Thorkild Fogde
Current Danish police commissioner
Thorkild Fogde (born 18 July 1965) is a Danish police officer and current commissioner of the Danish Police; he became national police commissioner on 1 March 2020, replacing Jens Henrik Højbjerg.2
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Born Jul 18, 1965.1
Companies
- Danmarks FængslerBoard member Apr 1, 2017 to Apr 30, 202017
Early life and education
Fogde has a Master of Law degree from Aarhus Universitet from 1991. He is a former clerk for the Ministry of Justice and the Prime Minister's Office. He also served as a judge in the Court of Roskilde from 1993 to 1994.
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Career
Occupation: Director of Police, attorney-in-fact.13
- Since 2026Director of Police, Copenhagen West Police5 10
- 2020 to 2026National Chief of Police in Denmark, Rigspolitiet5 9
- Since 2020National Chief of Police in Denmark11
- 2017 to 2020Director, Danmarks Fængsler5 8
- 2013 to 2017Director of Police, Copenhagen Police5 7
- 2013 to 2017Director of Police11 12
- 2012 to 2013Director of Police, Rigspolitiet5 7
- 2009 to 2011Director of Police, North Sealand Police5 6
- Since 2009Director of Police11 12
- 2004 to 2009Deputy permanent secretary of state, Ministry of Justice5 6
- 2000 to 2004Head of department, Ministry of Justice5 6
- 1998 to 2000Q28758930, Permanent Representation of Denmark to the European Union5 6
More of their career (3)
In 2009, Fogde was employed as a Politidirektør in North Zealand's Police and later in 2012 as the Politidirektør for Rigspolitiet. From 2013 to 2017 he was the Politidirektør for Copenhagen's Police.
In April 2017 he became the director for the Danish Prison and Probation Service.
On 24 August 2022, Fogde was relieved from service following the 2020 Danish mink cull, and summoned to official interrogations and disciplinary hearings. He was reinstated as the national police commissioner on 10 February after the preliminary inquiry had completed its official investigation, and concluded that no offence had been committed by him.
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Personal life
Awards
- 2022commander of the Order of the Dannebrog16
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- 1WikidataThorkild Fogde on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaThorkild Fogde on Wikipedia
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- 17WikidataDanmarks Fængsler, Board member