What Denmark has done nationally under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744: the accompanying law, which bodies it has designated as market surveillance authority, single point of contact and notifying authority, its Article 99 penalty regime, whether an Article 57 regulatory sandbox exists (the deadline is 2 August 2027), and any national guidance that reaches courts, law firms or legal-AI deployers. Each row is dated and sourced to the gazette, parliament or authority; titles in the original language are quoted, English titles marked where translated by us.
Denmark’s Act No. 467/2025 implements national AI Act authority designations and enforcement provisions. The official law text states that it entered into force on 2 August 2025.
“"Loven træder i kraft den 2. august 2025"”
Designated authorities
Authority designation · 2025-08-02 · designated
Danish Agency for Digital Governmenttranslated
Digitaliseringsstyrelsen
Authority: Digitaliseringsstyrelsen — market surveillance authority, single point of contact, notifying authority
Act No. 467 designates the Danish Agency for Digital Government as a national competent authority and gives it notifying-authority, single-point-of-contact and market-surveillance roles for specified prohibited AI practices.
“"Digitaliseringsstyrelsen er national kompetent myndighed"”
The law designates the Danish Data Protection Agency as a national competent authority and market-surveillance authority for prohibited AI practices linked to Article 5(1)(d) and (g).
“"Datatilsynet er national kompetent myndighed"”
Authority designation · 2025-08-02 · designated
Danish Court Administrationtranslated
Domstolsstyrelsen
Authority: Domstolsstyrelsen and relevant court authorities — market surveillance authority
Act No. 467 gives the Danish Court Administration a national competent authority role for certain court AI uses, while some court-use decisions are handled by the relevant court authority.
“"Domstolsstyrelsen er national kompetent myndighed"”
Regulatory sandbox (Art. 57)
Regulatory sandbox (Art. 57) · 2026 · operational
Regulatory sandbox for AItranslated
Regulatorisk sandkasse for AI
Authority: Digitaliseringsstyrelsen and Datatilsynet — sandbox operator
The Danish sandbox page states that the Agency for Digital Government and Data Protection Agency have established an AI regulatory sandbox giving companies and authorities project-specific guidance on GDPR and AI Act risk classification.
Digitaliseringsstyrelsen and Datatilsynet operate a free regulatory sandbox for AI projects involving GDPR and AI Act risk classification guidance.
“"etableret en regulatorisk sandkasse for AI"”
Penalties (Art. 99)
Penalty regime (Art. 99) · 2025-08-02 · in-force
Penaltiestranslated
Straf
The Danish implementing act contains penalty provisions, using fines for breaches of specified AI Act obligations and Danish authority procedures connected with market surveillance and notified bodies.
Act No. 467 includes fine provisions for violations of listed AI Act obligations and national enforcement duties.
“"Med bøde straffes den, der overtræder"”
Guidance reaching legal practice
Guidance for deployers · 2026 · operational
The rules in the AI Regulationtranslated
Reglerne i AI-forordningen
Authority: Digitaliseringsstyrelsen
Digitaliseringsstyrelsen publishes deployer-facing guidance on AI Act risk categories, dates, AI literacy, transparency, high-risk systems and actors, helping businesses and authorities understand obligations.
“"Aktører i AI-forordningen"”
Authorities in the EU dataset
Not designated in Commission list— single-point-of-contact (not yet designated)source
Denmark and the AI Act
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