What Is Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, Denmark’s Product-Safety Authority?

Sikkerhedsstyrelsen (the Danish Safety Technology Authority) is Denmark’s main authority for product safety and market surveillance. Under the EU General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR), which has applied across the EU since 13 December 2024, it is a key enforcement body for consumer goods placed on the Danish market.

What it does

Sikkerhedsstyrelsen oversees the safety of products sold to Danish consumers. Its work typically includes:

• Investigating products suspected of being unsafe.
• Requesting technical and safety documentation from sellers.
• Ordering corrective measures, including withdrawal or recall of dangerous goods.
• Cooperating with EU market-surveillance networks, including the Safety Gate system.

Broader consumer-protection and marketing matters fall to the Forbrugerombudsmanden (the Consumer Ombudsman), but for product-safety questions Sikkerhedsstyrelsen is usually the relevant body.

What it means for PrestaShop sellers

If you ship to Denmark, be ready to respond to Sikkerhedsstyrelsen: keep documentation available, show manufacturer and EU responsible-person contacts on your listings, provide Danish-language safety information where safe use depends on it, and act promptly on any alert or recall.

National arrangements can change, so treat this as a qualitative guide and confirm the current position with Sikkerhedsstyrelsen when it matters.

This article is educational, not legal advice.