danish health care
Danish Health Care is free and you will be assigned a doctor (“læge”) once you have registered at your local municipality (“kommune”)
You can find the contact details of your doctor on your “yellow card”. If for any reason you wish to change your doctor, you can do this at your local Kommune for a small fee.
112 Emergency (Ambulance- Fire- or Police department)
If you need to see a doctor, the contact details of your own physician (G.P.) are shown on your Health Insurance Card (“yellow card”).
1813 Doctor on duty
This is an emergency line in The Capital Region of Denmark. Note that the automatic voice is in Danish. Stay on the line and wait till a person answers. All the doctors speak English.
The 1813 help line is staffed by specially trained nurses who will be able to tell you at once what to do next: whether to contact your doctor (GP) or go to your local emergency department or urgent care clinic. In case of the latter, you will also be told the address of the clinic with the shortest wait.
The help line is staffed 24/7 every day of the year.
If you are using a mobile phone service established outside of Denmark, please remember to use Denmark’s country code +45 before dialling 1813.
Doctor on call / Lægevagten after normal hours (16:00-8:00 + weekends):
In Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Tårnby og Dragør Kommune, tel: 38693869
In Hellerup, Charlottenlund, Gentofte, Herlev, Glostrup Hospital: 44534400
In Århus and Mid Jutland tel: 70 11 31 31
In Aalborg and North Jutland tel: 70 15 03 00
On Fyn and South Jutland tel: 70 11 07 07
When calling the Doctor on Call, please have the CPR number of the ill person at hand and in the case of someone having a fever it would be beneficial if this is established. Remember to ask where to go as there are many ER rooms that serve as consultation rooms.
24-hour Pharmacies
Find the nearest pharmacy to you with the help of the following link:
https://www.apoteket.dk/findapotek?filter
If you need help with finding pharmacies give us a call!
Dental
Dental work is not covered by the Danish healthcare system for people over 18. . After you have registered at a Danish Kommune, you will be invited to an appointment for each of your children. Orthodontia is also covered for children. If required, your child’s dentist will make a recommendation for an orthodontic assessment. You will be notified as to when your child is scheduled for their assessment.
None of the mentioned numbers are open 24 hours, there will be service hours only, usually Saturdays and Sundays around 10am to 12noon
Copenhagen
Oslo Plads 2100 København Ø
tel: 14 35 38 02 51
North of Copenhagen
Carlsbergvej 3400 Hillerød
tel: 13 70 25 00 41
North of Jutland tel: 70 20 02 55
Mid Jutland, Århus tel: 40 51 51 62
On Fyn and South Jutland tel: 65 41 45 51
Call us if you need further information!