52. Must reports from political parties and/or candidates reveal the identity of donors?

The identities of donors who contribute more than 20,000 DKK need to be published. However, the exact amounts of the donations can remain undisclosed.

OSCE/ODIHR (2015) Denmark,  Early General Elections, 18 June 2015 OSCE/ODIHR Needs Assessment Mission Report. OSCE/ODIHR, Warsaw.

It is required that party accounts contain information on the name and address of any private contributor (physical or legal person) from whom the nationwide organisation during the accounting year has received one or more contributions which, in total, exceed DKK 20,000 (EUR 2 700) However, it is not required to report the specific value of such donations; the parties are only obliged to provide the total sum of all donations and a list of the donors. The accounts are also to contain a total sum of all anonymous contributions received during the accounting year and information on the size of any anonymous contribution exceeding DKK 20 000 (EUR 2 700). (Section 3 - Private Contributions to Political Parties and Publication of Political Parties Accounts Act (2006)).

GRECO (2009) Evaluation Report on Denmark on Transparency of Party Funding (Theme II), p.8.