NemKonto/Easy Account

When you receive salary from your employer it is useful to have a bank account. To open a bank account, you need to contact a bank of your own choice. Remember to bring photo ID (for instance your passport) and address information.

You can only open a bank account with a Danish bank once you have obtained your tax card. As you are not a registered citizen in Denmark, the bank will want to see your:

• Passport
• Tax card
• Contract of employment and payslip

As a
resident in Denmark, you should have a NemKonto to be able to receive payments
from Danish public authorities. This can be payments such as:

• tax refunds
• child subsidies
• student loans
• unemployment benefits
• holiday allowances.

A NemKonto
is a normal bank account you already own. You can choose which of your existing
accounts – foreign or Danish – you want as your NemKonto. Payments from public
authorities will be transferred directly to this account.

Your NemKonto is secure

Public
authorities can only transfer money to your NemKonto. They cannot withdraw
money from your account or view your balance or account transactions.

A NemKonto
is a normal bank account you already own. You choose which of your accounts –
foreign or Danish – you want to be your NemKonto. 

You can set
up a NemKonto in one of the following ways:

1. Assign an account yourself using
   MitID to log on to the NemKonto self-service.
2. Contact your Danish bank and inform
   them which account to assign as your NemKonto.  
3. Fill out a form if you wish to
   assign a foreign bank account as your NemKonto.

It is free
of charge to assign an account as your NemKonto.

• Assign your Danish or foreign bank account as your NemKonto at nemkonto.dk

You Will
Receive a Letter, if you use the NemKonto Self-Service

If you have
assigned or changed your NemKonto via the self-service, you will be sent an
activation letter with an activation code.

The letter contains instructions on
how to activate your NemKonto.
The
activation letter will be sent by postal service to the address registered in
the CPR register. Unfortunately, you cannot have the letter sent via email or
Digital Post at the moment.