Working as a physician in Denmark
What official sources say about working as a physician in Denmark: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
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
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Denmark: ≈ 5,783 EUR/month (gross, 2022), from Eurostat. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of physicians alone.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Denmark.
- 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.
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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 citation
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