers, friends and colleagues were with a torn from us and their loved ones in the most relentless and brutal fashion after being hit by a vejsidebombe.

We sit back down here, thoughtful and deeply concerned at having lost three of our comrades and all our thoughts go in this tragedy home to our fallen comrades' families and friends whose loss is irreplaceable, and whose sorrow we feel and share.

Martin Abildgaard was a good, professional and proud soldier. He was, among other things, known as a skilled machine gunner, and he was a good friend who was always there for others.

He was always loyal to his friends and his helpfulness, joy and humor, he was helping to keep the mood up in the section. Martin had two great passions in his life, one was his old, beloved Mercedes, the other was candy, which often led to your friends may see candy bags shrink.

He was known in the section to listen to the same tunes again and again when "Hotel California" by Eagles were among the favorites. Martin had medical services and took great satisfaction in helping others. Among other things, helped Martin a local boy with the cleaning and linking a wound under a section of the patrols, which reinforced his desire for a future as Falck-rescuer.

Martin resigned as konstabelelev by Gardehusarregimentet and began by Stab company in 1 Armored Infantry Battalion, 1 May 2007. He was appointed konstabel 1 February 2008. Then Martin was running and the signal man in the same company, in January 2008 he joined the team in February 2009 was to facilitate investigations under Section Staff and Logistics Company at Team 7 in Helmand, Afghanistan.

Martin was 23 years. He leaves his parents and brother and girlfriend.

Recon forever!

We will always remember you.

Honorable be your memory.

3 Danish Hussars killed by land mine

Sergeant Jacob Moe Jensen, konstabel Sebastian La Cour Holm and konstabel Benjamin Davie Sala Rasmussen lost their lives when they were engaged in what they have done so many times before. Namely, to escort logistikkonvojen through the desert.

All three were vital pieces in the battle group convoy section, with the walking-on courage and enthusiasm time after time ran out to ensure that there were supplies to their comrades in the camps Price and Armadillo.

All three were professional to the utmost. Go on their first deployment, they all three had taken a position on that they wanted the mission here and that they believed in the matter.

Jacob, Sebastian and Benjamin were all three victims of the enemy's cowardly way to hit us on. One way in which the three are known for.


That day they took away with the largest logistics column, which we had seen on hold 6th Mood was high, this day, although the weather was gray and dull. 
We beckoned goodbye to them as they drove through the gate, and stood with bowed head as they drove in again.


Jacob, Benjamin and Sebastian knew all three, what it was, they went in for. They knew they could come to pay the ultimate price. Yet they took the place without blinking for the task which they were trained to do.

So do we, who sit back. We are not intimidated. We are running out through the gate today, tomorrow, next month. We will not allow Jacob, Sebastian and Benjamins death be in vain.

Have honored their memory

Two Danish Dragoons killed by IED

above: Jacob Gronnegaard Gade

Dan Gyde

The Danish Army Operational Command announced Friday afternoon the names of two soldiers who were killed Thursday morning in Afghanistan when their patrol was engaged in a fight.

22-year-old Konstabel Jacob Gronnegaard Gade and 29-year-old Overkonstabel Dan Gyde were killed as a result of the blast of an improvised explosive device in Gereshk, Helmand province.

Jacob Gronnegaard Gade had been in Helmand province previously in 2007 and 2008, while Dan Gyde had been deployed to Macedonia in 1999.

Dan Gyde leaves his father, mother, three sisters, his wife and a small child.

Jacob Gronnegaard Gade was unmarried and had no children. He leaves behind his mother and sister.

Both were assigned to the Jydske Dragonregiment (Jutland Dragoon Regiment).

Danish army sergeant killed by IED

A Danish Soldier has died of wounds sustained when is vehicle struck an improvised explosive device on Monday.

Over Sergeant Henrik Christian Christiansen, 29, was evacuated to Camp Bastion where he died shortly after arrival. He was the passenger in the vehicle, which was traveling in the centre of the convoy.

They were traveling to Forward Operating Base Attal on a resupply mission, with security being provided by a platoon from Charlie Company. Henrik had only been in Afghanistan a few weeks and is the seventh Danish soldier to faal in the country this year.