Law Enforcement in Denmark

Law enforcement in Denmark is handled by a number of organisations, under the resort of various ministries:

  • Ministry of Justice:
    • Police of Denmark, common law enforcement
    • Rigspolitiet, specialised police enforcement
      • Politiets Aktionsstyrke, police special response unit
    • Politiets Efterretningstjeneste, national security and intelligence service
  • Tax Ministry:
    • SKAT, tax, customs and border authority
  • Ministry of Defence:
    • Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste, military intelligence and foreign intelligence service
    • Danish Military Police, police enforcement within Danish military
    • Danish Home Guard Police Branch, simple enforcement on behalf of either the Police of Denmark or Danish Military Police
  • Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries:
    • The Danish Food Administration, inspection of food handling companies
    • The Danish Fisheries Directorate, inspection of fishing vessels in Danish Waters
Law enforcement in Europe
Sovereign states
  • Albania
  • Andorra
  • Armenia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Kazakhstan
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macedonia
  • Malta
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • San Marino
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
    • England
    • Northern Ireland
    • Scotland
    • Wales
  • Vatican City
States with limited
recognition
  • Abkhazia
  • Kosovo
  • Nagorno-Karabakh
  • Northern Cyprus
  • South Ossetia
  • Transnistria
Dependencies and
other territories
  • Åland
  • Faroe Islands
  • Gibraltar
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
  • Isle of Man
  • Svalbard
Other entities
  • European Union

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    —Albert Camus (1913–1960)