Denmark · Government
Government and administration in Denmark
How the executive, legislature and administrative state are organised, and which body is responsible for what.
The three branches
- Head of State — The Monarch
- Largely ceremonial; formally appoints the government.
- Executive — Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Accountable to the Folketing (negative parliamentarism).
- Legislative — Folketing
- Single chamber of 179 members.
- Judicial — Unified courts headed by Højesteret
- Administered by the Danish Court Administration.
How legislation is made
Bills pass three readings in the Folketing and receive royal assent. A minority of members can require certain bills to be put to a referendum.
Enforcement institutions
- Danish Police (Politi)
- National police force under the National Commissioner.
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- Heads the prosecution service.
Government bodies and regulators
- judicialDanish Prosecution Service (Anklagemyndigheden)Conducts criminal prosecutions.
- executiveDanish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen)Registers companies and maintains the CVR.
- executiveDanish Immigration Service (Udlændingestyrelsen)Administers residence and asylum.
- executiveDanish Tax Agency (Skattestyrelsen)Assesses and collects taxes.
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