# National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Denmark
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Government of Denmark (Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs)
- **Adopted**: 2019-03-14

## In brief

National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (2019) is a non-binding national strategy of Denmark, issued by the Government of Denmark (Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs). It was adopted on 14 March 2019. Government programme; no obligations on private organisations.

## Summary

Published in March 2019, the strategy sets a responsible foundation for AI (ethical principles, data ethics council, legal clarity), more and better data, strong competences and new knowledge, and increased investment, with priority sectors of health, energy and utilities, agriculture and transport, and a set of public-sector pilot projects.

## Scope

Government programme; no obligations on private organisations.

## Notes on dates

Published March 2019.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0062 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0062; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/denmark-national-strategy-for-artificial-intelligence-2019
- **Official source**: https://en.digst.dk/strategy/the-national-strategy-for-artificial-intelligence/
- **Source document**: National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
- **Published by**: Danish Government
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence" [AIPT-POL-0062, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0062 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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