Bjørn Bisserup

Bjørn Ingemann Bisserup
Born	13 April 1960 Copenhagen, Denmark
Allegiance	Denmark
Service/branch	Royal Danish Army
Years of service	1982–
Rank	Lieutenant General
Awards	Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog

Bjørn Ingemann Bisserup (born April 13, 1960 in Copenhagen) is a Danish Lieutenant General who on, October 5, 2009 was appointed acting Chief of Defence in place of Admiral Tim Sloth Jørgensen. Sloth Jørgensen stopped as Chief of Defence due to the case of an Arabic translation of Thomas Rathsack's book Jæger - I Krig med Eliten.

Bisserup remained on the post until the Defense Ministry appointed Knud Bartels to the post. The day after Tim Sloth Jørgensen's departure, Bisserup announced he did not want to assume the post permanently as he preferred to continue as the Chief of Operations and Planning Staffs at Forsvarskommandoen.^[1]

Bisserup was replaced as Chief of Defence 16 November 2009 by Lieutenant General Knud Bartels.^[2]

On 1 January 2012 Bisserup was again acting Chief of Defence, as Knud Bartels had to resign, to replace the Italian Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee. Di Paola resigned to be Defense Minister in the Italian government.^[3]

On 20 March 2012 was Bisserup replaced by General Peter Bartram, who - after an unusual recruitment procedure (going from a Brigadier General to General in an afternoon), took the job as Chief of Defense.^[4]

Awards and decorations

	Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
	The Reserve Officers Association of Denmark Medal of Honor
	The Home Guard Good Service Medal

References

1. DR Nyheder. "Bisserup vil ikke være forsvarschef". Politiken.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2009-10-07.
2. "Ny forsvarschef". Forsvarsminsteriet (in Danish). Retrieved 2009-11-10.
3. "Farvel til forsvarschef General Knud Bartels". Forsvarskommandoen (in Danish). Retrieved 10 March 2015.
4. Christian Brøndum; Søren Aaes. "Forsvarschef bestod mentale test med glans". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 10 March 2015.