Copenhagen Post -- Sergeant Michael Ebert becomes the 26th soldier to die in combat while serving in Afghanistan. A Danish soldier has been shot and killed while on foot patrol in Southern Afghanistan.

Sergeant Michael Ebert, 23, was flown to a field hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead on arrival on Friday.

BT.DK -- The 23-year-old soldier Steffen Bloch Larsen, Saturday was shot and killed in Afghanistan, was married last summer, telling his comrades from the 3rd division in a tribute.

- Our friend Steffen was a very positive, empathetic and helpful person who always 
drew the care of others before themselves. A person who always gave more than what he 
demanded of others. A very cheerful person with his happy, humorous and 
always smiling creature affected all around him.

How to tell fellow soldiers from the 3rd Division on Steffen Bloch Larsen, who was killed Saturday during a foot patrol Saturday in Helmand province.

Wednesday 17 June was a very sad day for the Danish battalion in Helmand since the course of the morning was incontrovertibly clear to us that we had suffered our first loss to Team 7 
Three talented soldiers, friends and colleagues were with a torn from us and their loved ones in the most relentless and brutal fashion after being hit by a vejsidebombe.

We sit back down here, thoughtful and deeply concerned at having lost three of our comrades and all our thoughts go in this tragedy home to our fallen comrades' families and friends whose loss is irreplaceable, and whose sorrow we feel and share.

Martin Abildgaard was a good, professional and proud soldier. He was, among other things, known as a skilled machine gunner, and he was a good friend who was always there for others.

The Acting Head of the Danish Battle Group, Lieutenant Colonel Jens Ole Rossen-Jørgensen, writes: 



Wednesday 17 June was a very sad day for the Danish battalion in Helmand since the course of the morning was incontrovertibly clear to us that we had suffered our first loss to Team 7 Three talented soldiers, friends and colleagues were with a torn from us and their loved ones in the most relentless and brutal fashion after being hit by a vejsidebombe.

We sit back down here, thoughtful and deeply concerned at having lost three of our comrades and all our thoughts go in this tragedy home to our fallen comrades' families and friends whose loss is irreplaceable, and whose sorrow we feel and share.

Mads Lerche Rasmussen was outgoing and frank, and could charm through to everyone he spoke with. He was also temperamental, but as fast as he was up in the red box, just as quickly he was back in his usual sociable and charming style. He was incredibly vellidt among his friends and colleagues and highly respected for his skills as a soldier, especially as jet shuttle.

The Acting Head of the Danish Battle Group, Lieutenant Colonel Jens Ole Rossen-Jørgensen, writes: 



Wednesday 17 June was a very sad day for the Danish battalion in Helmand since the course of the morning was incontrovertibly clear to us that we had suffered our first loss to Team 7 Three talented soldiers, friends and colleagues were with a torn from us and their loved ones in the most relentless and brutal fashion after being hit by a vejsidebombe.

We sit back down here, thoughtful and deeply concerned at having lost three of our comrades and all our thoughts go in this tragedy home to our fallen comrades' families and friends whose loss is irreplaceable, and whose sorrow we feel and share.

Andreas Søgaard Brohus was a dedicated and experienced scout. Dedicated and professionally performed his tasks, he was confronted. He was good to adapt to any situation and always took it calmly. Andreas was very hard to stress, regardless of the events or tasks that may arise or be resolved.

Staff Sergeant Jens Mathias Petersen, 56, died in Denmark on March 13, 2008. He was taking part in a run when he collapsed from cadiac arrest. Treatment was provided by a US medical team in Kandahar and he was evacuated to Denmark on March 6.

To add to the misery for the family his wife, Aase Holst Petersen died shortly after with a blood clot in the brain.

Haeren -- The head of the Danish Battlegroup Col Keld RJ Christensen writes:

Yesterday began with the saddest weather, we've had down here. It was foggy, dark and cold, as a sad warning of how the day would end.

Yesterday was also the day when 6 team had its biggest losses. We are left shocked and grief-filled, that we had to say goodbye to three good friends, colleagues and soldiers.

Sergeant Jacob Moe Jensen, konstabel Sebastian La Cour Holm and konstabel Benjamin Davie Sala Rasmussen lost their lives when they were engaged in what they have done so many times before. Namely, to escort logistikkonvojen through the desert.

The Danish Army Operational Command announced Friday afternoon the names of two soldiers who were killed Thursday morning in Afghanistan when their patrol was engaged in a fight.

22-year-old Konstabel Jacob Gronnegaard Gade and 29-year-old Overkonstabel Dan Gyde were killed as a result of the blast of an improvised explosive device in Gereshk, Helmand province.

Jacob Gronnegaard Gade had been in Helmand province previously in 2007 and 2008, while Dan Gyde had been deployed to Macedonia in 1999.

A Danish Soldier has died of wounds sustained when is vehicle struck an improvised explosive device on Monday.

Over Sergeant Henrik Christian Christiansen, 29, was evacuated to Camp Bastion where he died shortly after arrival. He was the passenger in the vehicle, which was traveling in the centre of the convoy.

They were traveling to Forward Operating Base Attal on a resupply mission, with security being provided by a platoon from Charlie Company. Henrik had only been in Afghanistan a few weeks and is the seventh Danish soldier to faal in the country this year.

Haeren -- CH for the Danish battalion in Helmand, Col. Jens Lønborg 
OKS Jesper Gilbert Petersen was killed Friday morning in battle with the Taliban up north of For-ward Operating Base ATTAL in the Upper Gereshk Valley. An excellent soldier and good colleague was so brutally torn from us.

In this difficult hour our thoughts go to the Gilberts family and friends. The grief they feel right now, we feel, too. 
Although it can not bring Gilbert back, we will find solace in anyway to know that home in Denmark doing all it can to support now and in the difficult time to come.