| BPP | Børge Prien-prøven is the Danish Armed Forces intelligence test |
| DIB | Danish International Brigade was a peacekeeping force established in 1994. It was officially disbanded on 15 February 2005 |
| FPT | Danish Ministry of Defence Personnel Agency (Forsvarets Personeltjeneste) |
| HBU | Basic military education (Hærens Basisuddannelse) |
| HOK | Army Operational Command (Haerens Operative Kommando, HOK) |
| HRU | Military reaction forces education (Hærens Reaktionsstyrkeuddannelse) |
| IFOR | NATO Implementation Force (December 1995, December 1996) in Bosnia Herzegovina |
| IMP | Institute for Military Psychology (Institut for Militærpsykologi), since 1 January 2011: The Military Psychological Department (Militærpsykologisk Afdeling, MPA) |
| INTOPS | International Operation |
| IRAQ | Coalition in Iraq (2003–2007). The coalition forces was a military command during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by the United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and Poland |
| ISAF | International Security Assistance Force (2002–2014) in Afghanistan. Denmark has had deployed soldiers under the NATO-command since January 2002 |
| KFOR | NATO Kosovo Force, in Kosovo, since June 1999 |
| MPA | The Military Psychological Department (Militærpsykologisk Afdeling, MPA), before 2011: Institute for Military Psychology (Institut for Militærpsykologi, IMP) |
| NATO | The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| SFI | The Danish National Centre for Social Research. Since 1July 2007, SFI and KORA (the Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research) were merged into VIVE – The Danish Centre for Social Science Research. In the book, we refer to SFI for the source of data and some previous analyses |
| SFOR | Stabilisation Force, in Bosnia Herzegovina (December 1996 to 2004) |
| SRS | Army Standing Reaction Force (Haerens Staaende ReaktionsStyrke, SRS) |
| UNCRO | United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (March 1995 to January 1996) |
| UNIFIL | United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, since 1978, and enhanced in 2006 |
| UNIKOM | United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission, in Iraq and Kuwait (April 1991 to October 2003) |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNPROFOR | United Nations Protection Forces, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia (February 1992 to March 1995) |
| VIVE | The Danish Centre for Social Science Research |