General  Knud Bartels

Date of birth:    8 th April 1952 in Copenhagen
 
Family:  Mrs. Inge Vansteenkiste and Lieutenant General Knud Bartels have their home in Belgium.
  
Military Career:  
 1977  First Lieutenant
 1982  Captain
 1987  Major
 1992  Lieutenant Colonel
 1996  Colonel
 2001  Brigadier
 2001  Major Gene ral
 2006  Lieutenant General
  
Assignments:  
 1972 - 1973  Basic and NCO training
 1973 - 1977  Royal Danish Army Academy
 1977 - 1980  Regimental duty
 1980 - 1981  United Nations Forces Cyprus
 1981 - 1982  Junior Army and Joint Staff Course
 1982 - 1984  Instructor in tactics, Army Combat School
 1984 - 1986  Student Ecole Supérieure de Guerre, Paris
 1986 - 1987  Instructor in tactics/operations, Royal Danish Defence College
 1987 - 1988  Company Commander, II Armoured Battalion Zealand Life Regiment
 1988 - 1990  Instructor in tactics/operations, Royal Danish Defence College
 1990 - 1992  Staff Officer Danish Defence Command
 1992 - 1993  Commanding Officer I Battalion Slesvig Foot Regiment
 1993 - 1994  Student US Army War College, Carlisle
 1994 - 1996  Director Army Command and General Staff Course, Royal Danish Defence College
 1996 - 1997  Commander 3 Jutland Brigade
 1997 - 1999  ACOS Plans Danish Defence Command
 1999  Senior National Representative KFOR and MNB(N)
 2000 - 2001  MA Director International Military Staff
 2001  Deputy Military Representative to NATO Military Committee
 2002 - 2004  Assistant Director for Operations, International Military Staff
 2004 - 2006  General Officer Commanding Danish Division.
 2006  Danish Military Representative to NATO Military Committee and EU Military Committee.
  
Decorations:  Commander of the Order of Dannebrog 25 Years Good Service Medal Knight 1 st Class of the French National Order of Merit Knight of the French Order of the Legion of Honour UN Medal, UNFICYP NATO Medal, KFOR