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 will need to have a NemKonto assigned to be able to receive payments from Danish public authorities – for instance payments such as tax refunds, child subsidies, student loans, unemployment benefits or holiday allowances.

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

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

You can establish a NemKonto in one of the following ways:

1. Assign an account yourself at NemKonto.dk using MitID
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 bank account as your NemKonto at nemkonto.dk
• Assign your foreign bank account as your NemKonto