Prostitution in Denmark was partly decriminalized in , based partly on the premise that it was easier to police a legal trade than an illegal one.
Third-party activities, such as profiting from brothel administration and other forms of procuring , remain illegal activities in Denmark , as do pimping and prostitution of minors.
The Civil Code of , or Christian 5. Prostitution "professional fornication " was to regulated in Denmark during the nineteenth century, with police playing an active part.
Nineteenth-century policies to prostitution were driven by the idea that it was a primary source for sexually transmitted diseases , with women being registered and subject to increasingly regular examinations.
In , registration of prostitutes was introduced in Copenhagen , with women being registered as prostitutes in the police records, forced to register at a police surveilled 'tolerated' brothel and subjected to regular examinations, with forced hospitalization during illness.
