Denmark

Current plate formats

• StandardSince 1976
  DKAB 12 345

  Two letters and five digits. Black on white with a red border for private use (since 1976; earlier plates were white on black); the EU strip has been optional since 12 October 2009. Since 2012 numbering is random; before that the digit range showed the vehicle type. Plates do not follow the owner and are usually handed in when a vehicle is traded in.

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• CommercialCurrent
  DKBC 23 456

  Same layout on yellow for most commercial vehicles (not taxis or hearses). Hearses are registered as commercial but carry white plates. Vans that may also be used privately carry "parrot plates" (yellow letters, white digits) since 1 January 2009.

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• TaxiCurrent
  DKDE 98 765

  Taxis and limousines keep the digit pairs 98 and 99 on white plates, even after numbering became random.

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• DiplomaticCurrent
  DKAJ 76 123

  White on blue. The digit pair 76 is used for diplomatic corps plates and 77 for consular corps, international organisations and NATO. The letters start from AJ.

  white on blue

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History

1. 1966

   The central motor vehicle register is set up and a nationwide series starts at AA.

2. 1976

   White reflective plates with a red border and black characters replace the black plates with white characters (yellow for commercial vehicles).

3. 2009

   Plates with the EU strip become available as an option (12 October). The strip stays optional.

4. 2012

   Numbering becomes fully random, so the digits no longer show the vehicle type.

Related countries

EU-style plates

• Austria
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czechia
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden