Otto K. Lind

Otto K. Lind
Birth name	Otto Katharus Lind
Born	November 28, 1920 Copenhagen
Died	September 8, 2000 (aged 79) Viborg, Denmark
Buried at	Almind Kirkegård, Viborg[1]
Allegiance	Denmark
Service/branch	Royal Danish Army
Years of service	1943-1985
Rank	General
Commands held	Chief of BALTAP (1980-1984) Chief of Defence (1984-85)

The insignia used by Otto K. Lind

Otto K. Lind (November 28, 1920 – September 8, 2000) was a Danish resistance fighter and later general, who served as Chief of Defence.

Lind completed his training at the Royal Danish Military Academy in 1943, at the rank of First Lieutenant shortly before the dissolution of armed forces.^[1] He then started working for the resistance movement and collecting intelligence. In 1944, he was arrested in Nørre Nissum, where he was gathering intelligence on the German fortifications. He was taken by the Gestapo to Århus, where he was subjugated to extreme torture.^[2] He was later sent to Frøslev Prison Camp, where he spent the remainder of the war.^[3]

After the war, he served as lieutenant colonel at Dronningens Livregiment.^[3] In 1974, he became major general and chief for the Defence's Operation Staff^[3] before becoming chief of BALTAP, in 1980.^[1] When Knud Jørgensen retired as Chief of Defence in 1984, Lind was selected as the new Chief, and served a year before Lind had to retire in 1985.^[3]

He died in 2000.^[3]

Awards and Decorations

	Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
	25 Years of Good Service
	Badge of Honor of the Reserve Officers Association of Denmark
	Commander of Legion of Merit
	Order of the Sword, Sweden
	War Medal 1939-1945, with Mentioned in dispatches

References

1. "Otto K. Lind". gravsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 February 2016.
2. "Otto Katharus Lind". denstoredanske.dk/ (in Danish). Retrieved 7 February 2016.
3. Ritzau. "Former defence chief Otto K. Lind is dead". b.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 February 2016.