Crown Prince Frederik will take part in an upcoming security policy course at the invitation of the Chief of Defence.
The Danish Royal House announced the news over the weekend, stating that Crown Prince Frederik will take part in the two-week course in the final week of August and in the week of 20-26 September in Zealand.
“[C]ourse participants are introduced to highly topical topics of importance to Denmark’s foreign, security and defence policy,” according to the Danish Royal House.
“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has accepted the Chief of Defence’s invitation to participate in SIKU, and among the other 27 students are leaders and decision-makers from the private sector, organisations, the central administration, the education sector, the media and the Nordic countries. The police and the area of the Ministry of Defence are also represented.”
The Defence Academy’s website states that the course also “introduces participants to the Danish defence in theory and practice. In addition, the course tries to establish a network between the participants and create contact and understanding between the Armed Forces and leaders from all parts of Danish society.”
As part of the coursework, Crown Prince Frederik will visit the Home Guard, the Danish Armed Forces, the Danish Emergency Management Agency. There will also be visits to the Arctic Command in Nuuk and Mestersvig in Greenland.
Crown Prince Frederik has been invited to participate because of his longstanding relationship with the Danish Armed Forces. He holds the rank of Rear Admiral in the Navy and Major General in the Army and Air Force. Only those invited by the Chief of Defence are allowed to participate in the security course.
Crown Prince Frederik began his military career in 1986 with the Royal Life Guard. He underwent frogman education in 1995 and again in 2001 and 2002. He was a case officer at the Defence Command in 2002-2003 and taught at the Defence Academy’s Department of Strategy in 2003.
