C61: No stopping

C61 · Prohibitory signs

No stopping

På dansk Standsning forbudt

What it means
Stopping on the carriageway is prohibited unless required by the traffic situation. An additional plate may specify or modify the restriction.
Your action
Do not voluntarily stop on the carriageway where the ban applies. A stop required by traffic is different; read any modifying plate.
Common mistake
Dropping off a passenger is not a general exception to this sign.

Source check: 2026-10-16 · Order §19; curriculum 7.18. Road markings order 425, 13 April 2023 · Færdselsstyrelsen — category B, May 2026

C Round with a red border: something is forbidden - entry, a manoeuvre, a speed, parking.

Learn it in lesson 01 → All signs

In the course

Do not confuse

C61C61No stoppingC62C62No parking

C61 prohibits voluntary stopping on the carriageway. C62 prohibits parking. Read other rules and any modifying plate in both cases.

C59C59End of signed prohibitionsC61C61No stoppingC62C62No parking

C59 ends earlier signed prohibitions except stopping and parking prohibitions. A continuing C61 or C62 restriction is not cancelled by C59.

Road scene containing C61
Find the circular red-and-blue no-stopping sign on the right. Do not confuse it with the separate pedestrian-crossing signs.
Neighbours of this sign in the C group.
C62No parkingC53End of no overtakingC54End of the truck overtaking prohibitionC55Local speed limitC56End of local speed limitC59End of signed prohibitionsC63No parking: cycles and small mopedsC92Stop before passing: read the reason

Drawing from Wikimedia Commons, free of copyright under section 9 of the Danish copyright act. Code and name follow executive order 425 of 13 April 2023 on road marking. Study material, not the legal text.

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