.dk Domain
Denmark's Official Country Domain
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This domain has registration restrictions
Anyone worldwide may register a .dk, but the registrant has to pass an identity and contact-data check, and the register publishes the holder's name, address and telephone number. Read the full eligibility rules.
What is a .dk domain?
The .dk domain is Denmark's country code, managed by Punktum dk (formerly DK Hostmaster). Denmark consistently ranks among the world's most digitally advanced nations, and .dk is the domain Danish consumers prefer. Registration requires a valid contact, and the registry operates a transparent WHOIS system. For UK businesses working with Danish partners or targeting Scandinavian consumers, .dk provides the local trust signal that matters in Nordic markets.
Who should register .dk?
Danish businesses, Scandinavian organisations, UK companies with Danish operations, and brands targeting the Nordic consumer market.
Why choose .dk?
- Denmark's official country code
- Preferred by Danish consumers over .com
- One of the world's most digitally advanced markets
- Transparent registry with strong trust signals
Who runs .dk, and since when
Registry data from the .dk delegation record held by IANA, which maintains the internet's root zone. Eligibility comes from the registry's own policy, and the prices are ours.
- Extension type
- Country-code (ccTLD)
- Registry operator
- Dansk Internet Forum
- The organisation that runs the extension
- In the root zone since
- 1987
- Delegated 14 July 1987
- Who can register
- Open worldwide, but every registrant must pass a Punktum dk identity and data check
- Checked against the registry's own policy
- Our price
- £26.99 a year
- Ex VAT. Renews at the same price
The .dk identity check and what the register publishes
Denmark asks who you are, and then tells everybody. That is the honest summary of .dk, and both halves of it are policy rather than accident. Punktum dk, which says the Danish Business Authority has entrusted it with the task since 1999, runs the register; IANA still records Dansk Internet Forum as the manager of the country code, delegated in July 1987.
Everyone living in Denmark has to complete an identity check before a .dk becomes active. A private individual signs in with MitID, supplies a CPR number and lets Punktum dk match the name and address against the CPR register; somebody acting for a company uses a MitID employee signature and is matched against the CVR business register. Email addresses are verified separately, by replying to a message. Registrants living outside Denmark are not exempt: their contact information is checked on a risk-based assessment, so a UK registrant may or may not be asked, and cannot plan on being ignored.
The deadlines are firm. A new registrant who does not complete the check within the time limit set can have the domain suspended, and a suspended domain is deleted after 30 days. The terms give 25 days to answer a request from Punktum dk about identity or contact details before the agreement can be terminated. None of that is unusual in wording. What is unusual is that the registry runs it.
Then the publication side. Punktum dk states that its WHOIS database contains accurate information about the name, address and telephone number of a registrant, and that email addresses of companies which are not sole proprietorships must as a general rule be published too. Register a .dk with an address you are content to see in public, because the usual paid privacy add-on is not what governs what a national register publishes.
Who is allowed to register .dk?
Anyone worldwide may register a .dk, but the registrant has to pass an identity and contact-data check, and the register publishes the holder's name, address and telephone number.
- Registrants living in Denmark
- A private individual verifies with MitID and a CPR number, with the name and address matched against the CPR register. Somebody registering for a company uses a MitID employee signature and is matched against the CVR business register. The domain is not fully active until that is done.
- Registrants living abroad
- There is no Danish address requirement, and no Danish representative to appoint. Contact information for registrants outside Denmark is checked on the basis of a risk-based assessment, so the check is not automatic but it is not something you can rule out either.
- Keep your details answerable
- Registrants must ensure their identity and contact information stay accurate at all times. Where a request from Punktum dk has not been answered within 25 days, the terms allow the agreement to be terminated, so a mailbox nobody reads is the usual way a good name is lost.
- What is published
- The registry states that its WHOIS contains accurate name, address and telephone details for the registrant, and that email addresses of companies which are not sole proprietorships must as a general rule also be published. Use a business address rather than a home one.
- If the check is not completed
- A new registrant who misses the time limit can have the domain suspended, and a suspended domain is deleted after 30 days if the check is still not finished. That is a live website and live email lost to an unanswered email, so treat registry mail as something to open on the day it arrives.
Rules taken from the Punktum dk terms and procedures. Registry policy can change, so check before you buy if the answer matters to you.
Not sure whether you qualify? Ask us before you order and we will check the registry rules with you. We would rather answer the question than take an order the registry will refuse.
Is .dk the right choice for you?
We would rather sell you the right extension once than the wrong one twice.
.dk works well if
- You sell to Danish consumers, who default to .dk and treat a foreign address as a reason to check the returns policy twice.
- You have a Danish entity or a Danish colleague who can complete the MitID check without a fuss.
- You want a national extension where a verified register is the point, because a namespace with real identity checks behind it is harder to abuse.
- You are building a Danish-language site and want the country signal Google says a ccTLD provides, pointed at Denmark.
Look elsewhere if
- You do not want your name, address and telephone number published. The Danish register treats accurate holder data as a feature, not a problem to be hidden behind a privacy service.
- Registry email goes to an address nobody monitors. Miss the identity check deadline and the domain is suspended, then deleted 30 days later.
- You are covering Scandinavia as one region. A .dk points at Denmark alone, and Swedish and Norwegian buyers will read it as a Danish supplier rather than a Nordic one.
Serving UK customers with a Danish supplier relationship? Keep the .co.uk for the business and use the .dk only if there is a Danish audience to serve. See .co.uk pricing.
.dk vs .com: which should you register?
The interesting difference here is not price or reach, it is how much the registry cares who you are.
A .com asks nothing. You supply contact details, nobody matches them against anything, and privacy services are widely sold to keep them out of public view. A .dk runs an identity check against national registers for anyone living in Denmark, checks foreign registrants on a risk basis, and publishes the holder's name, address and telephone number as a matter of policy.
Whether that is a cost or a benefit depends on which side of the register you are standing on. As a buyer of a Danish site it is reassuring, and it is part of why Danish consumers trust the extension. As a registrant it means paperwork, deadlines and publicity you cannot buy your way out of. Choose the .dk when you want the trust, and use a business address rather than a home one when you do.
| .dk | .com | |
|---|---|---|
| Local presence needed | No | No |
| Identity check | MitID in Denmark, risk-based abroad | None |
| Holder details published | Name, address and telephone | Often hidden by a privacy service |
| Missed check | Suspension, deletion after 30 days | Not applicable |
| Country signal | Denmark | None |
.dk domain questions, answered
What people ask us before registering a .dk domain.
Can't find what you're looking for?
Ask us directlyYes. There is no Danish address requirement and no Danish representative to appoint. What applies instead is a check: everyone living in Denmark completes an identity check through MitID, and for registrants living elsewhere Punktum dk checks contact information on the basis of a risk-based assessment. Give real, current details you can evidence, and keep the contact mailbox monitored, because the deadlines for answering the registry are short.
Yes, by design. Punktum dk states that its WHOIS database contains accurate information about the name, address and telephone number of a registrant, and that email addresses of companies which are not sole proprietorships must as a general rule also be published. This is a national register with identity checks behind it rather than a commercial namespace with privacy sold as an extra. Register with a business address you are happy to publish.
The domain gets suspended, and if the check is still not completed it is deleted 30 days later. The terms also allow Punktum dk to terminate the agreement where a registrant cannot ensure their identity and contact information are accurate, or where a request has gone unanswered for 25 days. A live site and live email can be lost to an email nobody opened, so put the registry's address on a mailbox somebody actually reads.
Punktum dk operates the register and says the Danish Business Authority has entrusted it with the task since 1999. The IANA root zone record still lists Dansk Internet Forum as the manager of the country code, which was delegated in July 1987. For a buyer the practical answer is Punktum dk: it is the body that runs the identity checks, publishes the terms, and is the one that will contact you if something about your registration needs answering.
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