Denmark
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978
- News items in the archive
- 51
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Denmark is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 51 news items on Denmark, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- JANUARY 1, 2019DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- JANUARY 1, 2018DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- JANUARY 1, 2017DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- JANUARY 1, 2016DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- JANUARY 1, 2015DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- JANUARY 1, 2014DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- APRIL 9, 2013DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
DENMARK STOPS AID TO IRAN’S FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Danish government has decided to cut its aids to Iran’s anti-drug program, say Danish
- JANUARY 1, 2013DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- JANUARY 1, 2012DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- JUNE 11, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
USA - Lundbeck told the Financial Times that the firm is taking new hard-line measures to block its use for lethal injection
USA - Lundbeck told the Financial Times that the firm is taking new hard-line measures to block its use for lethal injection
- JUNE 8, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
USA - Lundbeck said today that it was urgently seeking ways to stop prisons from using Pentobarbital
USA - Lundbeck said today that it was urgently seeking ways to stop prisons from using Pentobarbital
- JUNE 6, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
USA - Lundbeck agrees to act on death penalty issue
USA - Lundbeck agrees to act on death penalty issue
- MAY 13, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
USA - A Danish pension fund has sold its shares in Lundbeck
USA - A Danish pension fund has sold its shares in Lundbeck
- APRIL 12, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
USA - Denmark's foreign minister says she will urge U.S. states not to use Danish Pentobarbital
USA - Denmark's foreign minister says she will urge U.S. states not to use Danish Pentobarbital
- MARCH 30, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
DANISH COMPANY REJECTS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BUT WON’T STOP US EXECUTION DRUG
A Danish company that unwittingly has become a key supplier of an execution drug in the U.S.
- JANUARY 1, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- JANUARY 1, 2010DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- JANUARY 1, 2009DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2008DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark said it would extradite Purulia arms drop accused Kim Davey only if
Denmark said it would extradite Purulia arms drop accused Kim Davey only if
- JANUARY 1, 2008DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Denmark voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- FEBRUARY 1, 2007DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
DENMARK. FOREIGN MINISTER: NOT OPPOSED TO DEATH PENALTY BAN
The foreign minister denies reports that Denmark opposed an Italian initiative to ban capital punishment
- JANUARY 1, 2007DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- JANUARY 1, 2006DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- APRIL 20, 2005DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Denmark was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978.
- AUGUST 17, 2004DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has resumed handing over Iraqi detainees to...
Denmark has resumed handing over Iraqi detainees to British forces, after receiving guarantees that no prisoners will face the death penalty
- AUGUST 10, 2004DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark says its forces in Iraq will no longer hand...
Denmark says its forces in Iraq will no longer hand over prisoners to Iraqi authorities after the interim government reinstated the death penalty
- AUGUST 10, 2004DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Danish Defense Minister Soeren Gade said that...
Danish Defense Minister Soeren Gade said that...