View source for Danish Defence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation

{{refimprove|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox Government agency
|agency_name     = Danish Ministry of Defence Estate Agency
|nativename      = Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse
|type            = Organisation
|logo            = Logo of Danish Defence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation.svg
|logo_width      = 150 px
|logo_caption    = Danish Defence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation logo
|seal            = 
|seal_width      = 
|formed          = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|2014|10|01}}
|preceding1      = Construction and Establishments Service
|preceding2      = Defence Construction Service
|dissolved       =
|parent_agency   = [[Ministry of Defence (Denmark)|Ministry of Defence]]
|headquarters    = [[Hjørring]], {{flagicon|Denmark}}[[Denmark]]
|coordinates     =
|region_code     = 
|employees       = 750<ref>{{cite web|title=Tasks of the Danish Defence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation|url=http://www.fmn.dk/eng/allabout/Pages/Tasks-of-the-Danish-Defence-Estates-and-Infrastructure-Organisation.aspx|website=fmn.dk|accessdate=6 November 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235348/http://www.fmn.dk/eng/allabout/Pages/Tasks-of-the-Danish-Defence-Estates-and-Infrastructure-Organisation.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|budget          = 
|chief1_name     = [[Anders Branddahl]] {{small|(act.)}}
|chief1_position =
|chief2_name     = 
|chief2_position = 
|agency_type     = Building, construction and maintenance projects
|child1_agency   = 
|website         = {{URL|http://www.ejendomsstyrelsen.dk/Pages/default.aspx|Official Website}}
|footnotes       =
}}

The '''Danish Ministry of Defence Estate Agency''' (MDEA) ({{Langx|da|Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse}}/FES), is a Level.I authority, directly under the Danish [[Ministry of Defence (Denmark)|Ministry of Defence]]. It was created in 2014 after the '''Construction and Establishments Service''' was reorganized, due to the [[Danish Defence Agreement 2013-2017|Defence Agreement 2013-17]].

==Organization==
DDEO 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse |url=http://www.fmn.dk/videnom/Pages/Forsvarsministeriets-Ejendomsstyrelse.aspx |accessdate=6 November 2015 |language=Danish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211091721/http://www.fmn.dk/videnom/Pages/Forsvarsministeriets-Ejendomsstyrelse.aspx |archivedate=11 February 2016 }}</ref>

The DDEO is also responsible for such things as property assessments, selling and buying property, legal consultation, preservations, energy, environmental issues.<ref>{{cite web|title=Environment Management in the Danish Defence|url=http://forsvaret.dk/FES/Milj%C3%B8%20i%20Forsvaret/Pages/default.aspx|accessdate=6 November 2015|language=Danish}}</ref>
It also administrates the [[Danish Defence|Danish Defence's]] 700 rental properties.<ref>{{cite web|title=Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse|url=http://forsvaret.dk/FES/Om%20FBE/Pages/default.aspx|accessdate=10 November 2015|language=Danish}}</ref>

==History==

===Defence Construction Service===
[[File:Defence Construction Service Logo.png|thumb|right|Logo for the '''Defence Construction Service'''|150px]]
DDEO can trace its history back to 1684, when King [[Christian V of Denmark|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/DCS''' ({{Langx|da|Forsvarets Bygningstjeneste}}/FBT).

===Construction and Establishments Service===
In January 2007, due to the [[Danish Defence agreement 2005-2009|Defence agreement 2005-2009]], significant changes took take place in ''DCS'', which is to eventually evolve into '''Construction and Establishments Service/CES''' ({{Langx|da|Forsvarets Bygnings- og Etablissementstjeneste}}/FBE), by incorporating decentralized departments located in various military regiments, as well as the [[Defence Command (Denmark)|Defence Command]]'s infrastructure department, for a more streamlined organization.

===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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sand |first1=Michael |title=Forsvaret efterforsker svindel i Hjørring |url=https://nordjyske.dk/nyheder/hjoerring/ansatte-meldt-til-politiet-for-svindel-i-forsvaret/f2c32ffe-284f-4f14-80cf-517946c6c8df |accessdate=14 December 2019 |work=nordjyske.dk |agency=Nordjyske |publisher=NORDJYSKE Medier |date=5 December 2019 |language=da}}</ref>
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.<ref name="misbrug">{{cite news |author1=/ritzau/ |title=Efter misbrug af midler: Forsvarschef indtager ejendomsstyrelse |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/efter-misbrug-af-midler-forsvarschef-indtager-ejendomsstyrelse |accessdate=14 December 2019 |work=dr.dk |agency=DR |date=13 December 2019 |language=da}}</ref>

==Commanding officer==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(born–died)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}}
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! colspan=7| {{lang|da|Forsvarets Bygningstjeneste}}
|-
| 1
| 
| Lieutenant colonel<br />'''{{ill|Palle Bolten Jagd|da}}'''<br />{{small|(1918–1988)}}
| 1952
| 1979 
| {{age in years|1952|1979}} years
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Andersen |first1=Gerner Gottschalck |last2=Jagd |first2=Palle Bolten |title=Fremtidens forsvarsanlæg |url=https://krigsvidenskab.dk/emne/fremtidens-forsvarsanlaeg |website=Krigsvidenskab |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=da |date=2 April 1984}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=7| {{lang|da|Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse}}
|-
| 
| 
| '''Hans J. Høyer'''<br />{{small|(born )}}
| 2013 
| 10 December 2019
| {{age in years|2013|2019}} years
| <ref name="misbrug" />
|-style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| –
| [[File:Bjørn Bisserup General 2017.jpg|60px]]
| General<br />'''[[Bjørn Bisserup]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1960)<br />''acting''}}
| 13 December 2019
| 1 December 2020
| {{ayd|2019|12|13|2020|12|01}}
| <ref name="misbrug" /><ref name="MærkedahlFUNG" />
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| –
| rowspan=2| 
| rowspan=2| Major general<br />'''Anders Mærkedahl Pedersen'''<br />{{small|(born {{circa|1968}})}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 1 December 2020
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 1 April 2021
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| {{ayd|2020|12|01|2021|04|01}}
| rowspan=2| <ref name="MærkedahlFUNG">{{cite web |title=Anders Mærkedahl Pedersen er ny fungerende chef for Ejendomsstyrelsen |url=https://www.ejendomsstyrelsen.dk/da/nyheder/2020/anders-markedahl-pedersen-er-ny-fungerende-chef-for-ejendomsstyrelsen/ |website=Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=da |date=26 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ny direktør for Beredskabsstyrelsen og chef for Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse |url=https://www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2021/ny-direktor-for-beredskabsstyrelsen-og-chef-for-forsvarsministeriets-ejendomsstyrelse/ |website=Forsvarsministeriet |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=da |date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 
| 1 April 2021
| ''Incumbent'' 
| {{ayd|2021|04|01}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Military of Denmark}}

[[Category:Military of Denmark]]
[[Category:Defence estate management agencies]]