Lars Findsen

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Person.png Lars Findsen  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Born17 September 1964
NationalityDanish
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
Head of the Danish Defence Intelligence service. Suspended in 2020 after spying on intelligence supervision board members, and withholding or lying about key information of other criminal activity.

Employment.png Danish Defence Intelligence Service/Chief

In office
2015 - August 2020
Preceded byThomas Ahrenkiel
Chief of Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste

Employment.png Danish Police Intelligence Service/Chief

In office
2002 - 2007
Chief of Politiets Efterretningstjeneste

Lars Findsen is a Danish civil servant and former chief of the Police Intelligence Service who was made head of the Danish Defence Intelligence service in 2015. He was suspended (with pay) in 2020 after the Danish Intelligence Supervision Commission had charged him and 3 others, including his predecessor Thomas Ahrenkiel.

Background

Findsen obtained a master's degree in law from the University of Copenhagen in 1990.

Career

Findsen worked as a clerk in the Danish Ministry of Justice until 1993. From 1995 to 1998 he was senior secretary and 2001-2002 head of unit in the same place. From 2002 to 2007 he was chief of the Danish Police Intelligence Service, where he was succeeded by Jakob Scharf. From 2007 to 2015 he was secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence. From 1991-2002, Findsen was an external lecturer in administrative Law at the University of Copenhagen.

Illegal Surveillance and Lying

In August 2020, Findsen was suspended (with pay) after the Danish Intelligence Supervision Commission had charged him and 3 others, including his predecessor Thomas Ahrenkiel, with spying on the supervisory board members, and withholding or lying about key and crucial information of other criminal activity, including illegal cooperation between the Defence Intelligence Service and the NSA to bug Danish fibre optic cables and Danish citizens without a warrant.[1]

Connections

Findsen attended the Bilderberg for the first time in 2019.

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/201930 May 20192 June 2019Switzerland
Montreux
The 67th Bilderberg Meeting
Munich Security Conference/202014 February 202016 February 2020Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers."
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