Who Holds the Record · country brief · data as of 2026-10-02Who holds the health record in Denmark?
In 2026, Denmark scores 70 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 2 of 65 countries, in the Strong band (65 to 84). Who holds the keys: Shared. Source: Who Holds the Record, SuperTruth, data as of 2026-10-02.
Danes see hospital records, labs and medicines on sundhed.dk and can block lookups, but GP notes are only now arriving and registers have no opt-out.
Published · updated · data as of 2026-10-02 · research tool, not legal advice
Can I get my health records in Denmark?
Access to the full record scores 78 of 100 in Denmark, against a median of 62 across 65 countries. The Commission gave Denmark a 98% eHealth maturity score for 2025, and over 3 million Danes use sundhed.dk or MinSundhed each year. GP notes are only starting to appear, and the full hospital record still needs an access request.
Can I control who sees my health record in Denmark?
Control and consent scores 70 of 100 in Denmark, against a median of 52 across 65 countries. Patients can refuse lookups by named staff, units or time periods, and can block access on sundhed.dk. A log on sundhed.dk shows who looked, but treatment lookups need no consent and refusals give way to overriding interests.
Eight rights, against Finland, Estonia, Hungary and the EU
| Patient access to the full record20% | 78 | 76 · 80 · 72 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient control and consent20% | 70 | 74 · 68 · 72 | |
| Privacy and security15% | 62 | 62 · 55 · 62 | |
| Connected care journey15% | 82 | 82 · 80 · 78 | |
| Protection from commercial use10% | 58 | 68 · 58 · 55 | |
| Clinician access at the point of care10% | 78 | 76 · 75 · 76 | |
| Research and trial consent5% | 49 | 58 · 50 · 47 | |
| Clinical AI governance5% | 50 | 50 · 50 · 54 |
Black dot: Denmark. Hollow dots: Finland, Estonia, Hungary (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 65 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Denmark 70, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; gaps of 4 or less are ties.
What would Denmark need to change to score higher?
Denmark sits in Strong (65 to 84); Leading starts at 85. The two rights furthest below the 65-country median, weighted, are research and trial consent (49, median 49) and clinical AI governance (50, median 50). The published rubric reads:
- Research and trial consent: A general opt-out that is honoured, or dynamic or opt-in consent, with a public register of research uses: 55 to 85.
- Clinical AI governance: Device regulation of clinical AI with change control and human oversight in force, plus national rules where EU law leaves gaps.
Which laws give health record rights in Denmark?
- Danish Health Act (Sundhedsloven), LBK 275 of 2025 (2025): Right of access within 7 working days, treatment lookups, right to refuse lookups, research disclosure rules.
- Act no. 717 of 20 June 2025 amending the Health Act (2025): Lets providers withhold staff names from access requests; Ét Kontaktpunkt research data entry starts on a ministerial date.
- L 44 (2025-26) amending the Health Act, adopted 16 December 2025 (2025): Moves Health Data Authority tasks to Digital Sundhed Danmark; lets pharmacy staff look up prescriptions.
Strain and split context, not scored
- Doctors per 10,000
- 45.3 2023 · OECD 10 of 38
- Nurses and midwives per 10,000
- 109 2023 · OECD 17 of 38
- Private insurance + out-of-pocket
- 16.6% 2023 · OECD 26 of 35
- Record reaches private care?
- partial
"Du kan se notater og epikriser fra alle offentlige hospitaler samt en stadig stigende andel af privathospitaler."
Published stories
- 2026-03-27 · Styrelsen for Patientklager (Danish Patient Complaints Board), 26SFP21 Clinic told a patient abroad to fetch their record in person on USB
- 2025-03-19 · TV 2 Øst Women found in their access logs that a doctor had looked up their records
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