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Danish educational certificates and diplomas

My Skills and Qualifications File contains your educational certificates and diplomas. You find your Danish digital educational certificates and diplomas from the following education:

• Primary school from October 2017 onwards
• Secondary education (stx, htx, hhx, hf) from 2004 onwards
• Vocational school courses from May 2021 onwards
• FGU from October 2021 onwards
• AMU (adult vocational training programmes) from 1990 onwards.

Certificate of Baptism and Birth

A Certificate of Baptism and Birth (Fødsels- og Dåbsattest) is available to persons who have been baptized in the Church of Denmark (excluding Southern Jutland).
If you need a certificate that certifies birth, you must order a Certificate of Personal Data instead.

Certificates of Baptism and Birth are available from your local registrar

• Order Baptism and Birth Certificate online with MitID (in Danish)
• Guide: how to order a certificate

Certificate of Personal Data

Certificates of Personal Data (Personattest) replace Birth and Baptism Certificates for persons not baptized by the Church of Denmark and are available to anyone whose birth was registered in Denmark. You can get the certificate in Danish or Danish/English.

Certificates of Personal Data confirm current civil information on a person's birth, name, marital status and death, including place of birth registration, names of parents, your present name, date of marriage and registering authority, last parish of residence if deceased.

Certificates of Personal Data always show most recently recorded information. If you need to document previously registered information, for example previous names, you will need an "Access to register".

If you have a MitID, you must order the Certificate of Personal Data online. The certificate can be delivered online or by post (paper certificate with physical stamp and signature). It can also be collected from your local registrar in Denmark.
If you do not have a MitID, the certificate can be ordered from the church office.

• Order a Certificates of Personal Data online with MitID
• Guide: how to order a certificate
• How to order a certificate for delivery abroad

Access to Register (in Danish)

An "Access to Register" (Registerindsigt) is a complete printout of the information registered in the Civil Registration Office. The document, Access to Register is not a certificate, but an overview of the Personal Data (current and previous), including birth, name, children, marriage and death.
The Access to Register is not signed or stamped by any authority.

Marriage certificates

You are entitled to a Marriage Certificate issued by the Danish National Church if you are married in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark. If you were married at the town hall (civil marriage), you must contact the Citizen Service Center in your municipality to get a Marriage Certificate. If your present marital status is divorced, you cannot request a Marriage Certificate. Marriage Certificates may also be issued by other religious communities in Denmark, but are not valid for authentication with an Apostille stamp if issued before 2023.

• Order a marriage certificate from the Municipality (in Danish)
• Order marriage certificate (Church of Denmark) (in Danish)

Death certificates - 1993 onwards (in Danish)

Certified Death Certificates are available from the Danish Health Data Authority (deaths occurring from 1993 onwards)

Death Certificates - deaths before 1993 (in Danish)

The Danish National Archives have death certificates from 1840.

Order certificates from the Danish Central Business Register

Certified copies of company documents are available online with a MitID or by contacting the Register’s customer support, including:

• Certificates of Incorporation (Registreringscertifikat) certifying that a business has been established under Danish law.
• Articles of Association (Vedtægter
• Company Financial Statements

Certificate of criminal record

If you are staying or have previously stayed in Denmark, you can request an international certificate of criminal record. Certificates can be ordered by email or online. You can order a private criminal record in Danish, English, German, French and Spanish. However, if your criminal record is not clean, you will only receive it in Danish.

• Request a certificate of criminal record online (with MitID)

Verification of legalisations/Apostilles issued by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

To verify the authenticity of a legalisation/an apostille issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, please enter date and number of apostille.

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