Danmarks Nationalbank's Whistleblower scheme

Danmarks Nationalbank’s Whistleblower scheme is a confidential and independent channel through which the bank’s employees, Committee of Directors, Board of Directors, employees of the bank’s suppliers and other business partners can report specific violations of EU law, serious offences or other serious matters. Examples include financial crime, breaches of confidentiality, sexual harassment or other serious harassment.

The Whistleblower portal ensures that all reports are treated confidentially and securely, and it also allows anonymous reporting.

Danmarks Nationalbank has appointed the law firm Gorrissen Federspiel as an external and impartial body responsible for initially receiving and reviewing all submitted reports. Only reports that fall within the scope of the Whistleblower scheme will be processed by the bank’s internal Whistleblower unit.

Reports must be submitted via the web form available at the Whistleblower portal.

You can read more about Danmarks Nationalbank’s Whistleblower scheme and how reports are handled on the Whistleblower portal and in [Danmarks Nationalbank’s Whistleblower Policy.

Statistics concerning Danmarks Nationalbank’s Whistleblower scheme

According to Section 27 of the Whistleblower Act, Danmarks Nationalbank must publish information about its activities under the Whistleblower Act at least once a year.

Danmarks Nationalbank’s Whistleblower scheme has existed since 2021 – the details are shown in the table below:

Danmarks Nationalbank provides information about reports via the Whistleblower scheme once a year in connection with the presentation of the bank’s annual report, published in March.

The statistics are updated annually thereafter.