Danish Defence Intelligence Service
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The Danish Defence Intelligence Service, DDIS (Danish: Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste, FE), is a Danish intelligence agency, responsible for Denmark's foreign intelligence, as well as being the Danish military intelligence service. DDIS is an agency under the Ministry of Defence and works under the responsibility of the Minister of Defence. It is housed at Kastellet, Copenhagen.
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Formed | 1 October 1950; 73 years ago (1950-10-01) |
Jurisdiction | Government of Denmark |
Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Annual budget | 975 million kr. (2019)[1] |
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Parent Agency | Ministry of Defence |
Website | Official Website |
The DDIS gathers, analyses, and disseminates information concerning conditions of importance to Denmark's security, and to the security of Danish military units deployed on international missions. Intelligence activities include collection of information of political, financial, scientific and military interest.
DDIS works closely with the Danish Security and Intelligence Service, which is the intelligence arm of the Danish police, and the signals intelligence unit of the Intelligence Regiment.