Harvey to add Djøf Forlag’s Danish legal content to its AI platform in early 2027
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Harvey, an AI platform for lawyers, will add Danish publisher Djøf Forlag’s legislative content, including preparatory works, in early 2027. Holders of a Jurabibliotek licence can use it at no additional charge.
Harvey, which develops AI tools for legal work, and Danish legal publisher Djøf Forlag announced their partnership in press releases on 11 November. The content comes from Jurabibliotek, Djøf Forlag’s online service for Danish legislation.
The content covers consolidated acts, the executive orders (bekendtgørelser) issued under them, amendments and preparatory works. Preparatory works are documents from the legislative process. They show what the legislature intended a provision to achieve, and lawyers return to them when interpreting the law.
Harvey said a lawyer can move from a provision to the executive orders that implement it and to the preparatory works, with each answer citing its source. In the company’s examples, a user checks what the preparatory works said when a provision was enacted, or drafts advice on Danish law based on these sources and the firm’s previous work.
The content can be used in Harvey Assistant, the Agents feature, Vault (Harvey’s document storage and analysis service), Workflows and the Word Add-in. Lawyers can use it alongside their team’s own notes, prior advice and documents. Harvey already includes Danish public legal sources.
Bjarke Madsen, digital director at Djøf Forlag, cited demand as the reason for the deal: customers increasingly want the publisher’s sources in AI-powered legal tech systems. Madsen said the publisher has provided Danish legal sources for more than 65 years.
The press releases also quote Accura, a Danish law firm and Harvey customer. Its head of AI, Christian Høyer Ørum, described how the firm works: ‘When we advise on a regulatory question, we start with the act, check the executive orders, and go back to the preparatory works when interpretation matters.’ In Ørum’s view, doing all of this in one tool makes the work faster and more consistent.
Harvey previously formed a data partnership with Gyldendal Rettsdata, a Norwegian legal information service.
Harvey said Jurabibliotek’s legislative content will be available at the start of next year at no additional charge. Access requires a Jurabibliotek licence.