Is flag burning illegal in Denmark?
Only foreign flags protected
Desecrating the national flag is legal, but desecrating foreign flags is illegal under the penal code.
Denmark is one of 2 countries classified “Only foreign flags protected” for flag desecration — 3% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Netherlands
- Legal / protected speech There are no laws banning flag desecration, which is protected under freedom of expression.
- Germany
- Criminal offense Reviling or damaging the national or state flags in public is a criminal offense.
- Belgium
- Legal / protected speech Flag desecration is not illegal in Belgium.
- Sweden
- Legal / protected speech Flag desecration is legal in Sweden, though displaying modified flags may be punished as disorderly conduct.
- United Kingdom
- Legal / protected speech There is no specific law making flag desecration a criminal offense.
- Lithuania
- Criminal offense Desecrating the national flag is punishable by arrest, imprisonment, or fines.
Other laws in Denmark
- Blasphemy Laws
- Criminal offense
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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