EMF related country-specific information for Denmark
Agency for Digital Government (responsible for Electromagnetic Fields (EMF))
Involvement of operators (with regard to the method for the operator’s calculation and demonstration of the EMF exposure relative to threshold values)
Involvement of municipalities + operators + several authorities (with regard to site permissions)
| National Regulatory Authority (NRA) | NRA responsible for setting exposure limits on Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) | NRA responsible for monitoring EMF | EMF material published by NRA | NRA publishes EMF measurements | Cooperation between NRA and other competent authorities responsible for EMF | Other noteworthy country specific practices | ICNIRP exposure level used Y/N? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agency for Digital Government | No | Agency for Digital Government | Yes, available at: Nyt: https://digst.dk/tele/nye-teknologier/5g/fakta-om-5g-og-mobilstraaling/ | No, but available at: Nyt: https://www.teleindu.dk/branchesamarbejde/master-og-antenner/mobilsignaler-og-sundhed/malinger-af-effekttaethed-ved-flere-operatorers-antennesystemer-pa-samme-antenneposition/ | Yes | N/N | Yes: Recommendation 519/1999/EU |
Due to the increasing attention on EMF, there is intensified cooperation with other authorities and focused on public communication, as well as intensified monitoring of the operators. There is great cooperation between the different responsible authorities on health, safety and telecom, and all the official announcements have been coordinated amongst these.
Agency for Digital Government monitors EMF and has a close dialogue with the operators. The operators also experience that the collaboration (between authorities and operators) is beneficial to them when it helps alleviate concerns in the population. Agency for Digital Government strives to make monitoring and supervision transparent to all. Agency for Digital Government and operators have agreed on a method for the operator’s calculation and demonstration of the EMF expo-sure relative to the threshold values, which they will perform on a regular basis.
Furthermore Agency for Digital Government had a close dialogue with the municipalities related to the roll-out of 5G, which entailed an increase in applications for permission to set up antennas. Through cooperation between municipalities, operators and several authorities, a toolbox for application processes was developed, including content.
On behalf of Agency for Digital Government, Aalborg University in Denmark produced a report in 2022 based on an investigation of the electronic fields of typical environments, where the public has access in order to document that the threshold values are observed. The research paper is available to the public here.