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Denmark

The Danish Police (Rigspolitichefen) provides individuals with an extract from the individual’s Danish criminal record free of charge. These certificates are known as ‘penal certificates’ (Straffeattest).

Application Procedures

The request for a Danish ‘penal’ certificate may be made in person or in writing to the Police Commissioner’s Kriminalregister at the following address:

Rigspolitichefen
Juridisk Afdeling
Kriminalregistret
Polititorvet
1780 Kobenhavn V
Denmark

If applying from within Denmark, a request can also be made in person or in writing at a local police station.

The written request must make clear that you require a ‘Straffeattest’ (penal certificate) and include the following information:

• Name
• Current Address
• Place of Birth
• Date of Birth
• Previous addresses in Denmark
• Central Persons Number (Optional)

The request must be signed by the applicant.

The applicant must also enclose a good quality photocopy of one of the following documents along with the written application:

• Birth certificate
• Passport
• Photo-card driving licence

Please note these requirments are subject to change. For an up-to-date list please visit www.fco.gov.uk/bdm (new window).

Cost

The Danish Police make no charge for producing penal certificates.

Content of Certificates

Those sentences which are considered serious enough to have resulted in a custodial sentence (suspended or otherwise) or a suspension of rights (e.g. a sentence involving treatment of some kind) are not deleted until the person concerned has reached 80 years of age.

Fines are deleted after 5years (certain contraventions of the Road Traffic Act) or after 10 years from the decision.

Only certain offences where sanctions were completed between 2 and 5 years ago will be disclosed on the certificate, depending on the offence committed.

Turnaround Times

You should receive the penal certificate within a week of submitting the application (subject to normal postal delivery timescales).

The CRB has taken all reasonable steps to ensure that the information contained herein is as accurate and comprehensive as possible. In order to maintain the accuracy of the information, the CRB will update the information periodically.

However, the CRB cannot be held responsible for the level of service provided by overseas authorities. As such, please do not contact the CRB regarding applications submitted to overseas authorities.