Background
Sørensen, Niels Erik was born on October 26, 1950 in Roskilde, Denmark. Son of Erik Aage and Inger Elise Hartung Sorensen.
Sørensen, Niels Erik was born on October 26, 1950 in Roskilde, Denmark. Son of Erik Aage and Inger Elise Hartung Sorensen.
Bachelor of Laws, Royal Danish Naval Academy, Copenhagen, 1974.
Flight Commander Danish Naval Air Squadron, Vaerlose, Denmark, 1978—1979, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, Yeovilton, Great Britain, 1980—1982. Operations officer Danish Naval Air Squadron, Vaerlose, 1982—1985. Command officer 5th Fregate Division, Copenhagen, 1985—1987.
Commanding officer Danish Naval Air Squadron, Vaerlose, 1989—1992, 1995—1997, Patrol Fregate VAEDDEREN, Frederikshavn, Denmark, 1993—1995. Head of personnel Admiral Danish Fleet Headquarters, Aarhus, Denmark, 1997—2000. Commanding officer 1st Squadron Patrol Fregates, Frederikshavn, 2000—2002.
Commandant Royal Danish Naval Academy, Copenhagen, 2002—2005, Island Commander, rear admiral Greenland, since 2006, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defense College, Rome, 2007—2008. Project leader Danish Naval Material Command, Copenhagen, 2000—2003.
Married Birgitte Wolffhechel Nilsson, September 9, 1972. 1 child Mads Niels Sorensen.