National police commissioner (Denmark)
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The National Police Commissioner of Denmark (Danish: Rigspolitichefen) is the head of the Rigspolitiet, responsible for all activities of the police. The current Commissioner is Thorkild Fogde, he was sent home following the Mink scandal but returned to office following an investigation.[1]
Reports toMinister of Justice
NominatorGovernment of Denmark
Appointerthe Monarch
Formation1 April 1938
| National police commissioner | |
|---|---|
| Rigspolitichefen (Danish) | |
 Rank insignia | |
since 1 March 2020 | |
| Rigspolitiet | |
| Reports to | Minister of Justice |
| Nominator | Government of Denmark |
| Appointer | the Monarch |
| Formation | 1 April 1938 |
| First holder | Eigil Thune Jacobsen |
| Website | Official website (in Danish) |
List of officeholders
- Acting
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 |  |
Eigil Thune Jacobsen (1880–1949) |
1 April 1938 | 9 July 1941 | 3 years, 99 days | [2][3] |
| – |  |
Knud Begtrup-Hansen (1882–1967) |
9 July 1941 | 1949 | 7–8 years | [4] |
| 2 | 1949 | 1952 | 2–3 years | |||
| – |  |
Svend Erling Heide-Jørgensen (1910–2002) |
1 September 1952 | 1 July 1954 | 1 year, 303 days | [5] |
| 3 | 1 July 1954 | 1 October 1980 | 26 years, 92 days | |||
| 4 | |
Ivar Boye (born 1929) |
1 October 1980 | 31 December 1999 | 19 years, 91 days | [6] |
| 5 | |
Torsten Hesselbjerg (born 1950) |
1 January 2000 | 31 December 2008 | 8 years, 365 days | [7][8] |
| – | |
Jens Henrik Højbjerg (born 1955) |
1 January 2009 | 1 February 2009 | 31 days | [9][10] [11] |
| 6 | 1 February 2009 | 1 March 2020 | 11 years, 29 days | |||
| 7 | |
Thorkild Fogde (born 1965) |
1 March 2020 | 24 August 2022 | 2 years, 176 days | [12][13] |
| – | |
Lene Frank (born 1961) acting |
24 August 2022 | 10 February 2023 | 170 days | [13] |
| 7 | |
Thorkild Fogde (born 1965) |
10 February 2023 | Incumbent | 3 years, 168 days | [1][14] |