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# Working as a physician in Denmark

In Denmark, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 5,783 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Physician is a regulated profession in Denmark. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 5,783 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V; Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice; Doctor in Basic Medicine; Apply to STPS for medical authorization and permission to practise independently; specialist status requires separate specialist registration. A zero quota for most third-country doctor applications applies through 2026-12-31, with stated exceptions such as a specially requested healthcare-professional offer or existing Danish residence.; Doctor in Basic (listed) and Specialised Medicine in field not listed in Annex V
- Recognition authority: Danish Patient Safety Authority (STPS) for medical authorization, independent-practice permission and specialist registration.
- Language requirement: For the third-country route, STPS requires Prøve i dansk 3 before medical tests and the Danish health-legislation course. The EU/EEA route does not publish that same general test requirement.

## Sources

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
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
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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in Denmark: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a8959a0f1d8aff2ca58f01e2775c660e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/denmark/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_physician-in-denmark-salary-and-recognition_6f254db69fa7,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Physician in Denmark: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {a8959a0f1d8aff2ca58f01e2775c660e},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/denmark/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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