Lieutenant General Michael Anker Lollesgaard

Full Name: Michael Anker Lollesgaard

Rank: Lieutenant General

Date of Birth: 13 November 1960 in Odense, Denmark

Family: Married to Helle Dibbern

Military Career:
1984 First Lieutenant
1986 Captain
1993 Major
2002 Lieutenant Colonel
2007 Colonel
2007 Brigadier
2013 Major General
2017 Lieutenant General

Service Record:
1985 – 1986 2 IC/Staff Company/The Queens Life Regiment
1986 – 1988 2 IC/Armoured Company/The Queens Life Regiment
1988 – 1989 Operations- and Intelligence Officer/I. Battalion/The Queens Life Regiment
1990 – 1991 Company Commander/The Queens Life Regiment
1993 – 1995 Teacher and later Syndicate Leader/The Royal Danish Military Academy
1995 – 1996 Chief/Operations Branch/1. Zealand Brigade
1996 – 1998 Staff Officer/Ministry of Defence
1998 Staff Officer/G-3/Headquarters/Task Force Eagle/SFOR
1999 – 2002 Assistant Military Advisor/DANMIS
2002 – 2004 Commanding Officer/II. Battalion/The Royal Danish Life Guards
2004 – 2006 Director/Army General Staff Course/Faculty of Strategy and Military Operations/The Royal Danish Defence College
2006 J3 MND SE Iraq
2006 Director/Army General Staff Course/Faculty of Strategy and Military Operations/The Royal Danish Defence College
2007 – 2009 Commandant/Peace Support Operations Training Centre, Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010 – 2013 Commanding Officer/1. Brigade
2013 – 2015 Commanding Officer/Danish Division
2015 – 2016 Force Commander UN Mission in Mali
2017 - Danish Military Representative to NATO and EU

Decorations:
Commander of the Order of Dannebrog
Medal of Honour for 25 years of Good Service in the Army
Home Guard, Medal of Merit
NATO Medal for Former Yugoslavia
Defence Medal of Merit
KNBLO Cross for Meritorious Service (Nijmegen March)
Chief of Defence Medal for International Operations
Chief of Defence Medal for Operation in Mali
United Nations Medal for Service in MINUSMA