The Danish health insurance card app (Danish: sundhedskort-app) is a voluntary digital supplement to the national Danish health insurance card.
The health insurance card app is valid documentation of the resident’s right to receive healthcare in Denmark, equal to the plastic health insurance card, and can be utilised in all the circumstances as the plastic card. As the app is a part of the National Danish Health Insurance Programme, it is only valid within the Danish borders.
The app includes these features:
In a collaborative effort between the Danish Agency for Digital Government and the National Centre for Organ Donation (Danish: Dansk Center for Organdonation), new users are prompted once to decide if they wish to register as an organ donor. As a result, the amount of new organ donors after the first month of the launch of the app was equal to that of an entire year previously.
The health insurance card app is eligible to all who meet the following criteria:
If you have any questions regarding the health insurance card app, please contact the Danish Agency for Digital Government