[5] The Surgeon General and the commander of the Health Services are also brigadegenerals.
The rank of brigader was used sporadically in the Danish army in the 18th century.
The rank is rated OF-6 in NATO, and is grade B6 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence.
It is equivalent to Flottillenadmiral in the German Navy (Marine) or to Generalarzt, Generalapotheker and Admiralarzt in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr.
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