Denmark's EU wallet AltID: live since June 2026, with ID and age credentials
AltID, Denmark's EU Digital Identity Wallet, launched in June 2026 with an ID card and an age credential. Signing documents is still to come.
Denmark already has its EU Digital Identity Wallet. AltID, the country's official app for ID and digital credentials, launched in June 2026. It was developed by the Agency for Digital Government (Digitaliseringsstyrelsen) because every EU country must give its citizens a digital identity wallet, and it is regulated by Act 301 on the national digital identity wallet.
What AltID does today
- Two credentials: an ID card (with photo, or an identity credential without photo) and an age credential. They can be used, for example, to collect parcels or to prove your age when buying alcohol or tobacco.
- Who can use it: everyone over 13 with MitID and a CPR number. A passport or ID card with a chip is needed only to add your photo.
- Privacy: the credentials are stored locally on the phone, and you choose what to share, for example your name without your CPR number.
- Not a replacement: AltID does not replace MitID, and using it is voluntary.
AltID follows a common European standard, so Danish organisations that accept it will over time be able to accept wallets from other EU countries in the same way.
What is still to come
Under eIDAS 2, the wallet must also let people sign digital documents, and public authorities and selected sectors must accept it for authentication and signing. The agency is rolling AltID out step by step, adding functions gradually; more credentials from authorities and companies will follow in the coming years.
For the EU-wide deadline, see EU Digital Identity Wallet: the December 2026 deadline.
What to do now
For contracts in Denmark nothing changes yet: the three levels of electronic signature and their legal effect stay the same, and AltID does not sign documents today.
Dazr Sign gives a simple electronic signature with an audit trail and a sealed PDF for everyday documents. Where a document needs more, choose for that signer an ID-verified advanced signature, or Signs with a qualified signature: they sign with their own qualified certificate, and Dazr Sign checks it against the EU trusted lists. Check which level your documents need: Which signature do I need?
Sources
- Digitaliseringsstyrelsen: AltID
- Digitaliseringsstyrelsen: Om AltID (background, legal basis, future)
- Digitaliseringsstyrelsen: eIDAS2 og den digitale identitetstegnebog
- Digitaliseringsstyrelsen: AltID for organisations
- borger.dk: AltID
For information only, not legal advice. Last updated 11 November 2026.
Also available in: Dansk