Moving to Gentofte from abroad

There can be lots of details to keep track of when moving here from abroad. You can get help at Gentofte Kommune Borgerservice (citizen service center) or at International House Copenhagen, where skilled employees are ready to guide you through everything from entry and registration of residence, to a CPR (civil registration) number and MitID.

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Moving to Gentofte from abroad
Borgerservice in Gentofte (citizen service center)
International House Copenhagen

When you move to Gentofte Kommune from abroad, you must be registered in the national register (“Folkeregistret”). To do this, you’ll need to go to Borgerservice in person, no later than five days after your move. You’ll need to bring your passport and residence permit (if you need one). If you’re married or divorced, you must bring proof of your marital status. If you have children, they must also come along in person and have their birth certificate or certificate of baptism with them.

Borgerservice is located at Gentofte Town Hall at Bernstorffsvej 161, DK-2920 Charlottenlund.

Book an appointment with Borgerservice via self-service (page in Danish)

A CPR number is your civil registration number in Denmark. It is used in all communications with the Danish authorities.

You also need a CPR number to work in Denmark and to obtain Danish health insurance.

Read about Danish health insurance 

The Danish national eID, MitID, is every resident’s personal key to digital services in Denmark, including self-service solutions provided by the public sector.

In Denmark, your contact with the public authorities and many private companies starts on the internet. In a large number of areas, you are obliged to use digital self-service.

In order to access digital self-services, you need MitID which is your personal digital ID for login and digital signature. It allows for citizens to access their public services 24 hours a day.

In the public sector this applies, for example, when you:

• change your address
• apply for childcare
• see your tax
• choose a doctor
• read your Digital Post
• leave Denmark

Read about MitD at lifeindenmark.dk

You can apply for MitID by contacting your local municipality’s Citizen Service.

If you do not have MitID and, for instance, have received a summons from your hospital that you need to read immediately, you should contact your local municipality’s Citizen Service and apply for MitID.

It is important that you bring valid identification in order to receive MitID.

Read more about MitID on MitID.dk (new window)

Visit the International Citizen Service website

In Denmark, various services such as libraries, roads, children’s schools and the health sector are financed in part through taxes. Everyone working in Denmark is required to pay tax. The tax system is progressive, which means that the more you earn, the higher the percentage of income tax you pay. If you want to work in Denmark, you need to apply for a tax card at SKAT (the Danish Customs and Tax Administration).

Read about the Danish taxation system at skat.dk

You can apply for a tax card on SKAT’s website.

Apply for a tax card at skat.dk

If you plan to have an income in Denmark, you will need a Danish bank account. Employers pay your salary directly into your bank account. Other payments such as cash benefits, educational grants, child maintenance payments and pensions are transferred directly as well.

Read about how to obtain a Danish bank account at lifeindenmark.dk

Whether you need to exchange your driving licence for a Danish one depends on your circumstances and where your driving licence is issued.

Read about the rules for exchanging foreign driving licences at lifeindenmark.dk  

If you need to exchange your driving licence, you must attend Borgerservice in person.

If you have a Danish CPR number, you will receive your mail from public authorities through Digital Post. You will find your Digital Post at lifeindenmark.dk at the top of the page. You need to use MitID to log on. 

Learn about Digital Post at livingindenmark.dk

The yellow health insurance card (sundhedskort in Danish) entitles you to medical treatment in Denmark. The card shows your name and address, your CPR number and the name and address of your doctor. 

If you need medical treatment while travelling in the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein (EEA) or Switzerland, you will have to use the blue European Health Insurance Card.

Read about the yellow health insurance card and the blue health insurance card on the healthcare page

If you need help finding work, you can see a careers advisor at Gentofte Kommune’s Job Centre.

The careers advisor will guide you. You can get advice about the labour market, job-seeking and your industry, for example.

Read about job-seeking on our job opportunities page 

All children in Denmark from birth to age 6 are guaranteed a place in a daycare facility. There are various facilities available, so you can choose whatever best suits your child.

Visit the childcare page

In Denmark, there is compulsory education for children from the age of 6 to 16. Gentofte has primary and lower secondary schools, and private schools.

Read about schools and how to enrol your child on our School page