VPNs with servers in Denmark

Ministerial order no. 380 of 29 March 2022, made under section 786 f(3), sets out the data: the user identity, including the IP address and source port number, the name and address of the subscriber to whom they were assigned, and the start and end of the access. It applies to providers as defined in the Electronic Communications Act. Providers can also be ordered to log targeted traffic data (sections 786 b to 786 d).

Under section 804 b, providers must, at the police’s request in the investigation of an offence subject to public prosecution, hand over information that identifies an end user’s access to electronic communications networks or services; traffic and location data are not covered by that duty. Whether a VPN operator is a provider within these sections is not established.

The Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) blocks access to unlicensed gambling sites aimed at Denmark. In June 2025 it blocked a further 178 sites, the highest number in a single blocking case since 2012, according to the Authority.

Section 266 b of the Criminal Code punishes with a fine or up to two years’ imprisonment a statement, made publicly or with intent to spread it to a wider circle, that threatens, insults or degrades a group on account of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, belief, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics. Section 267 punishes defamation with a fine or imprisonment of up to one year.

The one-year IP record is how an address is tied to the end user it was assigned to, and the police request for that information needs no court order.

The military intelligence service, FE, is overseen by the Intelligence Oversight Board (TET), among other bodies. In August 2020 TET published criticisms that FE may have passed on a significant amount of information about Danish citizens, possibly in breach of Danish law, and recommended an inquiry. In 2021 the broadcaster DR reported that the US National Security Agency had used FE’s cable access to target European political leaders between 2012 and 2014.

The order of the rows is the security score, and a server’s location is not a recommendation.