Hate crime legislation in Denmark

Criminal Code of the Kingdom of Denmark (LBK nr 1068 of 06/11/2008; as amended on 1 May 2021 and 1 January 2022, respectively) (Excerpts)

(Unofficial English translation)

Section 81 No. 6

“In determining the penalty it shall, as a general rule, be considered an aggravating circumstance that

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6) the offence fully or partly stem from others’ ethnical origins, religious beliefs, handicap, sexual orientation gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics or similar;