Denmark
EU-level rules also apply — EU AI Act Art. 4 AI literacy duty applies directly to Danish firms as deployers since 2 Feb 2025; the revised advokatetiske regler (in force 1 July 2025) require professional diligence but do not name AI.
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Denmark
Substantialcivil lawupdated 2026-09-04verified 2026-09-04
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Denmark was the first EU state to pass a national AI Act supplement, LOV nr 467 of 14 May 2025, which makes the Court Administration supervisor of the courts' non-judicial AI use. Professional guidance comes from Danske Advokater. In December 2025 the disciplinary board fined a lawyer DKK 10,000 over non-existent judgments.
As of 2026-09-04, Denmark has 4 binding rules, official guidance in 6 categories, 0 proposals and 2 positions set only by case law across the 20 categories in the map. Binding rules cover technological competence, courts' own AI deployment, horizontal AI statute, mandatory AI training. In 7 categories we found nothing; in 1 the position is not yet determined.
How to read this page
- Binding rule Binding rule means a rule in force from a court, statute, regulator or equivalent authority.
- Official guidance Official guidance means an official non-binding position from a judiciary, regulator, bar or public body.
- Proposed / consultation Proposed / consultation means a public bill, draft rule or consultation that is not yet in force.
- Set by case law Set by case law means no rule was found, but courts have set the position in decisions.
- Nothing found Nothing found means the category was checked and no rule, guidance, proposal or case-law position was found.
- Not yet determined Not yet determined means research did not establish a reliable position yet.
The rules, category by category
LOV nr 467/2025 § 2(4)–(5): Domstolsstyrelsen is market surveillance authority for courts' use of AI systems when the courts are not acting in their capacity as a court; where they are, the court itself decides, subject to appeal to a higher court within four weeks. No published deployment policy or tool inventory found.
The AI Act applies directly. LOV nr 467 of 14 May 2025 (in force 2 Aug 2025) names Digitaliseringsstyrelsen, Datatilsynet and Domstolsstyrelsen as national competent authorities for the Art. 5 prohibitions and sets inspection and fining powers. A broader AI-loven bill (L 111) was introduced on 18 Feb 2026; adoption not confirmed.
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act) 2026-07-27
- Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI) 2026-07-24
- Lov om supplerende bestemmelser til forordningen om kunstig intelligens (LOV nr 467 af 14/05/2025) 2025-05-14
- Retsinformation — LOV nr 467 af 14/05/2025 (PDF)
- Retsinformation — 2025/1 LSF 111, AI-loven bill (PDF)
- Digitaliseringsstyrelsen — rules of the AI Regulation
No Danish CLE rule naming AI; AI Act Art. 4 literacy duty applies to firms as deployers. Danske Advokater runs a voluntary AI network and training for members.
Danske Advokater's guidance on buying and using AI covers confidentiality, IP and GDPR alongside the conduct rules; Advokatsamfundet's own commentary warns lawyers to be clear about which technology they use and how it affects confidentiality and conflicts.
Danske Advokater guidance addresses firm-level implementation controls before deploying AI; no binding supervision rule specific to AI-assisted work.
Advokatsamfundet commentary states lawyers should always be able to explain to the client how AI was applied to the advice given; no binding consent or disclosure requirement.
Danske Advokater (the trade body) published two AI guides on 17 Dec 2024: one on the AI Act's significance for law firms, one on considerations before buying and using AI (confidentiality, IP, GDPR, ESG, conduct rules). Advokatsamfundet has published commentary but no formal guidance.
Datatilsynet maintains an AI guidance hub and published 'Offentlige myndigheders brug af kunstig intelligens — Inden I går i gang' for public bodies; supervision of generative-AI use was a stated 2025 focus area.
Danske Advokater's second December 2024 guide is a procurement checklist for firms buying AI, covering confidentiality, IP rights, GDPR, ESG and the conduct rules.
No express rule, but Advokatnævnet held in December 2025 that citing two non-existent judgments (U.2006.2042V and U.2008.1166H) showed a lack of due care and breached good lawyer conduct [god advokatskik], rejecting the 'typing error' explanation and imposing a DKK 10,000 fine.
Advokatnævnet fined a lawyer DKK 10,000 payable to the Treasury in December 2025 (reported 19 May 2026) for citing two non-existent judgments in an email; the errors spanned year, page, court and content. The ruling makes no finding about AI and the lawyer denied using it, but it was logged as Denmark's first Hallucination Cases entry.
No Danish court rule or practice direction requires disclosure or certification of AI use in pleadings as of 4 September 2026; the Administration of Justice Act [retsplejeloven] is silent.
No Danish rule expressly bars AI from adjudicative reasoning; the position rests on judicial independence and CEPEJ guidance rather than a domestic instrument.
No court guidance for self-represented litigants using AI found as of 4 September 2026.
Denmark applies free evaluation of evidence; no rule or guidance on AI-generated or deepfake evidence found as of 4 September 2026.
No Danish rule or opinion on billing for AI-assisted work found as of 4 September 2026.
Denmark reserves court representation to lawyers but has no ruling or regulation on consumer AI legal products as of 4 September 2026.
The Danish Institute of Arbitration had published no AI rule or guideline as of 4 September 2026.
No published Domstolsstyrelsen guideline for judges' use of generative AI found. LOV nr 467/2025 splits supervision: Domstolsstyrelsen for courts' non-judicial AI use, the individual court for AI used in its judicial capacity — a structure designed to protect judicial independence.
Official documents recorded for Denmark (2)
- Lov om supplerende bestemmelser til forordningen om kunstig intelligens (LOV nr 467 af 14/05/2025)
Denmark · revised 2025-05-14 · verified 2026-09-04
- To nye AI-vejledninger til advokatbranchen (AI Act guidance and AI procurement guidance)
Danske Advokater · revised 2024-12-17 · verified 2026-09-04
Court incidents on the record in Denmark
- Yichang District Court (Hubei)2026-07-21 Warning
Cite this page
SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Denmark" (updated 2026-09-04, verified 2026-09-04), https://safelegalai.com/regulation/country/dk (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.
SafeLegalAI is a research publication by Cognesio LLP, not a law firm. Nothing here is legal advice, and no lawyer–client relationship arises from reading it. Rules change; always check the official document linked on each record and take advice on your own situation. Researched and drafted with AI assistance; verified against primary sources and edited by Cognesio LLP. The linked official documents are the record — our summaries are not the law and are not legal advice.
- Danske Advokater — two new AI guides for the legal profession (17 Dec 2024)
- Digitaliseringsstyrelsen — AI Regulation supervision
- Retsinformation — LOV nr 467 af 14/05/2025, supplementary provisions to the AI Regulation (PDF)
- Retsinformation — 2025/1 LSF 111 (AI-loven bill, 18 Feb 2026) (PDF)
- Datatilsynet — artificial intelligence guidance
- Djøfbladet — Advokatnævnet fine for invented judgments (May 2026)