Fähnrich

Austrian Bundesheer ', short ', is a military student officer rank held by students at the Theresian Military Academy. Austria-Hungary (until 1918) '''''' was the lowest officer rank in the k.u.k. Common Army. In 1838 it was renamed to , from 1849 to , since 1868 to Unterleutnant, and finally approximately from 1868 to . In 1908 was re-introduced as lowest cadet-officer rank in order to replace the 1869 rank designation . , respectively completed training and education on the less famous so-called k.u.k. . As the was the highest NCO-rank, became a separate rank-class. However, graduates from the much more famous became the officer patent for . In the k.u. Royal Hungarian Honvéd army '''''' was the equivalent to the rank. It accounted immediately to the officer corps. ==Denmark==

' (formerly spelled ') was a commissioned officer rank used in the Royal Danish Army, equivalent to the cavalry rank of and of the artillery. The rank was later reintroduced as a warrant officer rank also used by the Royal Danish Navy and Royal Danish Air Force. In 1609, Christian IV of Denmark created a permanent organization with regiments of the Royal Danish Army. A regiment would be assigned one , one , one '''''', and two s. By 1717, the ranks of and of the Royal Life Guards were placed in the Eight class in the Danish order of precedence, normal s and s were placed in the Ninth class. The rank was abolished in 1812. ==Finland==

Bundeswehr A of the Bundeswehr is a soldier who serves in the ranks, first as (OR-5, comparable to the junior non-commissioned officer rank ), then in subsequent grades: (OR-6, equivalent to ), and (OR-7 equivalent to ). In the German Bundeswehr, an officer candidate () can reach the rank of after 21 months of service. The German Navy equivalent is "Ensign at sea" (). An officer candidate's career is indicated by the enlisted rank with a thin silver cord on the shoulder strap. History Imperial German Army National People's Army Following the creation of the National People's Army, a rank group was created. ==Norway==

In the Norwegian Armed Forces, the rank of is the lowest ranking commissioned officer, with the NATO code of OF-1. File:Norway-army-OF-1a.svg|Army File:Generic-Navy-2.svg|Navy File:Norway-air force-OF-1a.svg|Air Force ==Sweden==

Fänrik (second lieutenant) is a rank in the Swedish Army, Swedish Air Force and in the Swedish Navy (Coastal Artillery 1902–2000, Amphibious Corps 2000–present). ==See also==