Danish Defence Intelligence Service

Danish Defence Intelligence Service
Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste
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Agency overview
Formed1 October 1950 (1950-10-01)
JurisdictionGovernment of Denmark
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
Annual budget975 million kr. (2019)[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Svend Larsen
Parent AgencyMinistry of Defence
Websitefe-ddis.dk

The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS; Danish: Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste, FE) is a Danish intelligence agency, responsible for Denmark's foreign intelligence, as well as being the Danish military intelligence service. DDIS is an agency under the Ministry of Defence and works under the responsibility of the Minister of Defence. It is housed at Kastellet, Copenhagen.

The DDIS gathers, analyses, and disseminates information concerning conditions of importance to Denmark's security, and to the security of Danish military units deployed on international missions. Intelligence activities include collection of information of political, financial, scientific and military interest.

DDIS works closely with the Danish Security and Intelligence Service, which is the intelligence arm of the Danish police, and the signals intelligence unit of the Intelligence Regiment.

  1. ^ Danish Defence Intelligence Service (19 June 2015). "Budget". fe-ddis.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

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