Vestre Prison
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Vestre Prison
Step-by-step guidance using the Denmark system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
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Photo by National Museum of Denmark from Denmark via Wikimedia Commons (No restrictions)
Photo by Hjalmar Christian Louis Alstrup via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
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Photo by Ornig via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Photo by Erik Nicolaisen Høy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Photo by Stig Nygaard from Copenhagen, Denmark via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Capacity
543
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1900
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Danmarks FængslerPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1900
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Pie Baastrup Thomsen1919–2005 · librarian
Aksel Larsen1897–1972 · politicianAksel Larsen (5 August 1897 â 10 January 1972) was a Danish politician who was chairman of the Communist Party of Denmark (DKP), and chairman and founder of the Socialist People's Party.
- Preben Lytken Madsen1926–1945 · resistance fighter
Frits Clausen1893–1947 · politicianFrits Clausen (12 November 1893 â 5 December 1947) was a Danish far-right politician, collaborator with Nazi Germany, and leader of the National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark (DNSAP) before and during World War II.
- Torben Tryde1916–1998 · autobiographer
Torben Tryde (12 November 1916 â 24 March 1998) was a Danish lieutenant colonel, writer, Olympic equestrian, resistance fighter and the last person to be appointed kammerjunker by the Danish Court.
Dagmar Overby1887–1929 · serial killerDagmar Johanne Amalie Overbye (Danish: [ËtÉwmÉ ËÉwÉËpyË]; 23 April 1887 â 6 May 1929) was a Danish serial killer.
- Henning Jensen1921–2018 · resistance fighter
- Dagmar Holm Hansen1901–1947 · apothecary
- Jørgen Kähler1918–1974 · painter
Showing 9 of 12. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Compared to other facilities in Denmark
72 peersData completeness
34%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q7923498)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Vestre Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/vestre-prison
"Vestre Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/vestre-prison.
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