Danish Security and Intelligence Service

Danish Security and Intelligence Service
Politiets Efterretningstjeneste
Agency overview
Formed1939
Preceding agency
  • Det sønderjyske Politiadjudantur
JurisdictionGovernment of Denmark
HeadquartersBuddinge
Employees1,001-5,000[1]
Annual budget800 million Kr.
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Finn Borch Andersen
Parent agencyMinistry of Justice of Denmark
WebsiteOfficial website

The Danish Security and Intelligence Service (DSIS; Danish: Politiets Efterretningstjeneste, lit.'Police Intelligence Service' (PET)) is the national security and intelligence agency of Denmark. The agency focuses solely on national security while foreign intelligence operations are handled by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service.

The stated overall purpose of PET is to "prevent, investigate and counter operations and activities that pose or may pose a threat to the preservation of Denmark as a free, democratic and safe country".[2]

  1. ^ {{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/politiets-efterretningstjeneste
  2. ^ "Home". PET.dk. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.