Medical Certificate in Copenhagen: Online, Same-Day from €34.99
- Certificate types covering every common Danish use case
- Doctors registered to assess cases in Denmark reviewing every case
- Same-day delivery, usually within 30 minutes on weekdays
- Full refund if the doctor cannot issue your certificate
- 🇩🇰 DKK pricing
- GDPR as implemented in Denmark
- Accepted by employers, schools & sports clubs
Yes. You can get a medical certificate in Copenhagen online, assessed by a registered doctor and returned the same day in most cases. Pricing is flat at €34.99 for any of the six certificate types, sent as a PDF. It records what the doctor assessed, for use with an employer, school, club or insurer in Denmark. Danish employers normally ask for a friattest or a mulighedserklæring from your own læge, so treat this as supporting documentation.
Last updated: 10 September 2026
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Getting a Medical Certificate in Copenhagen
Copenhagen is Denmark's capital and largest city, and carries the country's biggest and most varied employer base: government ministries and public administration, a large financial sector, the shipping and logistics industry anchored by Maersk, a growing biotech and pharma cluster, and a substantial technology sector. How sick leave actually gets handled varies a lot across that mix — a ministry or a large shipping company is likely to run a formal HR process with its own sickness policy, while a small tech startup may handle it far more informally, even though the same sygedagpengeloven sits underneath both.
The city is also home to two of Denmark's largest institutions, the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Illness affecting exams or coursework is typically handled through each institution's own process, with its own evidence requirements, so it's worth checking what your specific programme asks for before requesting documentation.
There's no clinic to visit for this in Copenhagen — the whole assessment happens online, reviewed by a doctor registered to assess cases in Denmark, wherever you are in the country when you request it. That's true whether you're in the city centre or out in the suburbs.
Copenhagen Airport, over in Tårnby on Amager, is one of the largest single worksites in the region: around 18,000 people work across the businesses on the site, about 2,800 of them directly for Københavns Lufthavne, and it moved 32,433,694 passengers in 2025 as the largest airport in the Nordic countries. A round-the-clock operation on that scale runs on early, late and night shifts, where one person calling in sick has to be covered by someone else before the shift starts rather than sorted out later in the week. The airport also sits on both sides of our own range — Fit to Fly for passengers whose carrier wants medical sign-off before departure, Sick Leave and Return to Work for the people who keep the place running. All six certificate types cost the same €34.99. Whether a particular airline accepts a fit-to-fly letter is the airline's decision and not the airport's, so read the carrier's own medical clearance rules before you order anything.
Region Hovedstaden is the one Danish region with no regional lægevagt number: outside your own læge's weekday hours of roughly 08:00 to 16:00, the route is Akuttelefonen 1813, which answered 869,568 calls in 2024 at a median wait of 3 minutes 51 seconds and fields around 20,000 contacts a week. 1813 is built for acute medical need rather than administration, so a weekend call about documentation will usually point you back to your own læge on Monday morning. Getting a læge in the first place is not a given either — PLO recorded 60 per cent of all general practices closed to new patients in February 2025, up from 44 per cent in 2015, and the national capacity model published in June 2025 puts Copenhagen municipality third highest in the country at 1,882 patients per doctor capacity, behind only Lyngby-Taarbæk and Gladsaxe. None of this substitutes for treatment: Rigshospitalet, with 1,135 beds and around 8,000 staff, is the most highly specialised hospital in Denmark, and Bispebjerg og Frederiksberg covers roughly 400,000 residents in the city with about 3,000 staff. What an online assessment addresses is much narrower — the paperwork half of a short absence, on the day your employer or your institution asks for it.
Finance, government and shipping
Ministries, banks and Maersk-anchored shipping and logistics firms make up a large part of Copenhagen's employer base. Larger employers here often run a formal sickness policy — check your own contract or staff handbook for what it actually asks for and by when.
Biotech, pharma and tech
Copenhagen's biotech and pharma cluster and its growing tech sector span everything from large multinationals to small startups. Internal sickness policies vary widely between the two, so don't assume one employer's process matches another's.
University of Copenhagen and DTU
Illness affecting exams or coursework is generally handled through each institution's own process, with its own evidence requirements. Check what your specific programme requires before requesting a certificate.
A capital that draws from the whole country
People travel into Copenhagen for work from across Zealand and beyond. Being too unwell to make that trip is exactly the situation an online assessment is meant for.
All Certificate Types Available in Denmark
Every certificate type is reviewed by a doctor registered to assess cases in Denmark before it is issued. Choose the one that matches your situation, and check your employer's or institution's own requirements if you are unsure which format they expect.
Sick Leave Certificate
Doctor-reviewed documentation of inability to work, for situations where your employer requests something beyond your initial self-report (sygemelding). Since practice varies by employer and collective agreement, confirm accepted formats and submission timing with your employer or HR contact before you rely on it exclusively.
From €34.99Sports Fitness Certificate
For Danish sports clubs and competitions that require medical clearance before you can take part, including club sign-up, league registration, and competitive events where organisers ask for a health declaration.
From €34.99General Fitness Certificate
For gym membership and personal training sign-up in Denmark where a health declaration is requested by the provider, for example ahead of a fitness assessment or a new training programme.
From €34.99General Medical Certificate
For insurance claims, visa applications, legal proceedings, university mitigating circumstances, and other situations in Denmark requiring general medical documentation not covered by the other certificate types above.
From €34.99How It Works in Copenhagen
Complete assessment
3-5 minutes. Select your certificate type, confirm Denmark as your country, and answer relevant health questions as accurately as you can. No payment is taken at this stage.
A doctor reviews your case
Reviewed by a doctor registered to assess cases in Denmark, generally during business hours (9am-6pm CET/CEST, Monday-Friday). The doctor may request more information before deciding whether it is appropriate to issue a certificate.
Receive your PDF
Emailed same day, usually within 30 minutes of approval, with the reviewing doctor's details and a verification reference that lets anyone checking the certificate confirm it is genuine.
Who Asks for a Medical Certificate in Copenhagen
Copenhagen employers
A certificate from a doctor registered to assess cases in Denmark can serve as a friattest where your employer requests one. Under the sygedagpengeloven, your employer legally has the right to request one from day 1 of an absence, at their own expense, though in practice many only ask after an initial self-report period of a few days — check your employer's own policy or collective agreement (overenskomst) for the timing that applies to you.
Universities and colleges
Commonly requested as supporting documentation where illness has affected exams or coursework. Each institution sets its own evidence requirements, so check what your programme actually asks for.
Sports clubs and gyms
Copenhagen's clubs and gyms may ask for a medical clearance before participation, particularly for contact sport or a new training programme. The requirement is set by the club or provider, not nationally.
Insurers and other bodies
General medical certificates are sometimes requested to support insurance claims or similar administrative matters. What generally matters is that a genuine assessment took place, not the particular format it arrived in.
Denmark Pricing: All Certificate Types
| Certificate Type | Our Price | Typical Private Doctor Visit |
|---|---|---|
| Sick Leave Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| Sports Fitness Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| General Fitness Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| Fit to Fly Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| Return to Work Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| General Medical Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
Private doctor visit costs shown are typical ranges for a general private consultation in Denmark and vary by location and provider; actual costs for a specific certificate type may differ from a standard consultation fee.
Denmark Legal Snapshot: What Applies in Copenhagen
Sick-leave and certificate rules are set nationally, so what follows applies in Copenhagen exactly as it does anywhere else in Denmark.
Yes — you can get a medical certificate (doctor's note) in Denmark online, reviewed by a registered doctor and usually issued the same day, from €34.99. In Denmark, employees generally self-report sickness (sygemelding) directly to their employer. Under the sygedagpengeloven (the Danish Sickness Benefits Act), an employer legally has the right to request a "friattest" (a doctor's certificate confirming inability to work) from the very first day of an absence, at the employer's expense, though in practice many only ask for one after an initial self-notification period of around 1-3 days. For longer or recurring absences, an employer may also request a "mulighedserklæring" (a capability statement used to plan a return to work). Practice varies considerably by employer and by collective agreement (overenskomst), so it is always worth checking with your employer or union about the specific documentation timing that applies to you. For sport, gym, travel, or general purposes, a separate certificate type applies: see the full list below. In everyday English this is often just called a doctor's note for Denmark, even where the official local term differs.
| Local document name | Sygemelding is the self-report you generally make directly to your employer. Beyond an initial period, an employer may generally request a "friattest" (doctor's certificate confirming inability to work) or a "mulighedserklæring" (capability statement for planning a return to work). |
|---|---|
| Typical self-report period | Commonly the first 1-3 days of sickness absence, when many employers accept self-notification alone as a matter of practice, though this varies by employer and by collective agreement |
| When a certificate may generally be requested | Legally, an employer may request a friattest from day 1 of an absence under the sygedagpengeloven; in practice, most wait until beyond an initial self-notification period, particularly for longer or recurring absences, with exact timing set by employer policy or collective agreement |
| Who can generally issue it | A doctor (læge) |
| Submission process | Generally as directed by your employer's own sickness policy or an applicable collective agreement (overenskomst) |
| Governing framework | The sygedagpengeloven (Danish Sickness Benefits Act) gives employers the legal right to request documentation, together with any applicable collective agreement; there is no single statutory day-count that applies uniformly to every employee, since the law allows a request from day 1 but many employers wait longer in practice |
| Data protection law | GDPR as implemented in Denmark |
Note on documentation timing: Denmark has no statutory self-certification window that shields an employee from a certificate request for a fixed number of days. Under the sygedagpengeloven, an employer may legally request a friattest from day 1 of an absence, at the employer's cost, though many wait longer in practice. Some collective agreements set specific day thresholds; others leave the timing to employer discretion entirely. Always confirm your own obligations and entitlements directly with your employer, HR department, or trade union before relying on any general description, including this one.
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Reg. #Medical Certificates in Copenhagen: Common Questions
No. The assessment is completed online by a doctor registered to assess cases in Denmark, so your location within the country makes no difference to the process or the price. This page exists because people search for their own city, not because the service works differently in Copenhagen.
Our certificate is €34.99 flat, including the doctor's review, the PDF and its verification reference. A typical private doctor consultation in Denmark commonly falls in the €50-€120 range and can run higher for a same-day slot in a major city. A certificate is not a substitute for care, though — if you need to be examined or treated, see a doctor in person.
Legally, yes — under the sygedagpengeloven, your employer has the right to request a friattest from the very first day of an absence, at their own cost. In practice, though, many employers only ask for one after an initial self-report (sygemelding) period of around 1-3 days, and some wait longer still. Practice varies by employer and by collective agreement, so check your own employer's policy or overenskomst rather than assuming either extreme applies to you.
Generally yes, provided it is issued by a doctor (læge) following a genuine assessment — that is what matters under Danish practice, not whether the consultation happened in person or online. Employers also apply their own internal sickness policy on top of that, so if you're unsure, it's worth asking HR before you need the certificate rather than during.
Same day, usually within 30 minutes of the doctor approving your case during business hours. Some cases take longer where the doctor needs more information from you before deciding.
That is the normal answer from 1813, because Akuttelefonen exists for acute medical need rather than documentation, and your own læge is typically only reachable 08:00 to 16:00 on weekdays. An online request does not depend on either: a doctor registered to assess cases in Denmark reviews it and, where approved, the €34.99 Sick Leave certificate is issued the same day. If you are genuinely unwell rather than just short of paperwork, call 1813 anyway and treat the certificate as a separate errand.
No. Under the Danish rules on the use of health information in the labour market, a doctor may not pass a diagnosis or condition-specific health details to your employer, and a friattest is deliberately minimal — in the wording the Lægeforeningen sets out, it states only that on the basis of the doctor's assessment that day you are considered unfit for work due to illness. Your employer is entitled to know what you currently cannot do, not what you have. That holds whether the assessment happened in a consulting room or online.
You pay us at checkout, yes. In Denmark the cost of documentation the employer has asked for is normally the employer's to carry, but the route differs by document: a mulighedserklæring is invoiced straight to them, while a friattest or varighedserklæring is typically billed to whoever requested it and then claimed back from the employer. So keep the receipt and ask HR how they want it submitted. We cannot invoice your employer directly.
No, and this one is worth being straight about. A mulighedserklæring is governed by section 36 a of the sygedagpengeloven and is a three-party document: you and your employer complete the first part together at a conversation about what you can still manage, and only then does a læge complete the second part on that basis, with the employer paying for it. That requires a doctor working from your employer's completed first part, normally your own læge. What we issue is a doctor's certificate covering an absence, which is useful where a friattest is what is wanted — it is not a route to a mulighedserklæring.
Requests are reviewed by a doctor during business hours, so a Sunday-night submission is looked at when review starts rather than overnight. Approved cases are usually issued within about 30 minutes of the doctor's decision, which in practice means Monday morning rather than Monday afternoon for most people. Separately, section 36 of the sygedagpengeloven requires your employer to allow a reasonable deadline for producing documentation, and says the earliest they can require a written sygemelding in your hands is the second day of absence, with Sundays and public holidays not counted. So pressure to have something in place before your first meeting of the week is usually company policy rather than law.
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- ✓Issued only after a genuine clinical review
- ✓Unique reference code, checkable by anyone
- ✓Covers sick leave, fitness-to-work & carer's leave
- ✓Delivered as a signed PDF within the hour
