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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    “There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity—the law of nature and of nations.”
    —Edmund Burke (1729–1797)