Foreign educated nurses are to obtain a Danish nursing registration before they can work as a nurse in Denmark.

Registration authority
The registration authority is the National Board of Health (Sundhedsstyrelsen), 67, Islands Brygge, P.O.Box 1881, DK - 2300 Copenhagen S - Telephone: +45 72 22 74 00, Fax: +45 72 22 74 01, e-mail: sst@sst.dk

Registration procedure

Nordic countries 

The "Treaty for a joint labour market for health personnel" allow nurses from one Nordic country to apply for and obtain registration as a nurse in another Nordic country.

EU countries

Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications makes it easy for registered nurses trained in another EU country to obtain registration in Denmark.

Third countries (countries outside the Nordic and EU countries) and certain EU nationals

Registered nurses from other countries will be considered on an individual basis. The National Board of Health will decide if they have to go through supplementary courses at a Danish School of Nursing, or if they are eligible for a temporary registration and trial employment.

Temporary registration and trial employment

The opportunity for temporary registration and trial employment is to make it easier for qualified foreign nurses to get employment within the Danish health care system.

In order to have a trial employment arranged, nurses are to obtain a temporary registration which can be assigned to nurses with a nursing education equivalent to the Danish one.

Temporary registration is restricted to 6 months but can be extended to maximum 18 months.

The foreign nurse must find employment at a hospital ward. The professional competences in theory and practice are tested during the trial employment period.

Vacancies
Vacancies are inserted in the Danish journal of nursing "The Nurse" ("Sygeplejersken"), on the DNO web page and on www.sygeplejerskejob.dk . The journal, which is published every second week, can be bought from the DNO, but only in Danish.

DNO Membership

DNO is the only professional organization for nurses in Denmark. We encourage you to become a member so that we can help you with any professional and organizational issues you might have.

A DNO membership will give you a lot of benefits/advantages, i.e. support from the DNO representatives at your workplace, the DNO emblem, the journal of nursing, legal assistance, discounts on shopping, good insurance.

Read more about a.o. the benefits of DNO membership here.

We hope very much that the above information will be useful to you. You are always very welcome to contact us in connection with any questions about nursing in Denmark, registration as a nurse and about membership of the DNO.