Change of address

If you change your address in Denmark, you must report your move to the Civil Registration Office (Folkeregister) - part of Citizen Service (Borgerservice) - in the municipality you are moving to.

You must report your change of address at the latest five days after having moved. If you report your change of address at a later date, you may receive a fine.

You can report your change of address up to four weeks before your moving date.

You can report a change of address for others living at your current address if you move to the same address.

Your change of address will be registered at the earliest on the date you have stated as your actual moving date.

When you move, you can choose a new General Practitioner (GP/family doctor) free of charge.

You will automatically receive a new health insurance card approximately 14 days after your change of address has been registered.

Please remember to put your name on your postbox. If there is no name on the postbox you risk that the card cannot be delivered and you must pick it up at Citizen Service.

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Who else is notified when I report my change of address?

PostNord (the postal service in Denmark) is automatically notified when you report your change of address.

You must notify your employer, bank, subscriptions or memberships, associations, your dentist, etc.

Which rules apply when I want to change my address?

You may report your change of address up to four weeks before moving.

You must report your change of address no later than five days after having moved.

Your moving date is considered to be the date you are actually moving, meaning the day you have moved your belongings and spending the night at your new address.

If you move to an address in the municipality of Aarhus and report your change of address later than 5 days after your moving date you may receive a fine from the City of Aarhus.

If you no longer live at your address in the municipality of Aarhus and do not have another address to move into you must notify the Civil Registration Office (Folkeregisteret) in Aarhus by calling them at 89 40 10 30.

The Civil Registration Office is part of Citizen Service (Borgerservice).

You are fined if you report your change of address too late

You will receive a fine if you:

Do not report your change of address in time 945 kr. (2024)
Fail to submit the requested information about your change of address: 2.625 kr (2024)
Submit incorrect information about your change of address 2.625 kr (2024)

You will receive the fine by digital post. If you are exempted from receiving digital post the fine is sent to you by ordinary mail.

If you are unable to pay the entire amount at once please contact Opkrævningen (debt collection) in the City of Aarhus at 89 40 33 30.

I'm moving abroad for less than six months

You can still be registered as living in Denmark in the national CPR system if:

Your stay aboard does not exceed six months, AND
you have the right of access to your residence while abroad

If you do not have full access to your address while abroad you can ask Citizen Service (Borgerservice) to make a concrete assessment of whether you can be registered as living in Denmark (at your adress in the municipality of Aarhus) during your stay abroad.

Apply to keep your registration as living in Denmark

Citizen Service (Borgerservice)