Are electric skateboards legal in Denmark?
Specific law, with conditions. Denmark is one of the few countries whose law names the device. A 2019 pilot-scheme order of the transport authority defines the “motoriseret skateboard” (motorised skateboard) and lets it be ridden under the cyclists' rules, with conditions: a 20 km/h design speed, 25 kg and 1.2 m × 0.70 m maximum, one rider, lights and reflectors, a minimum age of 15, a bicycle helmet since 1 January 2022, and use of cycle tracks where they exist. The scheme is a trial: the authority says it has no fixed expiry date but is evaluated continuously.
What the law says
| What the text says | Section | |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | BEK 41/2019 § 2: “Ved motoriseret skateboard forstås et elektrisk drevet to-akslet køretøj uden styr, siddeplads og pedaler eller lignende. Køretøjets motor må højst drive køretøjet op til en hastighed på 20 km i timen.” (A motorised skateboard means an electrically powered two-axle vehicle without handlebar, seat, pedals or the like; its motor may propel it to at most 20 km/h — our translation.) BEK 666/2019 later inserted the word kunne (could) after højst in that sentence, so the cap is what the motor can reach. | BEK nr. 41 af 14/01/2019, §§ 1–12 |
| Cyclists' rules apply | BEK 41/2019 § 4: “De af færdselslovens regler, der finder anvendelse for cykel og cyklister, finder anvendelse for selvbalancerende køretøj og motoriseret skateboard” (The rules of the Road Traffic Act that apply to bicycles and cyclists apply to self-balancing vehicles and motorised skateboards — our translation), subject to §§ 5–14. | BEK nr. 41 af 14/01/2019, §§ 1–12 |
| Weight, size, CE marking, one rider | § 5: “Et selvbalancerende køretøj og motoriseret skateboard må højest have en egenvægt på 25 kg.” (maximum unladen weight 25 kg — our translation). § 6 caps length at 1.2 m and width at 0.70 m; § 3 requires CE marking; § 7 forbids carrying anyone other than the rider. | BEK nr. 41 af 14/01/2019, §§ 1–12 |
| Lights and reflectors | § 9 requires, while riding, at least one front lamp showing white or yellow light and one rear lamp showing red light, visible at 300 m; § 10 requires white front, red rear and yellow or white side reflectors. | BEK nr. 41 af 14/01/2019, §§ 1–12 |
| Where it may be ridden | § 11: the board “må kun føres på vejstrækninger, hvor der er anlagt cykelsti, og skal i disse tilfælde føres på cykelsti” (may be ridden only on road sections with a cycle track, and must then use the cycle track — our translation). § 11, stk. 2: inside built-up areas without a cycle track it may be ridden where “der for den pågældende strækning er fastsat en hastighedsgrænse på højst 50 km i timen” (the speed limit is at most 50 km/h — our translation). | BEK nr. 41 af 14/01/2019, §§ 1–12 |
| Minimum age 15 | § 12: “må alene føres af personer, der er fyldt 15 år” (may only be ridden by persons aged 15 or over — our translation); under 15 only under the supervision of an adult or on signed play areas (stk. 2). | BEK nr. 41 af 14/01/2019, §§ 1–12 |
| Helmet | § 12 a, inserted by BEK 56/2021 from 1 January 2022: “Under kørsel på selvbalancerende køretøj og motoriseret skateboard skal enhver person, der anvender køretøjet, anvende fastspændt cykelhjelm.” (Anyone riding a self-balancing vehicle or motorised skateboard must wear a fastened bicycle helmet — our translation.) | BEK nr. 56 af 19/01/2021 (§ 12 a) |
| A trial with no fixed end | Færdselsstyrelsen: “Forsøgsordningerne for små motoriserede køretøjer, herunder motoriserede løbehjul, selvbalancerende køretøjer, motoriserede skateboards og speed pedelecs, har som udgangspunkt ingen fastsat udløbsdato” (The pilot schemes for small motorised vehicles, including motorised skateboards, have in principle no fixed expiry date — our translation), and are evaluated continuously. | Færdselsstyrelsen, Forsøgsordninger |
Each row is the statute's own content, reduced to plain wording where it is long and quoted directly where the exact words matter. The section in the last column is a link to the text.
Electric skateboards in stock today
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What the law above asks you to wear or fit: 77 helmets and pads in stock — a rule above names the helmet; 31 lights in stock — a rule above covers riding after dark.
Sources
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BEK nr. 41 af 14/01/2019, §§ 1–12 — Bekendtgørelse om forsøgsordning for selvbalancerende køretøj og motoriseret skateboard.
Official source, read 2026-09-27.
Danish text; translations are ours. Retsinformation's print of 27 Sept. 2026 marks it Gældende (in force), amended by BEK 666/2019 and BEK 56/2021; the XML metadata also carries an end date of 23 June 2026, which we could not explain. -
BEK nr. 56 af 19/01/2021 (§ 12 a) — Bekendtgørelse om ændring af bekendtgørelse om forsøgsordning for selvbalancerende køretøj og motoriseret skateboard.
Official source, read 2026-09-27.
In force 1 January 2022. Danish text; translations are ours. -
Færdselsloven (LBK nr. 118 af 12/01/2026), § 49, stk. 5 — Bekendtgørelse af færdselsloven.
Official source, read 2026-09-27.
Danish text; translations are ours. -
Færdselsstyrelsen, Forsøgsordninger — Forsøgsordninger (Danish Road Traffic Authority).
Official source, read 2026-09-27.
Agency guidance. Danish text; translations are ours.
Every source on this page is the text as published by the legislature or the state agency itself. Open them.
How Denmark compares
The same four questions for Denmark and its neighbours and the rest of the country, each linked to its own page and citations. All 99 jurisdictions we have read are side by side on Compare all jurisdictions.
| Jurisdiction | Status | Helmet | Speed limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | Regulated | § 12 a, inserted by BEK 56/2021 from 1 January 2022: “Under kørsel på selvbalancerende kør | — |
| Germany | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | These rules apply only to vehicles covered by the eKFV, not |
| Sweden | Unaddressed | Trafikförordning (1998:1276), 6 kap. 4 a §: “Den som är under femton år och färdas med en | — |
Compare all 99 jurisdictions →
The spread is the point. These are neighbouring jurisdictions regulating the same object, and they do not agree on what it is, how fast it may go, who may ride it, or whether it may be ridden at all. A rider who crosses a state line is, quite often, subject to a different legal category rather than a stricter version of the same one — which is why a single national answer to this question does not exist and why anyone offering you one has stopped reading the law.
It also explains why so many rows say the device is unaddressed. Most vehicle codes were written before this machine existed, and a legislature that has not revisited them has not thereby permitted anything — it has left the question to a general classification and to your city.
What about a Onewheel?
No text we read for Denmark names a board with a single wheel. The reading above is for electric skateboards; whether a Onewheel falls in the same class, another one or none is a question the statutes here do not answer, and neither do we. 11 jurisdictions do name it — Are Onewheels legal?
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What this page does not tell you
- It is not legal advice, and it never says you may ride. It says what the statute says, and links it.
- It does not cover municipal law. Cities regulate sidewalks, parks, paths and often these devices by name. Those rules sit on top of everything above.
- It does not cover private property, insurance, or what happens after an accident.
- It may be out of date. Every source carries the day we read it. A statute amended since then will not have updated itself here.
Across the border: Germany · Sweden. Every other jurisdiction: the full list.
Questions this raises
Are electric skateboards legal in Denmark?
A statute names the device and sets out what is required to ride it. Denmark is one of the few countries whose law names the device. A 2019 pilot-scheme order of the transport authority defines the “motoriseret skateboard” (motorised skateboard) and lets it be ridden under the cyclists' rules, with conditions: a 20 km/h design speed, 25 kg and 1.2 m × 0.70 m maximum, one rider, lights and reflectors, a minimum age of 15, a bicycle helmet since 1 January 2022, and use of cycle tracks where they exist. The scheme is a trial: the authority says it has no fixed expiry date but is evaluated continuously.
Is a Onewheel legal in Denmark?
No statute we read for Denmark names a board with a single wheel, so the law there does not answer directly. For electric skateboards, the status we found is: specific law, with conditions. Only 11 of the 99 jurisdictions we read name a one-wheel board: Utah, Quebec, Queensland, Tasmania, Seattle, South Korea, Belgium, British Columbia, New York, Victoria, the Netherlands.
Do I need a helmet in Denmark?
§ 12 a, inserted by BEK 56/2021 from 1 January 2022: “Under kørsel på selvbalancerende køretøj og motoriseret skateboard skal enhver person, der anvender køretøjet, anvende fastspændt cykelhjelm.” (Anyone riding a self-balancing vehicle or motorised skateboard must wear a fastened bicycle helmet — our translation.) That is BEK nr. 56 af 19/01/2021 (§ 12 a).
How fast am I allowed to go in Denmark?
No speed limit specific to this device appears in the sources we have read for Denmark.
Does this cover city rules?
No. This page reads state, provincial or national law only. Municipal codes frequently add rules — on sidewalks, parks and paths especially — and where the state has written nothing, the city has written everything.
How do I check this myself?
Open the links in the sources below. Every row in the table above names the section it comes from, and every source shows the date we read it. That is the whole point of the page: you should not have to take our word for it.