Thorkild Fogde
Thorkild Fogde (born 18 July 1965) is a Danish police officer and current commissioner of the Danish Police; he became National police commissioner on the 1 March 2020 replacing Jens Henrik Højbjerg.[1]
Thorkild Fogde | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 18, 1965 |
| Education | Master of Law |
| Alma mater | Aarhus University |
| Police career | |
| Department | Police of Denmark |
| Branch | Rigspolitiet |
| Service years | 1. March 2020 - Present |
| Rank | National police commissioner  |
| Badge no. | C0500 |
Early life
Thorkild Fogde has a Master of Law degree from Aarhus Universitet from 1991. He is a former clerk for the Ministry of Justice and the Prime Minister's Office. He has also served as a Judge in the Court of Roskilde from 1993 to 1994[2]
Police career
In 2009 Thorkild was employed as a Politidirektør in North Zealand's Police and later in 2012 as the Politidirektør for Rigspolitiet. From 2013-2017 he was the Politidirektør for Copenhagen's Police.
In April of 2017 he became the Director for the Danish Prison and Probation Service [1] [2]
References
- "Ny Rigspolitichef" [New Police Commissioner] (in Danish). Justitsministeriet. 26 February 2020.
- "Rigspolitichefen | Virksomheden | Politi". politi.dk (in Danish).
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