Denmark’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +45
- 2 Letter: DK
- 3 Letter: DNK
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 208
- ISO 3116-2: DK
- Internet TLD: .dk
- ICAO Airport Code: EK
- Maritime Identification Digits: 219, 220
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1E9 U+1F1F0
- Official Name: The Kingdom of Denmark
How to call Denmark (international dialing)
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
How to call within Denmark (domestic dialing)
Dial Danish phone numbers as they are listed. There is no trunk number used when calling within Denmark.
| eight-digit number |
| local phone number |
Danish phone numbers explained
Number details
Danish numbers are eight digits.
The first 1 to 2 digits designates whether the phone number is a mobile or landline.
Mobile numbers have their own specific dialing prefix. Those prefixes are interspersed between mobile and landline phone numbers. They are dialed the same way as all other numbers in Denmark.
An example of a Danish phone number
The Tycho Brahe Planetarium lists its phone number in Copenhagen as 33 12 12 24.
Number explanation
| 45 | 33 12 12 24 |
| country code for Denmark | local phone number within Denmark |
Local example – calling from another location in Copenhagen
Dial all eight digits when calling from anywhere in the country.
| 33 12 12 24 |
| local phone number within Denmark |
Long distance example – calling from Aarhus, Denmark (on the other side of the country)
Dial all eight digits when calling from anywhere in the country.
| 33 12 12 24 |
| local phone number within Denmark |
International example – calling from outside Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands)
When calling from outside of Denmark, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Denmark’s country code of ’45’, followed by the local eight-digit phone number.
| exit code | 45 | 33 12 12 24 |
| exit code for the country the call is dialed from | country code for Denmark | local phone number within Denmark |
How to call from Denmark
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Denmark.
Sources and more resources
- Danish Energy Agency – Ministry responsible for telecommunications in Denmark.
- BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) – European agency responsible for regulation and co-ordination of European telecommunication markets.
- European Commission Digital Single Market – Telecom Rules for the Digital Single Market. Outlines some of the telecommunications regulations across the European Single Market.
- European Commission Digital Single Market – Country information – Denmark – Update on internet and wireless access across the European single market. Has a focus on broadband, however, includes wireless information as well.
- The European Conference for Postal and Telecommunications Administrations – A conference for the cooperation of European telecommunications and postal services.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Denmark (country code +45) national numbering plan on file with ITU – Details of Denmark’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- Danish Energy Agency – Telephone numbering plan – The official page of telephone numbering for Denmark through the Danish Energy Agency.
- Danish Energy Agency – Danish National Numbering Plan (Danish) – Details of Denmark’s telephone numbering plan on file with the Danish Energy Agency. In Danish.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Denmark – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Denmark. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – the Phonebook – Danish International Codes – Summary of phone codes for Denmark from the BT phone book.