Commuters from Sweden

Below you can find information on how to register in Denmark, if you are a commuter - meaning that you continue living in Sweden while commuting to your work at DTU each day (or several times a week).

Step 1 - Tax id number 
If you plan to use the Researcher Tax Scheme, DTU will apply for a Danish tax id number for you in connection with the application for Researcher Taxation.

If you are not planning to use the Researcher Tax Scheme, it will be your responsibility to get your Danish tax registration in place. You can do the tax registration online via Skat.dk.

You can apply for your Danish tax id as soon as you have received your employment contract - however, earliest 21 days before your first working day in Denmark. If you have questions, you can call the tax authorities at +45 72 22 18 18. 

Please send your tax id number to your HR Compensation & Benefits, once you have received it. 

Step 2 - Special Health Insurance card

Once you have received you tax id number, you can apply for a special health insurance card, which will allow you to visit a doctor in Denmark in case you should need it. You can apply for the special health insurance card online on this webpage.

Step - 3 Danish bank account

For opening a bank account in Denmark, you will need to have your Danish personal tax number in place (see step 1). We recommend starting the process of opening a bank account as soon as you have received your Danish tax id number, because DTU will need the Danish bank account for your salary payment and it may take some time to get the bank account in place as the banks are required by law to perform a number of security checks.

Please note that if you are a non-EU/EEA-national and hold a Danish work permit, it is in most cases a requirement that you open a Danish bank account within 3 months after arriving in Denmark. Please find more information here.

 
You are free to choose any of the banks here in Denmark or a Swedish bank with cross border services, which can open a Danish bank account for you. It is important that you inform the bank that the account needs to be a NemKonto (Designated account) as this is a requirement for the salary payment.

For opening a bank account, the banks typically need several documents from you. It might be a good idea to contact your bank in advance and ask which documents you will need to submit to open a bank account. 

Your Danish bank might require that you have a MitID (which is a secure online login tool) before your account can be opened. For more information about how to get a MitID, please see section “Registration in Denmark” in DTU’s Welcome Guide or on DTU Inside. Since you do not have a Danish address, you will need to bring additional documents and, in some cases, a witness to get a MitID. Therefore, we recommend that you contact the Citizen Center in Lyngby Taarbæk to hear which documents you need to bring and which requirement your witness needs to fulfill, if applicable. When contacting the Citizen Center, please remember to state that you are commuter from Sweden. You can read more about MitID here.  

Please send your bank account details to your HR Compensation & Beneftis at DTU, once you have received it.

Getting the MitID online

If the commuting employee has a new passport (with chip and biometrics) and a Danish withholding tax number, it is now also possible for commuters to get MitID online (by scanning the passport). Please follow the link explaining how to get the MitID online, without having to go to Citizen Service Get MitID with a passport - Get started with MitID - MitID

Opening a bank account may show to be a time-consuming process. If you cannot get your Danish bank account in place before salary deadline (approx. the 15th in each month), you can contact your HR Compensation & Benefits to arrange a manual salary payment, so you do not have to wait for a payment until the following month. 

Other steps
In addition to above steps, we recommend you contact Oresund Direct, which is a public service providing advice to commuters. Oresund Direct can help you with advice regarding important topics like unemployment insurance, Swedish tax liability etc.

For more information and booking an appointment, please visit the Oresund Direct webpage.