Enhedslisten is calling for a ban on the software of U.S. data-analytics company Palantir in Danish public institutions. The party’s political spokesperson, Pelle Dragsted, set out the demand on Monday, August 17, 2026.
According to Avisen Danmark, Enhedslisten wants Palantir’s tools removed from Danish authorities. The party is asking for a ban covering Denmark and the wider realm, the rigsfællesskabet.
Ni.dk reports that Dragsted’s proposal targets Rigspolitiet, the Danish Security and Intelligence Service PET, and other public institutions. Per the same report, Enhedslisten has criticized Palantir for a long time, pointing to the company’s close ties to U.S. intelligence and government.
Dragsted frames the issue as one of digital sovereignty, Ni.dk notes. He says the party is concerned that Palantir could be used by the United States to access sensitive information about Denmark and Greenland.
As reported by Ni.dk, Enhedslisten will raise the demand during negotiations on the 2027 finance bill later this year. The party wants funding to replace Palantir with Danish or European software in the authorities that use it. Dragsted states that the ban is not an ultimatum in those talks.
Palantir’s existing role in Denmark
Danish authorities already run Palantir systems. The Wikipedia entry on Palantir, last updated on August 15, 2026, notes that the POL-INTEL predictive policing project has been operational since 2017 on the company’s Gotham platform. The same entry records a seven-year Danish agreement covering the Maven Smart System and Foundry platforms.
That entry also states that Denmark granted Palantir access to the police force in Greenland in June 2026. Dragsted’s stated worries about data on both Denmark and Greenland align with that expansion within the realm.
Opposition to Palantir was already registered in the formal political system. The official platform Borgerforslag.dk shows a citizens’ initiative titled “Afskaf Palantir i Danmark,” with ID FT-22854. It collected 806 supporters during a signature period that ran from February 17 to August 16, 2026, one day before Enhedslisten’s announcement.
Not all parties share Enhedslisten’s assessment of the risk. Altinget reported on May 29, 2026, that Social Democrat defense spokesperson Simon Kollerup saw no need to criticize the military’s customer relationship with Palantir after new documents were released.
Parliamentary scrutiny of the company predates the current push. A written answer from the Folketinget Justice Committee on May 13, 2025, addressed whether a company such as Palantir, whose key owners have close ties to the U.S. leadership, could be given access to analyze Danish citizens’ data.
No government or ministerial response to Enhedslisten’s ban proposal had been published as of August 17, 2026. It remains unclear from available sources whether other parties will back, change or reject the demand.
