EU Wallet Tracker · Country evidence

Denmark digital identity wallet: progress, builders and timeline

AltID wallet live since 3 Jun 2026 with ID and age credentials under Law 301; 281k users by Aug; EUDI certification not yet shown.

Evidenced stage
Publicly available
Wallet and approach
AltID

dedicated app

Delivery and supplier
Delivery body: Digitaliseringsstyrelsen (Agency for Digital Government)

Builder: Nine A/S

Next target
Date not publicly confirmed

Not publicly confirmed

vs 24 Dec 2026
before

AltID downloadable since 2026-06-03 with identity and age credentials; 281,390 created by 2026-08-04; Law 301 in force 2026-04-01. Art.5c certification and Commission listing not confirmed.

Researched 7 Oct 2026

EU Wallet Scorecard v1.0

Overall C, 62.7Rank 3 of 27 by score

Wallet delivery
55.0 C 50% evidence coverage
Inputs and sources
Rules and governance
0.0 Limited 0% evidence coverage
Inputs and sources
  • Wallet-specific national law: none-found No official source found (checked 16 Oct 2026)
  • Wallet supervisor: none-found No official source found (checked 16 Oct 2026)
  • Relying-party registration: none-found No official source found (checked 16 Oct 2026)
  • National wallet certification scheme: none-found No official source found (checked 16 Oct 2026)
  • Accredited conformity assessor: none-found No official source found (checked 16 Oct 2026)
eID foundation
99.2 A 100% evidence coverage
Inputs and sources
Cross-border
60.3 C 100% evidence coverage
Inputs and sources
People and use
99.0 A 100% evidence coverage
Inputs and sources

Grades describe published evidence, not legal compliance. Open the full scorecard.

Opportunities and next steps

Open tenders

None publicly listed as of 2026-10-07.

Named builders and suppliers

Wallet builder: Nine A/S.

Relying-party registration

Not open yet. No confirmed registration route

Source

Delivery body official page

None publicly listed as of 2026-10-07.

Alerts and contact

The wallet and what you can use today

Wallet name
AltID
Approach
dedicated app

Enrols with MitID; does not replace it

AltID app for ID and age proof in person or online (Denmark only); MitID for login and signing across public and banking services.

Existing eID

MitID (public/bank partnership); NemLog-in broker

generally available

5.3m MitID users, 97% of population 15+; AltID requires MitID and CPR for enrolment.

Milestone ladder

  • Law in forcedone · 1 Apr 2026

    Law No.301 on the national digital identity wallet in force

  • Builder nameddone · 7 Apr 2025

    Nine A/S awarded DKK 29m core development contract

  • Pilot evidencednot publicly confirmed

    No pilot phase evidenced in sources

  • Public betanot publicly confirmed
  • Generally availabledone · 3 Jun 2026

    Public launch; age 13+, MitID and CPR required

  • EUDI certifiednot publicly confirmed

    No Art.5c certificate or Commission listing confirmed; domestic register is not the eIDAS2 RP register

Who is accountable

Policy
Minister for Digitalisation
Delivery
Digitaliseringsstyrelsen (Agency for Digital Government)
Builder
Nine A/S

Organisations involved

state

Digitaliseringsstyrelsen

Operates AltID and NemLog-in; co-owns MitID; eIDAS2 authority

private

Nine A/S

Builds AltID core components (DKK 29m contract)

private

IN Groupe Denmark A/S

MitID supplier and data processor; NemLog-in contractor to 2028

bank

Finans Danmark

Co-owns MitID on behalf of financial institutions

private

Aeven A/S

Runs NemLog-in infrastructure to 2029

private

IN Groupe Signaturgruppen A/S

Certified private MitID broker

Next target and schedule

Next dated target not publicly confirmed.

Against the EU baseline: 24 Dec 2026

before

Domestic launch six months before the EU baseline; whether this configuration counts as the certified EUDI wallet is unconfirmed.

Unknown means not publicly confirmed. It is not a finding that a deadline was missed.

Dated milestones

Consortia

Consortia

Not publicly confirmed in this record.

What isn’t publicly confirmed

What isn't publicly confirmed

  • Art.5c certification of AltID and assessor
  • Commission notification and wallet listing
  • Separate EUDI PID provider and RP registrar designations
  • Production WRPAC/WRPRC certificate layer
  • When the domestic app becomes the certified cross-border configuration
  • Art.48a statistics publication

Why it matters for Ireland

Denmark shipped a working wallet early by bootstrapping from MitID and buying a DKK 29m build; a live verifier-design reference for Irish businesses, though not yet usable cross-border.

Companies and projects in the explorer

Companies and projects in the explorer

Nine

Technology supplier

Wallets

MitID

State-and-bank identity service

Identity verification

AltID

National credential app

Wallets

NemLog-in

Government sign-on infrastructure

Infrastructure

Signicat

Private identity broker

Identity verification

ReadID

NFC identity verification product

Identity verification

DC4EU

Digital identity consortium programme

Wallets

Sources

  1. Law on the national digital identity wallet (Law No.301) (opens in a new tab) · 25 Feb 2026
  2. L48 explanatory notes (opens in a new tab) · 22 Oct 2025
  3. AltID launch (Nu kan du downloade AltID) (opens in a new tab) · 3 Jun 2026
  4. AltID (opens in a new tab) · Publication date not recorded
  5. AltID for organisations (opens in a new tab) · Publication date not recorded
  6. DIGST statistics (opens in a new tab) · 4 Aug 2026
  7. New digital identity wallet in development (Nine contract) (opens in a new tab) · 7 Apr 2025
  8. eIDAS2 and the digital identity wallet (opens in a new tab) · Publication date not recorded
  9. About MitID (opens in a new tab) · Publication date not recorded

Corrections

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Compare with Ireland

Compare with Ireland

Denmark

Evidenced stage
Publicly available
Wallet and approach
AltID

dedicated app

Delivery and supplier
Delivery body: Digitaliseringsstyrelsen (Agency for Digital Government)

Builder: Nine A/S

Next target
Date not publicly confirmed

Not publicly confirmed

vs 24 Dec 2026
before

Ireland

Evidenced stage
Pilot / testing
Wallet and approach
Government Digital Wallet

dedicated app

Delivery and supplier
Delivery body: Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO), DPER

Builder: Built in-house by Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO), DPER

Next target
2026

Wider public launch of the Government Digital Wallet

Banks and other private services required to use strong customer authentication must accept EU wallets from 24 Dec 2027 under eIDAS 2 Art. 5f(2) (opens in a new tab); micro and small enterprises are exempt.

vs 24 Dec 2026
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