The Ministry of Resilience and Preparedness (MSSB) is responsible for preventing, withstanding, and managing major accidents, crises, disasters, and other incidents that challenge the fundamental functions of society, in close cooperation with the responsible sectors,
MSSB is tasked with supporting, across and in collaboration with the various sectors, a unified direction as well as cross-sectoral requirements and standards for resilience-building and emergency preparedness planning within individual sectors. This also includes advising and communicating with authorities, businesses, and the public. MSSB is also responsible for a number of operational functions.
The Ministry of Resilience and Preparedness consists of the ministerial department, The Danish Resilience Agency and the Danish Emergency Management Agency, as well as Danish Decommissioning and the Danish state pilotage, DanPilot.
The Danish Resilience Agency
Danish Emergency Management Agency
Danish Decommissioning
Danpilot
Torsten Schack Pedersen was appointed Minister of Resilience and Preparedness the 29th of August 2024.
All inquiries, except press inquiries, to the Minister and the Ministry should be made to:
E-Mail: mssb@mssb.dk
Telephone: (+45) 33 11 20 00
The telephone is open Monday to Thursday 09.00-16.00 and Friday 09.00-15.00.
It is not possible to deliver letters or packages in person.
The central business register (CVR): 45066932
European Article Number (EAN): 5798000000520
The press can contact the minister and the ministry via our duty phone, which is staffed in turns by the ministry's permanent press and communications advisors.
Duty telephone: (+45) 24 42 09 99 (Press calls only — no SMS)
E-Mail: presse@mssb.dk (The inbox is only monitored weekdays between 09:00-16:00)
