Customs rules in Denmark

There are special rules concerning what you can bring with you duty-free when you move to Denmark, or when you arrive in Denmark from abroad.

If you are moving from an EU country to Denmark, you can usually take your furniture and household effects with you without having to pay duties or VAT. If you have questions about this, you can contact the Danish Customs Agency.

When, as a private individual, you move to Denmark from a country outside the EU, such as Iceland or Norway, you must as a general rule pay duty and VAT on your personal belongings. However, it is possible to import your personal property both duty-free and VAT-free if they meet a number of conditions.

Personal belongings are ordinary household items, such as furniture, clothes, bicycles, kitchen equipment and white goods. It is a requirement that you have been in possession of and used the items for a minimum of six months in order for you to be able to import them duty-free as household effects.

When the goods arrive you must ensure an import declaration is made, for which a ‘single administrative document’ must be used. Your carrier or freight forwarder will usually take care of this.

You must also fill in a declaration form on the personal belongings. The form is used to provide information about the goods and to declare to the customs authorities that the goods comply with the rules for tariff exemption.

There are also a number of other conditions, which you can read about at the website of the Danish Customs Agency, where you will also find links to the forms that must be filled in.