Can I use my scanner in Europe?

[scannerizer]

Took my scanner to the (E), Germany, Croatia, Serbia, Switzerland etc. ( Useless ) P.S. Serbia police not too friendly, if you do go there use caution with P.D. etc.

What about Bosnia ?
I can’t find ANY frequencies besides a few UHF on a local forum. Also don’t Serbian first responders use Tetra or DMR ?

 

[CopperWhopper67]

What about Bosnia ?
I can’t find ANY frequencies besides a few UHF on a local forum. Also don’t Serbian first responders use Tetra or DMR ?

I cannot say for the current era, but as recent as six years ago it seems like Serbian police were using analog Motorola Waris series portables.

 

[JonN]

The exact same goes for Sweden and I also believe Denmark and Finland but I think Norway might have some more restrictions for scanner use.

/Ubbe

Is this true? I've been looking for information regarding the legality of scanners in Finland since that's where I live. All I've been able to gather from the Finnish web is that the telecom laws are the same as the UK (not the Netherlands) i.e. anything but broadcast&ham bands are prohibited, and if not prohibited, frowned upon to listen to. I read somewhere that yes, you can listen to, but you can't share or act on the information received.

But that was in a forum thread from 2011 in a Finnish discussion board. It might have changed. Does anyone have any current information regarding this topic? There are radio sites with frequency listings in my country, but I don't know.