| Post: | National police commissioner |
| Insignia: | Dansk Rigspolitichef.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 50px |
| Insigniacaption: | Rank insignia |
| Incumbent: | Thorkild Fogde |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 March 2020 |
| Department: | Rigspolitiet |
| Reports To: | Minister of Justice |
| Nominator: | Government of Denmark |
| Appointer: | the Monarch |
| Formation: | 1 April 1938 |
The National Police Commissioner of Denmark (Danish: Rigspolitichefen) is the head of the Rigspolitiet, responsible for all activities of the police. The current Commissioner is Thorkild Fogde, he was sent home following the Mink scandal but returned to office following an investigation.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | 1 April 1938 | 9 July 1941 | [1] | ||||
| 2 | Knud Begtrup-Hansen | 9 July 1941 | 1949 | years | [2] | ||
| 1949 | 1952 | years | |||||
| 3 | Svend Erling Heide-Jørgensen | 1 September 1952 | 1 July 1954 | ||||
| 1 July 1954 | 1 October 1980 | ||||||
| 4 | 1 October 1980 | 31 December 1999 | |||||
| 5 | 1 January 2000 | 31 December 2008 | [3] [4] | ||||
| 6 | 1 January 2009 | 1 February 2009 | [5] [6] [7] | ||||
| 1 February 2009 | 1 March 2020 | ||||||
| 7 | Thorkild Fogde | 1 March 2020 | 24 August 2022 | [8] [9] | |||
| – | Lene Frank | 24 August 2022 | 10 February 2023 | ||||
| 7 | Thorkild Fogde | 10 February 2023 | Incumbent | [10] | |||