Royal Danish Naval Academy

Royal Danish Naval Academy
Søværnets Officersskole

Entrance to the academy
Former names
 Sø-akademiet, Sø-Cadet-Academiet, Cadetskolen, Søofficersskolen
Motto Nec Temere, Nec Timide
Motto in English
 Neither rashly nor timidly
Type Naval academy
Established 1701 (1701)
Officer in charge
 Søren Thinggaard Larsen
Location Copenhagen, Denmark
55°41′10″N 12°36′24″E / 55.6862°N 12.6066°E / 55.6862; 12.6066Coordinates: 55°41′10″N 12°36′24″E / 55.6862°N 12.6066°E / 55.6862; 12.6066
Campus Holmen
Website http://fak.dk/

The Royal Danish Naval Academy (Danish: Søværnets Officersskole or more commonly, Søofficerskolen) educates and commissions all officers for the Royal Danish Navy. Having existed in more than 300 years, it is the oldest still-existing officers' academy in the world.[1]

The education

All aspirants (unlike many navies all candidates begin their time as aspirants and then become cadets) begin their education with 6 months of basic military training and general seamanship. Parts of this at the Naval NCO and Basic Training School (Danish: Søværnets Sergent- og Grundskole) near Frederikshavn and other parts on the training vessel Georg Stage. This goes to both aspirants that begin their education without prior military service and those who are recruited among enlisted and petty officers. Then follows an intensified NCO-training for another 6 months. If these periods are completed and passed, then the aspirant will move onto the Naval Academy. Here follows the education for the two functional lines (either the master-line for 4 years or engineering-line for 4½ years). Included in these periods, where the aspirants of each line, is separated, is also an 11 months leadership training period, where both lines are educated together in courses like leadership, naval warfare, naval history, teaching, psychology, administration, social sciences and economics. At this time, the aspirant becomes a cadet. After 5-5½ years of training and education from the very start the aspirant is commissioned as an officer.

Besides career-officers, the naval academy also trains civilian licensed marine engineers and first officers, towards naval commissioning. This training-period is 11 months for first officers, and 14 months for engineers.

The naval academy also runs the junior staff officers course. This course runs for 11 months, and requires satisfactory service as an OF-1 (Danish premierløjtnant).

History

Inspiration for the Company was found in the Netherlands and France, where systematic training of naval officers had begun as early as the 16th century. The creation of this Company was also the foundation of the second academic education facility in Denmark, preceded only by the University of Copenhagen (founded in 1479). The educational facility initially was located at Bremerholm, close to Holmens Kirke (approximately at the current location of the Ministry of Defence).

Location

The naval academy is located on Holmen in central Copenhagen.

Other Danish officers academies

References

  1. ↑ "Royal Danish Naval Academy". Royal Danish Defence College (in Danish). Retrieved 7 January 2016.

Literature

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