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No Foreign Interference Found in Danish 2026 Parliamentary Election

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FE (Danish Defence Intelligence Service), PET (Danish Police Intelligence Service), and SAMSIK (Agency for Government Supply) have published their preliminary findings on the March 24, 2026 Danish parliamentary election. The three agencies found no evidence of influence activities by foreign intelligence services in connection with the election. However, the agencies observed that profiles linked to Russian online environments shared distorted statements about Danish politicians during the campaign, spreading pro-Russian messages with limited reach. Disinformation about Denmark, particularly regarding Greenland, achieved wider circulation in some cases. Pro-Russian hacker groups also launched distributed denial-of-service attacks against Danish and Greenlandic websites, though within typical baseline activity levels for this type of attack.

“FE, PET og SAMSIK har ikke afdækket påvirkningsaktiviteter fra fremmede efterretningstjenester i forbindelse med folketingsvalget.”

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Danish intelligence and security services published a joint preliminary assessment following the March 24, 2026 parliamentary election, finding no influence activities attributable to foreign intelligence services. The agencies documented limited disinformation activity by Russian online networks targeting Danish political discourse, including content concerning Greenland, as well as distributed denial-of-service attacks against Danish and Greenlandic government websites by pro-Russian hacker groups. This document is informational in nature and does not impose compliance obligations on regulated entities, but provides insight into the threat landscape surrounding Danish democratic processes.

For compliance and security professionals, this assessment serves as a reference point for election security monitoring and foreign influence threat awareness. While no regulatory obligations arise from this notice, organisations involved in election administration or critical infrastructure may find the documented DDoS activity relevant to their own threat assessments and resilience planning.

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Myndighederne har ikke afdækket fremmed statslig påvirkningsaktivitet i forbindelse med folketingsvalget 2026

  1. marts 2026 Folketingsvalget 2026 forløb uden, at der er afdækket påvirkningsaktiviteter fra fremmede efterretningstjenester. FE, PET og SAMSIK kan dog konstatere, at en række russiske onlinemiljøer har spredt kritiske budskaber om Kongeriget Danmark i løbet af valgkampen. Det viser den foreløbige analyse, som myndighederne har foretaget.

FE (Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste), PET (Politiets Efterretningstjeneste) og SAMSIK (Styrelsen for Samfundssikkerhed) har holdt øje med, om fremmede stater og deres efterretningstjenester har forsøgt at påvirke den offentlige debat og politiske beslutningsprocesser op til og under folketingsvalget den 24. marts 2026.

FE, PET og SAMSIK har ikke afdækket påvirkningsaktiviteter fra fremmede efterretningstjenester i forbindelse med folketingsvalget.

FE, PET og SAMSIK har dog konstateret, at der på enkelte sociale medier har været en række profiler med forbindelser til russiske onlinemiljøer, der i løbet af valgkampen har delt fordrejede udsagn om danske politikere. FE, PET og SAMSIK vurderer, at personerne bag profilerne har kendskab til den danske offentlige debat og har anvendt denne indsigt til at sprede pro-russiske budskaber. Spredningen af disse opslag har været begrænset. Opslag, der har været omtalt i danske medier, har opnået et øget antal visninger umiddelbart efter omtalen i danske medier.

Der har desuden under valgkampen været eksempler på spredning af desinformation om Kongeriget Danmark, særligt om Grønland, som i enkelte tilfælde har opnået stor spredning.

FE, PET og SAMSIK kan konstatere, at en række pro-russiske hackergrupper har rettet overbelastningsangreb mod danske og grønlandske hjemmesider under valgkampen. Omfanget har dog ikke været højere end det vanlige aktivitetsniveau for denne type angreb.

Pressemeddelelse på grønlandsk nedenfor.

Pressekontakt i SAMSIK:
E: presse@samsik.dk eller T: +45 23 23 63 00 (hverdage 09-16 – kun journalistopkald – ikke sms)

2026-imi folketingimut qinersinermut atatillugu naalagaaffinnit allamiunit sunniiniarnernik suliniuteqarnerit piviusumik pisimanerat oqartussaasut uppernarsarsinnaanngilaat

Nunat allamiut immikkut paasiniaasartuinit sunniiniarnernik suliniuteqarnerit piviusumik pisimanerat uppernarsineqarsinnaatinnagu, 2026-imi folketingimut qinersineq ingerlasimavoq. Taamaattoq russit digitaliusumik saqqummiussiviisa qineqqusaarnerup ingerlanerani Kunngeqarfik Danmarki pillugu oqariartuutit isorinnittut siaruartertarsimagaat, FE-p, PET-p aamma SAMSIK-ip paasisimavaat. Misissueqqissaarnerugallartup, oqartussaasut suliarisimasaasa, tamanna takutippaat.

Ulloq 24. marts 2026-ii folketingimut qinersinissap tungaanut aamma ullormi tassani qinersinermi tamat oqallinnerannik aamma politikikkut aalajangiinerit ingerlanneqartarnerannik naalagaaffiit allamiut aamma taakku immikkut paasiniaasartuisa sunniiniarsimanerat, FE-p (Illersornissaqarfiup Immikkut Paasiniaasartuisa), PET-p (Politiit Immikkut Paasiniaasartuisa) aamma SAMSIK-ip (Inuiaqatigiit Isumannaatsuunissaannut Aqutsisoqarfiup)a nakkutigisimavaat.

Folketingimut qinersinermut atatillugu nunat allamiut immikkut paasiniaasartuinit sunniiniarnermik suliniuteqarnerit piviusumik pisimanerat FE-p, PET-p aamma SAMSIK-ip uppernarsarsinnaanngilaat.

Taamaattoq inoqatinut attaveqaatini ataasiakkaani russit digitaliusumik saqqummiussiviinut atassuteqartuni, ilisarititsissutit arlallit qineqqusaarnerup ingerlanerani qallunaat politikkerii pillugit paasissutissiinerlunnernik avitseqatigiissuteqartarsimasut, FE-p, PET-p aamma SAMSIK-ip paasisimavaat. Inuit ilisarititsissutini tunuliaqutaasut qallunaat tamanut ammasumik oqallinnerannik ilisimasaqartut aamma oqariartuutit russinik illersuisut siammarternissaannut paasimasat taakku atorsimagaat, FE-p, PET-p aamma SAMSIK-ip nalilerpaat. Allagarsiussat taakku siammarterneqarsimanerat killeqarsimavoq. Allagarsiussat, qallunaat tusagassiuutaanni eqqartorneqarsimasut, qallunaat tusagassiuutaanni eqqartorneqarnermik kinguninngua eqqartuinerit annertunerusumik takutinneqarnerannik kinguneqarsimavoq.

Qineqqusaarnerup nalaani Kunngeqarfik Danmarki pillugu, ingammik Kalaallit Nunaat pillugu, eqqunngitsumik paasissutissiinerit siammarterneqarsimanerat, pisunilu ataasiakkaani annertuumik siammarterinermik kinguneqarsimanerat, assersuutissaqarpoq.

Qineqqusaarnerup nalaani artorsitsiniaanermik saassussinerit, eqimattat hackerisartut arlallit russinik illersuisut, qallunaat kalaallillu nittartagaannut ingerlatsisimasut, FE-p, PET-p aamma SAMSIK-ip paasisinnaavaat. Taamaattoq saassussinerit annertussusaat, saassussinerni taamaattuni nalinginnaasumik suliniutit killiffiinit qaffasinnerusimanngillat.

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Classification

Agency
SAMSIK
Published
March 25th, 2026
Instrument
Notice
Branch
Executive
Joint with
FE PET
Source language
da
Legal weight
Non-binding
Stage
Final
Change scope
Minor

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9211 Government & Public Administration
Activity scope
Election security monitoring Foreign interference assessment DDoS attack documentation
Geographic scope
DK DK

Taxonomy

Primary area
Elections
Operational domain
Compliance
Topics
Defense & National Security Cybersecurity

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