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# Working as a nurse in Denmark

In Denmark, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 5,445 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Nurse is a regulated profession in Denmark. Foreign qualifications go through: Apply to STPS for the authorization matching the actual national profession. EU/EEA nurse and midwife routes request professional qualification and current-status documents; third-country routes include profession-specific qualification checks and may require language, tests or evaluation employment. ISCO 3221/3222 associate roles are not assumed to be nurse/midwife licences. In Denmark, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals": ≈ 5,445 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Apply to STPS for the authorization matching the actual national profession. EU/EEA nurse and midwife routes request professional qualification and current-status documents; third-country routes include profession-specific qualification checks and may require language, tests or evaluation employment. ISCO 3221/3222 associate roles are not assumed to be nurse/midwife licences.; Specialist Nurse; General care nurse
- Recognition authority: Danish Patient Safety Authority (STPS), for the protected nurse and midwife titles.
- Language requirement: For the STPS third-country nurse and midwife routes, the published Danish language test is Prøve i dansk 3 (Danish 3). The EU/EEA route does not publish one universal CEFR level for all target occupations.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission

## Sources

STPS lists nurse and midwife among authorization-required healthcare groups; profession-specific authorisation applies to protected Danish titles. — https://en.stps.dk/health-professionals-and-authorities/registration-of-healthcare-professionals
JSON list[].id=658450; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=2&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en
Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_25) — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_25?lang=en&format=JSON&freq=A&sex=T&indic_se=ERN&sizeclas=10-49&unit=EUR&geo=DK

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Nurse in Denmark: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 0e6788ffd6ae03ef77f2ea97ffd254d8]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/denmark/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_nurse-in-denmark-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_6a5fe3e949f9,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nurse in Denmark: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {0e6788ffd6ae03ef77f2ea97ffd254d8},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/denmark/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Nurse in Denmark: salary, recognition and shortage status](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/denmark/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 0e6788ffd6ae03ef77f2ea97ffd254d8; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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- Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/denmark/
- Title: Nurse in Denmark: salary, recognition and shortage status
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