If you are a Non-EU resident with intentions to stay in Denmark for more than three months, you are REQUIRED to register for a CPR Number within two weeks of arriving.
This unique number identifies you as an individual, and the registered information must be kept up-to-date at all times. The registered information includes your:
full name
current address
date of birth
spouse
children
GP (general practitioner = ‘house doctor’/’praktiserende læge’)
CPR is short for Central Person Register.
The CPR Number has ten digits and consists of your date of birth followed by four digits having this format:
DayMonthYear-xxxx
For example, if your birthday is the 11. of February 1988, your CPR Number will look like this:
110288-xxxx
Normally you also register for the national health insurance as part of you CPR registration, and a few weeks after you will receive your Health Insurance Card (Sundhedskort).
