Certificate of Personal Data ("Personattest") – Personregistrering.dk - EN

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Examples of Certificates of Personal Data

Example: Newborn and unnamed child
Example: Unwed - Danish/English
Example: Married - Danish/English
Example: Deceased - Danish
Example: Deceased - Danish/English

(Please note: all examples of certificates on the page ONLY include fictitious persons).

About the Certificate of Personal Data
How to order a certificate online with MitID
How to order a certificate if you do NOT have MitID
What information is included in the Certificate of Personal Data?
Place of birth registration, Place of birth, Parents, Name, Marital status, Death
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About the Certificate of Personal Data

The Certificate of Personal Data (in Danish: "Personattest") confirms actual civil information on birth, name, marital status and death.

The certificate will include more information as additional data is registered on you. For example, a Certificate of Personal Data issued for a newborn child who has not yet been named will only include information on birth and parents, while a Certificate of Personal data issued for a deceased person will also include information on name, marital status and death/burial.

As mentioned above, the information in the certificate of personal data is always the most recently recorded information. If you need to document previously registered information, for example what names you have previously borne, you will need the document, Access to register (in Danish “Registerindsigt”).

If you had a change of name in Denmark and need some documentation on your new and recent name, you might be able to obtain a Certification of Name change (in Danish“Attestation af navneændring”).

> Find your registrar to order a Certification of Name change

You can order your own Certificate of Personal Data and the same certificate for your child under 18 years.

However, one of the following conditions must be fulfilled:

you are birth registered in Denmark
you are registered on the basis of international foreign adoption
you had a name change in Denmark after April 1, 2006
in relation to death, you request a certificate as a related to a deceased who has died in Denmark

How to order a certificate online with MitID

You must order your certificate on borger.dk unless you are exempt from using digital self-service and Digital Post. You can order your certificate for:

collection at your local registrar
delivery by ordinary post. This certificate is issued on certificate paper and bears a stamp and a physical signature
your Digital Post. This certificate is digitally signed and is for digital use only.

Please note: A digital certificate has no physical signature and stamp. You must check whether the public authority in Denmark or abroad accepts a digitally signed certificate.

How to order a certificate if you do NOT have MitID

If you cannot order your certificate with MitID, or you are exempt from mandatory digital self-service or Digital Post, you can go to a church office. If you were born in the Southern part of Jutland, you should attend the municipality of the Southern part of Jutland. Remember to bring photo ID.

If you go in person, you will receive a Certificate of Personal Data on certificate paper with a stamp and a physical signature.

You can get the certificate in Danish or Danish/English. If you need the certificate in another EU country, you can order a language supplement (multilingual standard form) that includes a translation of your Certificate of Personal Data.

What information is included in the Certificate of Personal Data?

Birth

Place of birth registration:

If you were born before 1 January 1978, your place of birth registration is the parish where you were born - also called the parish of event.
If you were born after 1 January 1978, your place of birth registration is the parish where your mother lived at the time of your birth - also called the parish of residence.
If you were born in the Southern part of Jutland, your place of birth is the municipality where your mother lived at the time of your birth - also called the Southern Jutland municipality of birth.
If your place of birth registration - parish/municipality - has had a change of name or municipal affiliation, the new name will be included in the certificate. The names of the public authorities have changed, for example as a result of the merging of municipalities in 2007 or if several parishes are merged into one parish.
If you were born abroad, the country where you were born will be registered as the place of birth. The National Register of Persons (in Danish “Folkeregistret”) has usually made this registration in the CPR.

The information on your place of birth registration must be verified before it is included in your certificate. The issuing public authority will carry out this verification before you receive the certificate.

Place of birth:

If you were born in Denmark after 2003, you will be able to find information on your place of birth, which may be a hospital, a home birth address, or your foreign birth town or country.
If you were born before 2003, the place of birth will not be included in your certificate.

If you need confirmation of your or your child’s place of birth in Denmark, you can obtain a "Confirmation of Place of Birth" (in Danish “Bekræftelse af fødested”) from your local registrar.

> Find your local registrar to order a Confirmation of Birth (Bekræftelse af fødested)

Parents

At the time of birth registration or adoption, your parents or adoptive parents will be registered. Information about parents is usually registered by your local registrar who registered your birth or by the Agency of Family Law.

If you were born outside of Denmark, this task could also be carried out by Borgerservice (Citizen Service Centre) in a municipality that has registered information on parents.

The parental information must be verified (checked) before it is included in your certificate. The local registrar will carry out this verification before you receive the certificate.

Please note: If you were born abroad, information about your parents cannot always be verified. In this case, information about your parents cannot be included in your Certificate of Personal Data.

Name

Your present name will be included on the Certificate of Personal Data registered by your local registrar in the CPR-register. The date and name of the local registrar will be included in the certificate.

The authority who registers the name is the parish where you live at the time of the name registration. If you were born in the Southern part of Jutland, the registrar would be the municipality where you are registered for birth.

Marital status

The current marital status will be shown with date and registering authority. If the marital status has changed before the person has turned 18, the marital status will also be shown on the Certificate of Personal Data.

If the certificate concerns a deceased person, the marital status will be 'Deceased' and the registering authority would be the parish of residence of the deceased.

If death occurred before 2017 the Certificate of Personal Data will present the authority ("Myndighed") as "Digital Indberetning" which means that the information on death was digitally reported by the Danish Health Data Agency.

If the Certificate of Personal Data confirms matters of death, the name of a former spouse will be shown at the certificate.

Death

The funeral authority is the last parish of residence of the deceased. The funeral authority registers the burial.

If the deceased did not have Danish residence, the burial authority is the parish where death occurred.

If death occurred before 2017 the Certificate of Personal Data will present the funeral authority ("Begravelsesmyndighed") as "Digital Indberetning" which means that the information on death was digitally reported by the Danish Health Data Agency.

If the deceased was entitled to a certificate and death occurred abroad, the name of the country will be stated as the authority for the death on the Certificate of Personal Data. The country of death is registered by Folkeregistret in the municipality.

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