Besides the EU AI Act, three acts have been adopted which regulate AI in Denmark.
The first act - the Act on supplementary provisions to the regulation on artificial intelligence - implements specific provisions in relation to the AI Act. The act does not propose any material changes to the regulation of AI; it only seeks to implement provisions concerning Governance, i.e. supervisory authority/authorities, sanctions etc. pursuant to the AI Act. The act has been adopted and will become applicable on the 2nd of August 2025.
The second act - the Act amending the SU Act - seeks to regulate the use of AI concerning state educational support (in Danish, statens uddannelsesstøtte (”SU”)) which aims to support and ease case management as well as to shorten the case processing time. The act has been adopted and will become applicable on the 1st of July 2025.
The third act - the Act amending the working environment act - regulates The Danish Working Environment Authority's use of AI in relation to their tasks as the supervisory authority overseeing compliance with work environment regulation. The amendment act seeks to support and ease the Authority's work in relation thereto. In the legislation's preparatory work, it is mentioned that the regulation will allow for the Danish Working Environment Authority to use an AI assistant as a decision-support tool, which, based on the information collected during an inspection visit, can prepare a draft administrative decision. The act will become applicable on the 1st of July 2025.
The three proposed pieces of legislation which regulate AI in Denmark - the Act on supplementary provisions to the regulation on artificial intelligence, the Act amending the SU act and the Act amending the working environment act - have all been adopted and will become applicable on their respective dates of applicability. Please see the answer to the question above.
No other legislation has been proposed in relation to the regulation of AI in Denmark.
Other than the guidelines published by the Commission concerning the definition of an AI-system and prohibited practice, The Agency for Digital Government (Digitaliseringsstyrelsen) has published guidelines concerning AI-literacy.
The Danish Data Protection Agency has published guidelines related to public authorities’ processing of personal data in relation to AI, albeit in the light of the GDPR and not AI regulation. Moreover, the Danish Data Protection Agency has issued an opinion on a public authority’s use of an AI profiling tool (in the light of the GDPR). Additionally, the Danish Data Protection Agency has published a template for DPIAs in relation to AI.
The Agency for IT and Learning ("Styrelsen for IT og Læring") has published guidelines related to educational institutions' use of AI which focuses on both the AI Act and the GDPR. Although the guidelines' target audience is educational institutions, the guidelines provide a general introduction to the compliance work associated with AI systems in relation to the AI Act and the GDPR. The guidelines include a checklist in schedule B ("bilag B") which provides a general overview of the central obligations in the AI Act and the GDPR when deploying AI systems.
The Agency for Digital Government's guidelines on AI Literacy
The Danish Data Protection Agency's guidelines and decision:
Informal policy statements are made on an ongoing basis by politicians and industry associations, however, none which have given rise to real government attention as of yet.
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Certain areas of copyright law are being changed, e.g. following TDM, which has links to AI as a technology, but as of yet not specifically or directly addressed.
The Danish Ministry of Culture has established an expert group whose purpose it is to identify challenges in relation to AI and copyright, including legal challenges. The group has not yet published their findings.
No, AI is not specifically adressed in data protection laws in Denmark.
The Danish Data Protection Agency has issued decisions in relation to AI, albeit in the light of the GDPR.
From the adopted legislation which will appoint the relevant authorities pursuant to the AI Act, the Agency for Digital Government (Digitaliseringsstyrelsen) will be the national coordinating supervisory authority.
Furthermore, the Agency for Digital Government will be the notifying authority pursuant to AI Act article 70(1), and the Agency for Digital Government, the Danish Data Protection Agency and the Danish Court Authority will in conjunction be the market surveillance authorities pursuant to AI Act article 70(1).
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Yes, the Danish Act on Social Services § 128 a(2) specifically mentions artificial intelligence in the context of allowing the Minister of Social Affairs and Housing to decide when to allow for artificial intelligence to be used with reference to the Danish Act on Social Services’ chapter VII (Use of force and other intervention). As mentioned in the answer to the first question, certain acts have been amended to allow for the use of AI in specific use cases.
This is one of the few current instances where artificial intelligence is mentioned in Danish legislation, however, it is unclear to which extent AI will specifically be adressed. We expect to know more in this regard, when the Agency for Digital Government firmly takes on its role as supervisory authority. As mentioned in the answer to the first question, more sector specific laws regulate the use of AI from the 1st of July 2025.
The Agency for IT and Learning has, as mentioned, published guidelines for educational institutions in relation to their use of AI.
*Information is accurate up to 30 June 2025
