Do I need a cookie banner in Denmark?

Yes, if your site uses cookies or similar technologies that aren't strictly necessary — such as analytics, advertising pixels or embedded videos. Cookie Executive Order 1148/2011 requires consent before they run.

Which language should my banner be in for Denmark?

Show the banner in the language of your site's audience — for Denmark that usually means Danish. PrivacyPill picks the visitor's language automatically from your page and browser settings.

DK EU member state

Cookie consent rules in Denmark

What Cookie Executive Order 1148/2011 and the Agency for Digital Government and Datatilsynet expect from your cookie banner: when you need consent, how the reject option should look, and what has been enforced.

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Sources checked 28 October 2026. Not legal advice.

Cookie law

Executive Order No. 1148 of 9 December 2011 on information and consent for storage of or access to information in end-users' terminal equipment (cookie order), §§ 3–4

Regulator

Digitaliseringsstyrelsen (Agency for Digital Government) for the cookie rules; Datatilsynet (Danish DPA) for personal data

Official guidance

Brug af cookies og lignende teknologier (joint guidance, Datatilsynet and Digitaliseringsstyrelsen) (2025)

Banner languages

Danish

What the rules say

The cookie rules and the GDPR apply side by side when cookies involve personal data.
Consent requires an active choice by the visitor.
Visitors must be able to accept some purposes and refuse others.
Refusing must be easy — including visually.
Document what visitors consented to and how consent was obtained.

How PrivacyPill handles this

Nothing optional runs before a choice. Google tags start with Consent Mode v2 set to denied; other scripts marked with data-pp-category wait until their category is allowed.
Equal first-layer buttons. "Accept all" and "Reject non-essential" sit side by side with the same weight, and a settings button lets visitors withdraw consent at any time.
Consent per purpose. Analytics, marketing and functional cookies can be allowed separately in the preferences panel.
Languages. Danish isn't built in yet — rewrite the English texts in the customizer to show your own translation.
Proof of consent. Every choice is logged pseudonymously with the banner version, exportable as CSV.

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Frequently asked questions

Sources

This page summarises official sources checked on 28 October 2026. It isn't legal advice; regulators update guidance, so follow the links for the current text.

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