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If you are a citizen of a country outside of the Nordic region, the EU/EEA or Switzerland, you must have a residence and work permit before you begin working in Denmark.
When you have a residence and work permit, you can get your CPR number and health insurance card, tax card, and so on.
Learn more in the step-by-step guide below.If you work in Denmark, you are also liable to pay tax. The authority that issues tax cards and collects tax in Denmark is called SKAT.
To obtain a Danish tax card, please either go to International Citizen Service or contact SKAT.
You will need to:
One of the steps in getting your legal documents in order is to designate a bank account to be your NemKonto (Easy Account).
If you do not have a Danish bank account, and you would like to have one as your Easy Account, you have to open a Danish bank account. To open a Danish bank account, you need a CPR number - see step one.
When you go to the bank bring:
Inform the bank that you want to designate the account as your Easy Account.