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Denmark

Fly on your EASA registration and certificate, insure to 0.75 million SDR, stay below 120 m within sight, hold 8 km from instrument airports and 4 km from visual ones unless you hold an A2, and apply to Trafikstyrelsen before any bird protection area, including the Wadden Sea all year.

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44 rules · 52 sources, 38 of them official · 14 fields unconfirmed · Trafikstyrelsen (Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority) · droneregler.dk (English mirror at en.droneregler.dk) (English)

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What decides it

  • The operator must be registered for a drone of any weight that carries a sensor such as a camera, unless the drone is a toy drone.confirmed on the cited page
  • The operator number must be marked legibly and visibly on every drone the operator flies, and a drone certificate number is not valid marking.confirmed on the cited page
  • Operator registration is valid for three years and must be renewed before it expires. Renewal issues a new operator number, so the marking on the drone and the Remote ID entry must both be updated.confirmed on the cited page
  • The minimum insurance sum does not apply to a drone under 250 g whose maximum speed cannot exceed 19 m/s and which is used exclusively for personal or hobby activities. Liability cover is still required.confirmed on the cited page
  • A remote pilot must be 15 to operate a drone in the open or specific category, or 12 for a drone under 250 g including payload. A heavier drone may be flown under the supervision of a person aged 16 or over who holds the right certificate.confirmed on the cited page
  • Any authorisation obtained under the drone order, and the documentation of any consent, must be available at the site of operation and shown to the police on request, together with the drone certificate where one is required.confirmed on the cited page

Permits tied to a place or a time

These do not change the country's colour; they decide whether a particular flight is legal where and when you want it.

  • Drone operations in Danish bird protection areas and habitat areas may not take place without authorisation from Trafikstyrelsen or its delegate. Inside the area's restriction period the only routes are that authorisation, or the exemption for authority and landowner inspection, maintenance and control work. Outside the restriction periods listed in Annex 2, flight is permitted. The remote pilot must hold a competence certificate.
  • The Wadden Sea is Annex 2 entry F57 with a restriction period of the whole year, so a visiting pilot needs the Trafikstyrelsen authorisation there at any date. Fanø, Mandø, Rømø, Skallingen and Langli, Ringkøbing Fjord, Lillebælt and Stavns Fjord are among the other all-year entries; roughly ninety areas are listed, each with its own period.
  • Drone flight may take place only outside flight-safety-critical areas, security-critical areas and particularly sensitive nature areas. Breach is punishable by a fine.
  • To fly inside a flight-safety-critical, security-critical or Natura 2000 drone zone, apply to Trafikstyrelsen as the drone operator. The service target is 30 calendar days, the fee is 1,300 DKK per hour of case handling and is billed whether or not permission is given, and a flight-safety-critical permission cannot start sooner than 14 days after it is issued.
  • Trafikstyrelsen may in exceptional circumstances exempt from the drone order, including from the distance and competence requirements. Exemptions from the aerodrome and security distances need the consent of the National Police and the Defence Command.

Before you fly, in order

  1. An operator registration from the EASA state where you reside is the registration that counts in Denmark, and a drone certificate from any EASA member state is valid here.
  2. The operator must be registered for a drone of any weight that carries a sensor such as a camera, unless the drone is a toy drone.
  3. No registration and no drone certificate for a drone under 250 g with no sensor, or for a toy drone that complies with the toy directive, is aimed at children under 14 and carries the declaration.
  4. The operator number must be marked legibly and visibly on every drone the operator flies, and a drone certificate number is not valid marking.
  5. Operator registration is valid for three years and must be renewed before it expires. Renewal issues a new operator number, so the marking on the drone and the Remote ID entry must both be updated.
  6. The minimum insurance sum does not apply to a drone under 250 g whose maximum speed cannot exceed 19 m/s and which is used exclusively for personal or hobby activities. Liability cover is still required.
  7. No insurance requirement at all for toy drones complying with the toy directive that weigh under 250 g and whose speed cannot exceed 19 m/s, or for self-insured public authorities.
  8. Any authorisation obtained under the drone order, and the documentation of any consent, must be available at the site of operation and shown to the police on request, together with the drone certificate where one is required.
  9. To fly inside a flight-safety-critical, security-critical or Natura 2000 drone zone, apply to Trafikstyrelsen as the drone operator. The service target is 30 calendar days, the fee is 1,300 DKK per hour of case handling and is billed whether or not permission is given, and a flight-safety-critical permission cannot start sooner than 14 days after it is issued.
  10. Trafikstyrelsen may in exceptional circumstances exempt from the drone order, including from the distance and competence requirements. Exemptions from the aerodrome and security distances need the consent of the National Police and the Defence Command.
  11. Open-category flight must stay at or below 120 m above terrain.
  12. Hold horizontal distance from uninvolved people equal to your flight height, the 1:1 rule. Assemblies of people may never be overflown, and the operation must stop if an uninvolved person enters the area.
  13. The drone must stay within visual line of sight throughout the operation; beyond-line-of-sight flight belongs to the specific category.
  14. Flight or attempted flight is prohibited if the pilot is over the alcohol limit, under the influence of drugs, or unfit through illness, exhaustion or lack of sleep. The police may require a breath, saliva or sweat sample, or an eye examination, at any time.
  15. Night flight is allowed if the drone carries a green flashing light showing its position.
  16. Hold 8 km horizontally from a runway at an instrument-rated (IMC) aerodrome or a military airbase. With a competence certificate you may fly from 8 km in to 2 km: up to 120 m above terrain from 8 to 6 km outside the published approach and departure areas, 100 m above runway height inside them, 40 m above runway height from 6 to 3 km and 30 m from 3 to 2 km. At a military airbase the ladder is 40 m from 8 to 3 km and 30 m from 3 to 2 km.
  17. Hold 4 km horizontally from a runway at a visual-rules (VMC) aerodrome. With a competence certificate you may fly from 4 km in to 2 km, at up to 40 m above runway height from 4 to 3 km and 30 m from 3 to 2 km. At Thisted the bands are 40 m from 6 to 3 km and 30 m from 3 to 2 km.
  18. The two publicly approved water aerodromes, Copenhagen and Aarhus, are flight-safety-critical areas. Flying in the mapped area is prohibited in principle. A competence-certificate holder may fly up to 120 m above sea level while the seaplane is docked or outside the area, and must land the drone immediately if it departs or approaches.
  19. Hold 2 km horizontally from a helipad for helicopter emergency services. With a competence certificate you may come to 1 km, and between 1 and 2 km the flight altitude may not exceed 40 m above the helipad's runway height. Hold 2 km from an emergency ambulance helicopter base, with no stated exception.
  20. Hold 150 m horizontally from diplomatic representations, courts, column-3 undertakings, police properties and Prison and Probation Service institutions. Trafikstyrelsen may raise the distance to police properties to 1,000 m on a specific assessment.
  21. Hold 150 m horizontally from the named royal palaces, among them the four Amalienborg palaces, Fredensborg, Sorgenfri, Gråsten and the Hermitage, and from the named cultural properties Christiansborg, Kronborg, Frederiksborg, Koldinghus, Marienborg and Rosenborg. No drone operations at all over Amaliehaven, Rosenborg Palace Gardens, Frederiksberg Gardens and Søndermarken.
  22. Hold 1,000 m from military areas including ranges, exercise areas and temporary military areas, from military aircraft and marked military columns, and from naval vessels at sea; 300 m from military areas inside an urban zone and from naval vessels moored outside a naval base. Prior authorisation comes from the Danish Defence Command, and the remote pilot needs a competence certificate.
  23. Flying over livestock and fenced herds needs the owner's consent. Flying over or near wild animal populations, including birds living in the wild, may only take place as part of necessary inspection, maintenance, supervision or control work. Transit at 100 m or more and 5 m/s or more in a straight line is exempt.
  24. Hold 15 m horizontally from railways and urban railways unless the infrastructure administrator has authorised the flight; the remote pilot needs a competence certificate. The rule does not apply where an urban railway runs underground.
  25. No flying over public roads with a speed limit above 70 km/h unless the infrastructure administrator has authorised it; the remote pilot needs a competence certificate. Crossing such a road is allowed when there is no traffic, by the shortest route and without undue delay.
  26. Hold 5 m horizontally from live overhead electricity cables unless the infrastructure administrator has authorised the flight; the remote pilot needs a competence certificate.
  27. Hold 1,000 m from response areas where the police, the Danish Defence or other emergency authorities are working, or where those authorities have set special restrictions. If the drone interrupts or obstructs a response it must land immediately.
  28. Flying in areas with restricted access, meaning areas fenced, guarded or electronically secured against free entry, requires the owner's or manager's prior authorisation, and the remote pilot needs at least a certificate of theoretical knowledge.
  29. Where geographical drone zones overlap, follow the most restrictive rule in the overlap unless Trafikstyrelsen has given a permission on other terms. Distance requirements can be vertical as well as horizontal.
  30. Drone flight may take place only outside flight-safety-critical areas, security-critical areas and particularly sensitive nature areas. Breach is punishable by a fine.
  31. Drone operations in Danish bird protection areas and habitat areas may not take place without authorisation from Trafikstyrelsen or its delegate. Inside the area's restriction period the only routes are that authorisation, or the exemption for authority and landowner inspection, maintenance and control work. Outside the restriction periods listed in Annex 2, flight is permitted. The remote pilot must hold a competence certificate.
  32. The Wadden Sea is Annex 2 entry F57 with a restriction period of the whole year, so a visiting pilot needs the Trafikstyrelsen authorisation there at any date. Fanø, Mandø, Rømø, Skallingen and Langli, Ringkøbing Fjord, Lillebælt and Stavns Fjord are among the other all-year entries; roughly ninety areas are listed, each with its own period.
  33. No flying over houses and their gardens, courtyards and similar bounded by fencing, hedges or walls without the consent of the owner or residents, who must be told beforehand. No flying closer than 2.5 m to a residential property. The remote pilot needs at least a certificate of theoretical knowledge. Transit at 100 m or more and 5 m/s or more is exempt.
  34. Flying with FPV camera goggles follows the ordinary A1 or A3 rules, and an observer must always stand beside the remote pilot watching the surrounding airspace.
  35. No Denmark-specific lithium-battery allowance or prohibition appears in any source checked; airline and aviation-security rules govern.
  36. A remote pilot must be 15 to operate a drone in the open or specific category, or 12 for a drone under 250 g including payload. A heavier drone may be flown under the supervision of a person aged 16 or over who holds the right certificate.
  37. Spare lithium batteries in cabin baggage only: up to 100 Wh without approval, 100 to 160 Wh with airline approval and two spares, over 160 Wh not allowed (IATA passenger guidance; airlines may be stricter).

Spare lithium batteries in cabin baggage only: up to 100 Wh without approval, 100 to 160 Wh with airline approval and two spares, over 160 Wh not allowed (IATA passenger guidance; airlines may be stricter).

How a visitor gets legal

Each step as the authority describes it, with who may apply, what it costs and how long it takes.

  1. Step 1

    Establish the drone's weight, sensors, class label and subcategory

    Under 25 kg, below 120 m and within visual line of sight puts you in the open category. Establish the take-off mass, whether the drone carries a camera or another sensor, its C label and the subcategory it falls in.

    Visitors eligible · none · immediate

    • drone specification
    • class label

    Open the official page

  2. Step 2

    EASA visitors: carry your home operator registration and certificate

    You register once, in the country where you reside, and that operator number is the one that counts in Denmark. A drone certificate from any EASA member state is valid here. Mark the operator number on the drone and enter it in Remote ID.

    Visitors eligible · home-country fee · existing

    • home operator registration
    • A1/A3 or A2 certificate

    Open the official page

  3. Step 3

    Visitors from outside EASA: carry a European certificate and ask about registration

    The authority states that third-country nationals holding a European drone certificate may fly here on the same terms as Danish pilots. It does not say whether a UK or FAA operator registration is accepted, and the Danish registration portal signs applicants in with MitID. Contact Trafikstyrelsen before travelling; that step is our inference, not an official instruction.

    Eligibility not stated

    • European drone certificate
    • identification
    • drone details

    Open the official page

  4. Step 4

    Register with Trafikstyrelsen only if Denmark is your registration state

    Register once if you live here: over 250 g, or any weight with a sensor such as a camera. The portal logs you in with MitID or NemID, you give an insurance policy number, and the operator number comes back by Digital Post or by letter within 30 days. The registration lasts three years.

    Eligibility not stated · 65 DKK (2026) · up to 30 days for the letter where there is no Digital Post

    • MitID or NemID
    • insurance policy number
    • what a non-resident without MitID supplies is unknown

    Open the official page

  5. Step 5

    Hold liability insurance of at least 0.75 million SDR

    Insure the operation for at least 0.75 million SDR, about 7 million DKK. Under 250 g at a maximum of 19 m/s used purely privately the floor does not apply, but cover still does, so check with your insurer. Toy drones under the toy directive are exempt.

    Visitors eligible · insurer-dependent · before flight

    • policy certificate
    • policy number

    Open the official page

  6. Step 6

    Check the official zone map before choosing a launch point

    Open the Dronezoner map and read the colour key: red is flight-safety-critical and needs permission, blue is security-critical, green is a nature area that may be active by season, orange means fly with extra care. The map warns on its own terms that it does not necessarily show every area where flying is prohibited, so it is a starting point rather than a compliance answer.

    Visitors eligible · none · immediate

    • launch coordinates

    Open the official page

  7. Step 7

    Download the zone data if you want it offline

    Static zone geodata is published as GeoJSON, GeoPackage, Shapefile, KML and KMZ, updated continuously. The English download page restricts the data to personal use; any other use needs an agreement with Trafikstyrelsen.

    Visitors eligible · none · immediate

    • none

    Open the official page

  8. Step 8

    Apply to Trafikstyrelsen for a flight inside a drone zone

    Apply as the drone operator, not through a client. The service target is 30 calendar days, the fee is 1,300 DKK per hour of case handling whether or not permission is granted, and a flight-safety-critical permission starts no earlier than 14 days after issue because of the mandatory coordination with HEMS, Naviair or the aerodrome. Use the MitID form, or the PDF form if you have no MitID.

    Visitors eligible · 1,300 DKK per hour (2026) · 30 calendar days, often longer

    • application form
    • location
    • dates
    • aircraft and operation details

    Open the official page

  9. Step 9

    Military areas go to the Defence Command, not to Trafikstyrelsen

    Applications to fly in or near military areas and vessels cannot be approved by Trafikstyrelsen; permission comes from the Danish Defence Command. Where an area is both security-critical and military, both authorities must authorise, and the remote pilot needs a competence certificate.

    Eligibility not stated

    • application to Forsvarskommandoen
    • competence certificate

    Open the official page

  10. Step 10

    Check Annex 2 before any bird protection or habitat area

    Bird protection and habitat areas are a separate layer from the zone colours. Each area in Annex 2 has its own restriction period; inside it you need the Trafikstyrelsen authorisation and a competence certificate, outside it you may fly. The Wadden Sea is listed for the whole year.

    Visitors eligible · 1,300 DKK per hour (2026) · 30 calendar days

    • application
    • competence certificate
    • area and dates

    Open the official page

  11. Step 11

    Commercial flights from Nature Agency land need the Agency's permission too

    If the flight is commercial and you will be standing on land managed by Naturstyrelsen, get the Agency's permission as well as any aviation permission. Recreational drone flying over or on Agency land is free of charge.

    Visitors eligible · free for non-commercial use; commercial rates in the Agency's fee sheet

    • application to Naturstyrelsen

    Open the official page

  12. Step 12

    Get property consent, and carry your documents

    Get the owner's or residents' consent before flying over houses, gardens and enclosed property, and tell residents beforehand. Keep the logbook unless you are a private hobby pilot under 250 g, and have the registration, insurance, certificate and any authorisation with you to show the police on request.

    Visitors eligible · none · before flight

    • written consent
    • operator registration evidence
    • insurance certificate
    • drone certificate
    • authorisations
    • logbook

    Open the official page

The numbers

The engine's inputs, each with the verdict our verification pass gave it and the sources it rests on.

FieldWhat the pages sayVerdictSources
May a visiting pilot fly at allYes, after a registration or a notification.The authority's FAQ states that all European citizens and third-country nationals holding a European drone certificate may fly in Denmark, on the same terms as Danish remote pilots.confirmed on the cited pageS8
EU or EEA registration recognisedYesYou register once, in the country where you reside or where your business has its primary address, and a certificate from any EASA member state is valid in every other. The page is written for Danish pilots travelling out, so it states the rule rather than giving an inbound-visitor instruction, but the rule is the same in both directions.confirmed on the cited pageS9
UK registration recognisedNot establishedNo official Danish page addresses a UK operator registration. The FAQ answers the certificate question, not the registration question, and the Danish operator-registration portal signs applicants in with MitID. Do not classify a UK registration as recognised.not confirmedS8S6
US registration recognisedNot establishedNo official page located mentions FAA registration, TRUST or Part 107.not confirmedS8S6
Local registrationRequired from 250 g. Cost: 65 DKK (2026). Time: immediate online; the operator number arrives by Digital Post, or up to 30 days by letter where the applicant has no Digital Post. Non-residents: Unknown. The portal logs the applicant in with MitID or NemID and no official page describes an alternative route for operator registration..Two triggers, not one: over 250 g, or any weight with a sensor such as a camera. No registration for a drone under 250 g with no sensor, or for a toy drone even with a camera. thresholdG records the weight trigger only. Registration is valid three years and renewal issues a NEW operator number, so the marking on the drone and the Remote ID entry both have to be updated. A visitor registered in another EASA state does not register here at all.partly confirmedS6S7S4S8
Remote IDC-marked drones carrying a sensor and weighing over 250 g must transmit Remote ID. Activating it requires the operator registration number and a three-digit security code.The authority's own wording is 'C-marked with a sensor over 250 grams'. A proposal to require remote identification on every drone over 250 g, and on lighter sensor-equipped drones inside flight-safety-critical and security-critical zones, went to consultation in June 2026 and is expected to take effect on 1 January 2027. It is not current law.confirmed on the cited pageS8
InsuranceMandatory, at least 0.75 million SDR (approximately 7 million DKK) · Every drone operation, except toy drones under the toy directive weighing under 250 g with a maximum speed of 19 m/s, and self-insured public authoritiesSince 1 July 2025 the minimum sum does not apply to a drone under 250 g whose maximum speed cannot exceed 19 m/s and which is used exclusively for personal or hobby activities. Cover is still required; only the floor is lifted. The authority tells sub-250 g pilots to ask their insurer whether the household liability policy gives enough cover.confirmed on the cited pageS2S4S6S8
Altitude ceiling120 mMeasured above terrain, in the open category.confirmed on the cited pageS8S16
Distance from peopleThe 1:1 rule: hold horizontal distance from uninvolved people equal to your flight height, so 50 m up means 50 m away. Assemblies of people may never be overflown. A1 allows brief, unavoidable overflight of individuals; A2 and A3 do not, and an A2 holder keeps 30 m from uninvolved people.confirmed on the cited pageS8
Line of sightThe drone must stay within visual line of sight. Flying beyond it is illegal in the open category and belongs to the specific category.confirmed on the cited pageS8S16
NightNight flight is permitted if the drone carries a green flashing light showing its position.confirmed on the cited pageS8
Class marksEU class identification labels C0 to C6 with subcategories A1, A2 and A3. A drone carrying a C0 to C6 label must meet the requirements of that class under Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945.confirmed on the cited pageS2S8
FPVPermitted. Flying with camera goggles follows the ordinary A1 or A3 rules, and an observer must always stand beside the remote pilot watching the surrounding airspace.Operations inside Modelflyvning Danmark are excepted because the association holds its own operational authorisation.confirmed on the cited pageS8
Commercial useNot separately licensed. A task delivered by a drone operator for payment or another consideration is a commercial purpose. A commercial flight that meets open-category conditions needs no authorisation; one that cannot moves to the specific category and needs an operational authorisation on a risk assessment.confirmed on the cited pageS4S8

Every rule we could confirm

Grouped by what they govern. A general rule decides the country's colour for a profile; a situational one applies in a place, a zone or a season.

Registration

Remote ID

Insurance

Minimum age

Permits

Airspace zones

Parks and protected areas

Towns and cities

Altitude

Distance from people

Line of sight

Night

FPV

Commercial use

Batteries

Parks and protected areas

Who decides, what they decided, and whether there is a way in.

Where the no-fly zones are published

The authority's own map is the one that counts on the day; an app is a convenience, not a source.

8 km from a runway at an instrument-rated aerodrome or a military airbase, 4 km at a visual-rules aerodrome, with competence-certificate bands down to 2 km at capped heights, and 2 km from a HEMS helipad with an A2 band to 1 km. These distances replaced the former 5 km rule on 1 July 2025.

Official map
dronezoner.eu
Dataset
www.en.droneregler.dk · GeoJSON, GeoPackage, Shapefile, KML, KMZ
Licence
Personal use only; any other purpose needs an agreement with Trafikstyrelsen, and API or web-service access is arranged by email.
Updated
Updated continuously by Trafikstyrelsen, with no fixed interval published; the map refreshes NOTAM hourly and tells pilots to check Naviair for the latest.
Apps named
Dronezoner, the authority's own map at dronezoner.eu; no third-party app is recommended on any official page, and DJI GEO behaviour is manufacturer behaviour, not evidence of Danish legality

Customs and the border

Declaration
Not established
Import authorisation
Not established
Radio conformity
Not established

On the ground

What pilots, police and the press report actually happening. This is evidence about behaviour, not law: it never changes the status above, and it is dated and linked so you can judge it yourself.

Enforced14 confirmed cases · 2022-02-17 to 2026-09-01 · practice pass 8 October 2026

Denmark charges people and publishes the case: 14 dated cases from 2022 to 2026, drones and paired phones taken at Aalborg, three charges in two days on Bornholm including a 3,000 DKK fine for a German tourist. Nothing located covers beaches, cliffs, national parks or customs.

How people fly
No first-person trip report from a visiting pilot was located in Danish or English, so there is no evidence of where people actually launch. What the record shows is where they were caught: Bornholm during the May exercise and during Folkemødet, Arnager by Bornholm Airport, Aalborg and Roskilde and Karup aerodromes, Skrydstrup, the naval station at Frederikshavn, a police station in Horsens, the Great Belt low bridge, and over residential property in Haderslev and Kalundborg.
Police and rangers
Police detect and then charge. Operators have been found by control-tower radar at Karup, by technical methods at Horsens, and by officers on the ground on Bornholm. During a temporary total ban the presence is heavy: three people were charged in two days on Bornholm in May 2026. Discretion is documented once, when an Austrian tourist by the Frederikshavn naval station was told the rules and not fined. Rangers are absent from the record: no Naturstyrelsen or national park interception, warning or fine was located, and no one has been publicly charged for flying an Annex 2 bird protection or habitat area without the Trafikstyrelsen authorisation, which is the rule that makes many scenic sites read permit. Rigspolitiet says it received over 7,000 reports of possible drone observations from 22 September 2025 onward, that every district investigation was closed by 25 June 2026 without an identified operator, and that it has bought thermal binoculars, detection equipment and basic take-down equipment for the districts. No use of the police drone-neutralisation power that took effect on 1 January 2026 was located; the only located use of force against a suspected drone is the military firing over the Borris range in September 2025, which Defence first denied and then admitted it had misreported.
At the border
No usable report.
Fines actually reported
One amount is published, three times, and always for breaching a temporary total ban rather than the ordinary rules: 3,000 DKK for the German tourist outside Hasle on 12 May 2026, 3,000 DKK for the 33-year-old at Snorrebakken on 13 May 2026, and 3,000 DKK for the 30-year-old foreign national who flew over the Great Belt low bridge while colleagues filmed a commercial, on a page that prints no date. A separate fine was issued at Folkemødet on 13 June 2026 for having no liability insurance, amount not published. Every other charge in the record ends at an expected fine with no sum: Horsens, Roskilde, Arnager, Karup, Haderslev and Skrydstrup. At Aalborg in 2023 police said the two men could expect at least a four-figure fine and warned of a possible airline damages claim; at Stenseby in 2022 police put the photographer's exposure at 5,000 to 10,000 DKK.

The law's own penalty schedule is separate: Acted on sometimes, 7 published fine ranges below.

Where reports cluster

  • Bornholm

    Where enforcement is densest and most visible. Three charges in two days during the Baltic Shield exercise in May 2026, another at the Folkemødet main stage in June 2026, a seizure at Stenseby in 2022. The island gets an announced total drone ban at least twice a year and the police publish the dates in advance.

  • Aerodromes: Aalborg, Bornholm, Roskilde, Karup

    Charges and on-the-spot confiscation inside the aerodrome distance, with detection by control-tower radar. Aalborg in October 2023 is the one case where both drones and the paired phones were taken.

  • Military sites and naval stations

    Skrydstrup in 2022, the Frederikshavn naval station in 2026, the Borris range shooting in 2025. A visitor photographing a harbour town has walked into this one.

  • Critical-infrastructure zones away from airports

    Police stations and the Great Belt bridge and railway carry no-fly rings a visitor will not expect. The Horsens case was a drift of about 24 m for about 90 seconds and was still charged.

  • Copenhagen Airport

    Flights were suspended for four hours on 22 September 2025 after objects were reported; the investigation closed on 25 June 2026 with police unable to prove or rule out drone activity and nobody identified. No recreational case was located here.

  • Wadden Sea National Park and Natura 2000 areas

    The park publishes that flying a drone in a Natura 2000 area needs special permission and that almost all of the park is Natura 2000. No enforcement case was located anywhere in the Annex 2 regime.

  • Copenhagen city, Mols Bjerge, Thy, Møns Klint, Skagen, Rubjerg Knude

    No dated practice report found, after a direct Danish-language search for each. The absence is recorded, not read as permission.

Dated reports

  • 2022-02-17 · Stenseby, Bornholm · press

    A Bornholms Tidende photographer filming a solar park flew close to a private property and the owner reported it.

    Drone seized and still held on day 15; charged under the drone rules, with exposure stated as 5,000 to 10,000 DKK. report

  • 2022-06 · central Kalundborg · press

    A resident reported a camera drone with red lights outside her window at 18:38.

    A 56-year-old was charged, his third charge in six months, and the drone was seized for later court-ordered confiscation. report

  • 2022-07-02 · Haderslev and Flyvestation Skrydstrup · official

    Two men the same evening: one flew over residential property from his balcony with no competence certificate, the other inside the 8 km military airbase zone.

    Both charged under the drone order and the first man's drone seized. Both said they did not know the rules. report

  • 2023-10-13 · Aalborg Airport · press

    Two young men flew inside the airport's 8 km zone on a Friday morning, after the airspace had been closed several times that week.

    Both drones confiscated on the spot and the phones temporarily seized because they were paired to them; a fine of at least four figures expected, plus a possible airline damages claim. report

  • 2025-09-22 · Copenhagen Airport · press

    Objects were reported in or near the airport's airspace and traffic was suspended for four hours.

    The investigation closed on 25 June 2026: police could not prove drone activity and could not rule it out, and nobody was identified or charged. report

  • 2025-09-25 · Aalborg Airport · official

    Unidentified drones flew over a wide area for a couple of hours overnight, with the last active sighting at 00:54.

    Police could not bring them down; physical and electronic evidence was collected and no operator was apprehended. report

  • 2025-09-28 · Borris range, west Jutland · press

    The military fired at a suspected drone while a Norwegian Dash 8 passenger aircraft passed overhead at 2,800 m.

    Defence first denied firing and then admitted it had given incorrect information. No drone was confirmed. report

  • 2026-03-03 · Tunevej, Roskilde, by Roskilde Airport · official

    A 59-year-old from Jutland surveying ground at a gravel pit flew too close to the aerodrome at 12:38.

    Charged under the drone order for flying without the Trafikstyrelsen authorisation; a fine is expected. report

  • 2026-05-12 · outside Hasle, Bornholm · official

    A German tourist flew during the island-wide ban in force for the Baltic Shield exercise.

    Charged under the drone order with a 3,000 DKK fine, and told the drone would be seized on a repeat. report

  • 2026-05-13 · Arnager, by Bornholm Airport · official

    A 43-year-old flew close to the airport around 12:00.

    Charged on two counts: the critical-infrastructure distance and the temporary island-wide ban. report

  • 2026-05-13 · Snorrebakken, outside Rønne · official

    A 33-year-old from Rønne flew around 13:30, the third person charged on the island in two days.

    Charged under the drone order with a 3,000 DKK fine. report

  • 2026-06-11 · Frederikshavn, by the naval station · press

    An Austrian tourist tried to photograph the town from the air inside the naval station's restriction.

    Police explained the rules on the spot. No fine and no charge. report

  • 2026-06-13 · Allinge, by the Folkemødet main stage · press

    A 24-year-old from Copenhagen flew at 11:01 inside the temporary Folkemødet drone zone.

    Charged under the drone order, plus a separate fine for having no liability insurance for the drone. report

  • 2026-09-01 · Horsens police station · official

    A 32-year-old photographing a building commercially drifted into the station's no-fly zone, about 24 m up for about 90 seconds.

    Identified by technical methods, admitted the breach and was charged; a fine is expected. Police said nothing suspicious lay behind the flight. report

What the law says it costs

Published penalty ranges. What has actually been charged, where anyone reported it, is in the section above.

OffenceRangeSources
Illegal drone flying, as the authority states it publiclyTypically a fine of up to 10,000 DKK, and the drone may be confiscatedS16
Breach of the Air Navigation Act or rules issued under it, as the Ministry of Transport describes the level in practice3,000 to 10,000 DKK depending on how many rules were broken and the nature of the breach; the Ministry says the level is still being set through test casesS17
Breach of the drone order's insurance, logbook, aerodrome, HEMS, security, castle, military, Natura 2000, livestock, railway, road, power-line, residential, response-area, restricted-access or tethered-obstacle provisionsFine; no tariff appears in the instrumentS2S4
Breach of Air Navigation Act section 126 b (1) on critical areas and particularly sensitive nature areas, section 126 c (1) on insurance, or section 126 g (2) to (3) on market surveillanceFine, amount not stated in the actS15
Flying under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or while unfitFine, rising to imprisonment up to 1 year on a repeat convictionS15
Breach of the nationwide civil drone ban of 29 September to 4 October 2025Fine or imprisonment up to two yearsS19
Corporate offendersCriminal liability for legal persons under chapter 5 of the Criminal CodeS2S19

Confiscation: Confirmed at two levels. Trafikstyrelsen states publicly that an illegally flown drone may be confiscated. The Ministry of Transport states that a drone may be confiscated under section 75 (2) of the Criminal Code where that is needed to prevent further offences, that test cases have run and are still running, and gives a worked example: confiscation has been used where an operator flew beyond visual line of sight, over an assembly of people and without the necessary authorisation.

Criminal liability: Breaches of the drone order and of Air Navigation Act section 126 b (1) are punishable by fine. Flying under the influence carries a fine rising to imprisonment up to 1 year on a repeat conviction, and the act provides for withdrawal of the right to operate a drone. Breach of the September 2025 nationwide ban carried a fine or imprisonment up to two years. Legal persons may incur criminal liability under chapter 5 of the Criminal Code. Since 1 January 2026 the police may neutralise a drone where necessary to avert disorder or danger to persons or public safety or to stop criminal activity, and the Minister may authorise certain public authorities and infrastructure managers to do the same.

What we could not confirm

Printed rather than hidden. A brief that answers everything has usually guessed somewhere, and a gap here is a real gap in the official pages or a page we could not reach.

3 cited pages refused our checks and are marked unreachable in the source list.

Sources that disagree

  1. Whether a UK or US operator registration is recognised in Denmark. No official page states recognition and none states non-recognition.
  2. How a non-resident without MitID registers as a Danish drone operator at all, and what identity documents, address or telephone number would be accepted.
  3. Registration processing time for a non-resident, beyond the 30 days the authority allows for the physical letter.
  4. Declaration of a drone on entry, temporary import authorisation, and any customs detention or confiscation policy. No Toldstyrelsen or skat.dk source was reached.
  5. Radio-conformity requirements for a drone bought abroad. Styrelsen for Dataforsyning og Infrastruktur was not reached.
  6. Lithium-battery carriage: no Danish rule located in any source checked.
  7. Park-specific drone rules for Thy and Mols Bjerge national parks, and the mapping of park boundaries to the order's Annex 2 entries.
  8. Municipal drone restrictions. No municipal source was reached.
  9. Whether the geozone application fee has a minimum or a cap, since it is billed by the hour of case handling.
  10. A complete fine tariff. The 3,000 to 10,000 DKK band is the Ministry of Transport's description of practice, and the Ministry says the level is still being set through test cases.
  11. Whether the 2016 urban-drone order has been formally repealed. It is absent from the authority's own list of applicable law, which is why the built-up-area claim is not carried, but no repeal clause was read.
  12. Whether a recreational purpose is accepted for a geozone permission. The application page does not limit the permission by purpose, but it does not state recreational eligibility either, and the aerodrome and HEMS derogations are expressly limited to public-benefit, research or commercial purposes.
  13. First-person pilot reports. The practice pass located fourteen dated police and press cases but no trip report by a pilot, Danish or visiting, for any Danish destination, so how ordinary flying at beaches, cliffs and parks is received is still unread.
  14. Any enforcement case in a national park or Natura 2000 area, at customs, or under the nationwide ban of 29 September to 4 October 2025. The practice pass searched for each in Danish and found nothing either way.

What changed, and when

Dated changes to the rules, newest first.

  1. 8 October 2026

    Link audit: two of the authority guidance PDFs the research pass cited for the registration threshold, the 120 m limit and the 1:1 rule now return HTTP 404, and its geozone download URL used a path that no longer exists. Every claim they carried was recovered from live pages. The authority's English translation of the 2023 order is still published with the superseded 5 km aerodrome distance, and the 2017 English consolidation of the Air Navigation Act, still on the same domain, carries a built-up-area rule that the act in force does not contain. The 2016 urban-drone order is absent from the authority's own list of applicable law.

    S27S28S12S3S26S25

  2. 29 June 2026

    Announced, not in force: Trafikstyrelsen sent new rules to consultation that would require remote identification on every drone over 250 g, and on lighter sensor-equipped drones inside flight-safety-critical and security-critical zones, together with changed distances around airports, harbours, prisons and official residences and a duty to show flight logs to the police. Expected to take effect on 1 January 2027.

    S20

  3. 1 January 2026

    Naturstyrelsen's drone fee sheet for Agency land took effect: commercial flying from Agency land needs permission, all other drone flying there is free.

    S21

  4. 1 January 2026

    Act no. 1787 of 29 December 2025 entered into force: the police gained an express power to neutralise drones, the Minister gained power to authorise certain public authorities and infrastructure managers to do the same, and a new Air Navigation Act section 126 h created the power to require flight plans and contact details for drone operations.

    S18

  5. 4 October 2025

    That nationwide ban was repealed on its own terms, having run six days.

    S19

  6. 29 September 2025

    A nationwide ban on all civil drone flight took effect, covering Danish land territory, inner and outer territorial waters and the airspace above, punishable by fine or imprisonment up to two years, with state flight operations excepted.

    S19

  7. 1 July 2025

    Amending order no. 527 of 20 May 2025 entered into force: 8 km from instrument aerodromes and military airbases and 4 km from visual aerodromes in place of the former 5 km, with competence-certificate bands down to 2 km; the Copenhagen and Aarhus water aerodromes became flight-safety-critical areas; operator registration became valid for three years; tethered powered drones were brought fully inside the rules; courts were added to the 150 m security list; and the 0.75 million SDR minimum stopped applying to privately used microdrones under 250 g.

    S4S5

  8. 31 January 2024

    The consolidated Air Navigation Act, lovbekendtgørelse nr. 118, was issued. Its chapter 9 a contains no built-up-area restriction, unlike the 2017 consolidation that older guidance still quotes.

    S15S26

  9. 1 January 2024

    Order no. 1649 of 12 December 2023, the Danish drone order, entered into force and repealed the 2020 order. Section 35 states that it does not extend to the Faroe Islands or Greenland.

    S2

Checked 8 October 2026. Newer than that? Look here:

Rules move between our checks. The official pages publish the change; the community pages are where someone notices it first.

Official pages

Where pilots report

Sources

Every page this brief rests on, with the date we opened it and, where the page carries one, the date printed on the document itself.

  1. S1official

    Droneregler og -lovgivning

    Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2025-07-16 · opened 2026-10-08

    De supplerende danske regler kan findes i dronebekendtgørelsen BEK 1649 af 2023 og dronebekendtgørelsen BEK nr. 527 af 2025.

    Rule overview page. The authority's own list of the instruments in force, which is how the two-order structure was established.

  2. S2official

    BEK nr. 1649 af 12/12/2023, Dronebekendtgørelsen

    Retsinformation (Lovtidende A), Transportministeriet · document dated 2023-12-12 · opened 2026-10-08

    § 35. Bekendtgørelsen gælder ikke for Færøerne og Grønland.

    Statutory instrument, in force 1 January 2024, as amended by BEK 527 of 2025. Read as the Lovtidende PDF: the retsinformation HTML page returns HTTP 200 with no document text.

  3. S3official

    Order no. 1649 of 12 December 2023 (English)

    Trafikstyrelsen, translated by GlobalDenmark Translations · document dated 2024-04 · opened 2026-10-08

    Drone operations shall be covered by valid indemnity insurance … The insurance sum shall be no less than 0.75 million SDR.

    Authority-published translation, marked unofficial, of the 2023 text only. Its section 9 still prints the 5 km aerodrome distance that the 2025 amendment replaced; used here for wording, never for a current figure.

  4. S4official

    BEK nr. 527 af 20/05/2025, amending the drone order

    Retsinformation (Lovtidende A), Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2025-05-20 · opened 2026-10-08

    Droneoperationer må ikke finde sted nærmere end 8 km horisontal afstand fra en bane på en IMC-flyveplads, eller en bane på en militær flyvestation

    Amending statutory instrument, in force 1 July 2025. The single most consequential source in this file; the research pass never saw it.

  5. S5official

    Ændringer til dronereglerne er trådt i kraft

    Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2025-07-22 · opened 2026-10-08

    Den 1. juli 2025 trådte nye dronebestemmelser i kraft gennem ændringsbekendtgørelse nr. 527

    News item summarising the amendment in plain Danish.

  6. S6official

    Registrer dig som privat droneoperatør

    Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2025-06-24 · opened 2026-10-08

    Du skal registrere dig som droneoperatør … Hvis dronen vejer over 250 gram … Hvis dronen vejer under 250 g og har en sensor, såsom et kamera mm.

    Procedural page. It is also the evidence that the registration portal is MitID-gated and that the operator number can take 30 days by letter.

  7. S7official

    Fees and charges

    Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2025-04-09 · opened 2026-10-08

    Fee: 65,- DKK (2026); Hourly Fee: 1300,- DKK (2026); For Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland, a fixed hourly rate applies

    Fee schedule; the amounts are labelled 2026.

  8. S8official

    FAQ

    Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2025-04-08 · opened 2026-10-08

    Må jeg flyve med drone om natten? Ja, hvis dronen lever op til kravet om at have grønt blinkende lys til at indikere sin position.

    FAQ guidance page, and the single page that answers night, FPV, Remote ID, the toy-drone definition and whether foreigners may fly. Its stamp is unreliable: the page already carries a change that entered force on 1 July 2025.

  9. S9official

    Dronen med på rejsen

    Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2025-04-09 · opened 2026-10-08

    Som droneoperatør er det kun nødvendigt, at du registrerer dig én gang i det land, hvor du har bopæl, eller hvor din virksomhed har sin primære adresse.

    Written for Danish pilots travelling out, so it states the one-registration rule rather than giving an inbound instruction. It is the only official Danish page located that states the rule at all.

  10. S10official

    Dronezoner

    Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2025-04-09 · opened 2026-10-08

    Hvis du vil flyve i geografiske dronezoner, som flyvesikringskritiske-, sikringskritiske- og Natura2000-områder, skal du ansøge om det hos Trafikstyrelsen.

    Zone portal page. www.dronezoner.dk, the address written into the order, redirects here.

  11. S11official

    Ansøgning om droneflyvning i geografiske dronezoner

    Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2025-08-28 · opened 2026-10-08

    Gebyret faktureres efter regning og er fastsat til 1.300 kr. pr. time.; Den forventede sagsbehandlingstid er 30 dage

    Procedural page. Also the source for the MitID and non-MitID application routes, the 14-day coordination delay and the point that military areas go to the Defence Command.

  12. S12official

    Data for Download

    Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2025-04-09 · opened 2026-10-08

    The data below is exclusively for personal use. For any other purposes, an agreement must be made with the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority.

    The research pass cited this page at a /uas-geographical-zones/ path, which returns HTTP 404; the live path is /uas-geo-zones/.

  13. S13official

    Om dronezonerne

    Trafikstyrelsen · opened 2026-10-08

    Geodata er vejledende. Det er altid pilotens ansvar at sikre sig, at flyvning er lovlig i det pågældende område.

    Guidance page, no last-updated stamp shown. Source for the red, blue, green and orange zone key and for the continuous update cadence.

  14. S14official

    DRONEZONER, the official Danish drone-zone map

    Trafikstyrelsen with GisVision · document dated 2026 · opened 2026-10-08

    Jeg er bekendt med at DRONEZONER ikke nødvendigvis viser alle områder og placeringer, hvor der IKKE må flyves med drone.

    Map service entry and terms page; the date is the footer's own year. NOTAM on the map refreshes hourly and the map directs pilots to Naviair for the latest.

  15. S15official

    Lovbekendtgørelse nr. 118 af 31/01/2024, lov om luftfart

    Retsinformation (Lovtidende A) · document dated 2024-01-31 · opened 2026-10-08

    § 126 b. Flyvning med droner må alene ske uden for flyvesikkerhedsmæssigt kritiske områder, sikringsmæssigt kritiske områder og særlig følsomme naturområder.

    The consolidated act in force. Its chapter 9 a has no built-up-area provision, which is how the research pass's professional-purposes claim was contradicted; section 126 b (3) is only a power to make privacy rules, not a privacy rule.

  16. S16official

    Farligt og dyrt at glemme: Tjek dronereglerne, før du flyver

    Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2025-04-24 · opened 2026-10-08

    Ulovlig droneflyvning straffes typisk med bøde op til 10.000 kroner, og dronen kan blive konfiskeret.

    News item. Also the source for the 206 drone incidents registered in 2024, three times the preceding years, most reported by Naviair and concerning flying near airports.

  17. S17official

    2025/1 LSF 57, bill with explanatory memorandum

    Retsinformation, Transportministeriet · document dated 2025-10-31 · opened 2026-10-08

    bødestørrelsen for overtrædelser ligger på mellem 3.000-10.000 kr., alt efter antallet af overtrådte regler og karakteren af overtrædelsen

    A bill's explanatory memorandum, not an instrument: it proves what the Ministry says the practice is, not what the law commands. The bill was passed as Act no. 1787 of 29 December 2025.

  18. S18official

    Lov nr. 1787 af 29/12/2025

    Retsinformation (Lovtidende A) · document dated 2025-12-29 · opened 2026-10-08

    § 13 a. Politiet kan neutralisere droner og andre ubemandede genstande, der opereres autonomt eller bliver fjernstyret, når det er nødvendigt for at afværge fare

    Act, in force 1 January 2026. It also inserts Air Navigation Act sections 126 h to 126 j and amends the Radio Equipment Act and the Radio Frequencies Act.

  19. S19official

    BEK nr. 1141 af 27/09/2025 om forbud mod civile droneflyvninger

    Retsinformation (Lovtidende A), Transportministeriet · document dated 2025-09-27 · opened 2026-10-08

    Det er forbudt at gennemføre flyvning med droner … Overtrædelse af bestemmelsen i § 2, stk. 1, straffes med bøde eller fængsel indtil to år.

    Expired instrument, in force 29 September 2025 and repealed on its own terms 4 October 2025. Kept because it shows that Denmark has used a nationwide ban, and because its section 6 repeats that such orders do not reach the Faroe Islands or Greenland.

  20. S20official

    Høring: Nye regler stiller krav om elektronisk synlighed for droner

    Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2026-06-29 · opened 2026-10-08

    alle droner over 250 gram skal være udstyret med Remote-ID eller en anden form for fjernidentifikation

    A consultation announcement, not a rule. The changes are expected to take effect on 1 January 2027 and must not be encoded as current law.

  21. S21official

    Erhvervsmæssig droneflyvning på Naturstyrelsens arealer

    Naturstyrelsen (the Danish Nature Agency) · document dated 2026-01-01 · opened 2026-10-08

    For erhvervsmæssig droneflyvning, hvor droneføreren færdes på Naturstyrelsens arealer, skal denne uanset formålet med flyvningen eller teknisk udstyr have tilladelse fra Naturstyrelsen.

    Fee and policy sheet. The only non-aviation official source reached in either pass, and it produced a real rule: the ground-access layer the research brief assumed existed but could not find.

  22. S22official

    Regler for droneflyvning i Grønland

    Trafikstyrelsen · opened 2026-10-08

    Flyvning med drone i Grønland følger derfor ikke reglerne for Danmark og resten af EU … gælder hverken den europæiske droneforordning eller den danske dronebekendtgørelse.

    Rule page, no stamp read. Establishes that Greenland is a separate national regime under BL 9-4 and not covered by this brief.

  23. S23official

    Dronereglerne på Færøerne

    Trafikstyrelsen · opened 2026-10-08

    På Færøerne gælder de europæiske droneregler og den færøske dronebekendtgørelse.

    Rule page, no stamp read. Establishes that the Faroe Islands run on Faroese instruments administered by Trafikstyrelsen, and is consistent with the Faroe Islands file in this repo.

  24. S24official

    Datakilder

    Trafikstyrelsen · opened 2026-10-08

    Trafikstyrelsen benytter flere forskellige datakilder til information og visualisering af dronezoner. Data er som udgangspunkt vejledende

    Data provenance page: Forsvaret owns the military layers, Rigspolitiet the police properties, Kriminalforsorgen the prisons, Naturstyrelsen and Miljøstyrelsen the Natura 2000 layer.

  25. S25official

    BEK nr. 1119 af 22/08/2016, Bydronebekendtgørelsen

    Retsinformation (Lovtidende A) · document dated 2016-08-22 · opened 2026-10-08

    Denne bekendtgørelse fastsætter bestemmelser om flyvning med mindre droner i bymæssigt område.

    Pre-EU instrument made under the 2013 consolidation of the Air Navigation Act, with the old 1A, 1B and 2 weight categories. Absent from the authority's own list of applicable law, which is why nothing in this file rests on it. Its formal repeal status was not established.

  26. S26official

    Consolidated Air Navigation Act (English)

    Trafikstyrelsen · document dated 2017-10-13 · opened 2026-10-08

    § 126 e. Flights with small drones in built-up areas may exclusively be operated for professional purposes

    Consolidated Act no. 1149 of 13 October 2017, superseded by lovbekendtgørelse nr. 118 of 31 January 2024. This is the page the research pass quoted for the built-up-area rule; it is eight years out of date and backs no claim in this file.

  27. S27officialcould not be opened

    Vejledning om droneflyvning i underkategori A1 og A3

    Trafikstyrelsen · opened 2026-10-08

    Dead, HTTP 404. The research pass's citation [2], which carried the registration threshold and the non-resident identity wording. The claims survive on the live registration page, so nothing was lost, but the citation does not resolve. Backs no claim in this file.

  28. S28officialcould not be opened

    Åben Kategori: Underkategori A1, A2 og A3

    Trafikstyrelsen · opened 2026-10-08

    Dead, HTTP 404. The research pass's citation [3], which carried the 120 m limit and the 1:1 rule. Both are confirmed from the live FAQ instead. Backs no claim in this file.

  29. S29official

    32-årig mand sigtet for ulovlig droneflyvning

    Sydøstjyllands Politi · document dated 2026-09-03 · opened 2026-10-08

    Vi ser med alvor på ulovlig droneflyvning. Der er en grund til, at der er fastsat særlige restriktioner omkring politiets bygninger og anden kritisk infrastruktur

    Press release. The event was on 1 September 2026 at 10:29; the release is dated 3 September 2026.

  30. S30official

    Midt- og Vestsjællands Politi: uddrag af døgnrapporten den 3. marts 2026

    Midt- og Vestsjællands Politi · document dated 2026-03-03 · opened 2026-10-08

    Ulovlig droneflyvning ved lufthavn - Tunevej, Roskilde

    Daily report, not a standalone release. The drone item is one entry of several.

  31. S31official

    Turist sigtet for droneflyvning

    Bornholms Politi, via Ritzau · document dated 2026-05-12 · opened 2026-10-08

    En tysk turist er tirsdag eftermiddag blevet sigtet for overtrædelse af dronebekendtgørelsen … Overtrædelse af forbuddet medfører en bøde på 3.000 kr.

    Police press release on the Ritzau wire. The page prints the timestamp 12.5.2026 15:56:33 CEST, which fixes the year the research pass did not carry.

  32. S32official

    43-årig mand sigtet for droneflyvning tæt på lufthavn

    Bornholms Politi, via Ritzau · document dated 2026-05-13 · opened 2026-10-08

    Police press release, timestamp 13.5.2026 12:38:32 CEST. Charged both for the critical-infrastructure distance and for the temporary island-wide ban.

  33. S33official

    Endnu en person sigtet for droneflyvning på Bornholm

    Bornholms Politi, via Ritzau · document dated 2026-05-13 · opened 2026-10-08

    En 33-årig mand fra Rønne, er onsdag omkring kl. 13.30 blevet sigtet for at flyve med drone

    Police press release, timestamp 13.5.2026 14:03:38 CEST. Third person charged on the island in two days.

  34. S34press

    Turist får stor bøde for droneflyvning

    Bornholms Tidende · document dated 2026-05-12 · opened 2026-10-08

    Flyveturen med dronen opdagede politiet, og overtrædelsen af forbuddet koster den tyske turist 3.000 kroner i bøde.

  35. S35press

    Endnu en droneflyver sigtet

    Bornholms Tidende · document dated 2026-05-13 · opened 2026-10-08

    Ulovlig droneflyvning koster en bøde på 3000 kroner.

    The page prints the day and month but no year; the year comes from the matching police release (S33).

  36. S36press

    Sigtelse og bøde: Fløj ved Hovedscenen

    Bornholms Tidende · document dated 2026-06-14 · opened 2026-10-08

    valgte lørdag at flyve med en drone tæt ved Hovedscenen på Folkemødet, selvom der var midlertidigt droneforbud

    Published Sunday 14 June 2026 about the Saturday flight, so the event date is 13 June 2026.

  37. S37press

    Politiet minder om midlertidigt droneforbud over Bornholm: Turist sigtet

    Bornholm.nu · document dated 2026-05-12 · opened 2026-10-08

    Overtrædelse af forbuddet udløser en bøde på 3.000 kroner.

  38. S38press

    Fløj i område med midlertidigt droneforbud: Dronepilot sigtet ved Folkemødet

    Bornholm.nu · document dated 2026-06-14 · opened 2026-10-08

    Query-string permalink, the form the outlet serves. Puts the flight at 11:01 on the Saturday of Folkemødet 2026.

  39. S39press

    Dronepiloter lukkede luftrummet, nu får de stor bøde

    Nordjyske · document dated 2023-10-13 · opened 2026-10-08

    De får konfiskeret begge droner på stedet og midlertidigt beslaglagt deres mobiltelefoner, idet de er tilkoblet dronerne.

    Updated 25 October 2023. The clearest confiscation case in the record.

  40. S40press

    Mand fløj med drone ulovligt: Politiet beslaglagde dronen på stedet

    Netavisen.nu · document dated 2022-06-08 · opened 2026-10-08

    The flight was on the Tuesday evening before publication, so the incident is dated to the month rather than the day.

  41. S41official

    To sigtet for droneflyvning

    Syd- og Sønderjyllands Politi · document dated 2022-07-04 · opened 2026-10-08

    Press release covering two men charged the same Saturday evening, one in a built-up area in Haderslev and one inside the 8 km zone around Flyvestation Skrydstrup.

  42. S42press

    Bornholms Politi har konfiskeret Tidendes drone på 15. døgn

    Bornholms Tidende · document dated 2022-03-09 · opened 2026-10-08

    The outlet reporting the seizure of its own drone, flown on 17 February 2022. Useful because it records how long equipment is held.

  43. S43press

    Politiet har ikke kunnet bevise droner over lufthavn

    DR · document dated 2026-06-25 · opened 2026-10-08

    Vi kan ikke påvise, at der har været droneaktivitet i og omkring lufthavnen

    Carries the claim the research pass cited to Reuters, which is unreachable here (S50). The page's embedded timestamp is 2026-06-25 and the event it reports is 22 September 2025.

  44. S44official

    Indsats mod uidentificerede droner over Aalborg Lufthavn afsluttet

    Nordjyllands Politi · document dated 2025-09-25 · opened 2026-10-08

    Det er ikke lykkedes at nedtage selve dronerne, som over et par timer har fløjet over et meget stort areal.

    Primary replacement for the research pass's OSAC citation, which returns HTTP 403 and is a search page rather than an article.

  45. S45official

    Politiet har styrket indsatsen på droneområdet

    Rigspolitiet · document dated 2026-06-25 · opened 2026-10-08

    Med Københavns Politis afslutning af efterforskningen er alle efterforskninger nu afsluttet i samtlige af landets politikredse.

    Also the source for over 7,000 reports of possible drone observations from 22 September 2025 onward, and for the thermal binoculars, detection equipment and basic take-down equipment sent to the districts. It names no charge or prosecution.

  46. S46press

    Turist taget i ulovlig droneflyvning

    TV 2 Nord · document dated 2026-06-11 · opened 2026-10-08

    The only located case of police discretion: an Austrian tourist by the naval station was told the rules and not fined. Returns HTTP 406 to a desktop curl user agent but serves full article text to a browser client.

  47. S47press

    Forsvaret indrømmer fejl: Skød mod formodet drone nær et passagerfly

    TV SYD · document dated 2026-10-01 · opened 2026-10-08

    Jeg kan konstatere, at der er gengivet forkerte oplysninger om skudafgivningen ved Borris

    Reports the 28 September 2025 shooting over the Borris range. Returns HTTP 406 to curl, serves full text to a browser client.

  48. S48official

    Midlertidigt droneforbud til Folkemødet

    Bornholms Politi · document dated 2026-06-10 · opened 2026-10-08

    Announcement page for the temporary zone over Allinge, 10 to 14 June 2026. It states no penalty; the amount comes from the May 2026 releases.

  49. S49official

    Droneflyvning

    Nationalpark Vadehavet · opened 2026-10-08

    Det er forbudt at flyve med drone i Natura2000-områder uden særlig tilladelse

    Danish original of the page the research pass cited in German. A restriction notice; it reports no enforcement and prints no date.

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    Danish police find no proof drones caused Copenhagen airport shutdown

    Reuters · document dated 2026-06-25 · opened 2026-10-08

    Unreachable, HTTP 401 to every client here. The research pass's main citation; its claim is carried on DR instead (S43).

  51. S51press

    Sigtet for at flyve med drone over Storebælt

    TV 2 Øst · opened 2026-10-08

    det er dog ulovligt at flyve med drone over lavbroen og tæt på jernbanesporet

    A 30-year-old foreign national filming a German commercial was fined 3,000 DKK. The page prints no date at all, only that the article is more than 30 days old, so it backs the fine amount but no incident. Returns HTTP 406 to curl.

  52. S52press

    Fløj drone i ulovlig højde ved lufthavn

    TV MIDTVEST · opened 2026-10-08

    Drone, controller and phone confiscated at Midtjyllands Lufthavn in Karup after a flight at 123 m in a 40 m band with no competence certificate, spotted on control-tower radar. The page prints only a relative age and no year, so it backs the pattern but no dated incident. Returns HTTP 406 to curl.