Login options with MitID Erhverv

With MitID Erhverv, your organisation can choose how you prefer to log in and  digitally on behalf of your organisation.

MitID Erhverv is flexible, so your organisation can determine how employees log in and sign with their digital signature when acting on behalf of the organisation. For example, when your employees need to:

  • report to the Tax Agency (Skat)
  • access to the organisation's Digital Post
  • apply for reimbursements in NemRefusion.

Your organisation can choose between 2 ways for employees to use MitID Erhverv:

  • Use private MitID: This is the MitID that employees already have and use in their personal capacity, for example, to log in to their personal online banking accounts.
  • Use a separate MitID: Create and use a new MitID that employees will only use when acting on behalf of your organisation.

Use private MitID to act on behalf of the organisation

A private MitID is the MitID that individuals use in their personal capacity, such as logging into their own online banking accounts or accessing to private Digital Post.

It is possible to use a private MitID when acting on behalf of your organisation in MitID Erhverv. For example, when employees log in to apply for reimbursements in NemRefusion, they will use their private MitID by entering the user ID they use, for example when accessing their online personal banking accounts. Once logged in, they will be prompted to log in as a private individual or as an employee of your organisation.

Some individuals are automatically given the option to use their private MitID when acting digitally on behalf of the organisation. This typically happens when:

  • The organisation only has one individual who acts on its behalf.
  • The individual has the sole authority to represent the organisation, for example, as a business owner.

In other cases, both the organisation and individual employees must allow the use of private MitID when acting digitally on behalf of the organisation.

Organisation and employee data are completely separate in MitID Erhverv

When employees use their MitID to act digitally on behalf of the organisation, the MitID includes:

  • Data about the employee as a private individual
  • Data about the employee in their capacity as a representative of the organisation

These data are completely separate within MitID Erhverv, and there is no mixing of data.

The organisation administrator in MitID Erhverv is responsible for determining whether the organisation can allow employees to use their private MitID to act digitally on its behalf. Find the guide here:

Edit which identification methods the organisation allows in MitID Erhverv

When your employees are careated as users in MitID Erhverv, they must activate themselves as users in MitID Erhverv. During activation, users must accept that they will use their private MitID when acting digitally on behalf of the organisation. Find the activation guide here:

How to activate yourself as a user in MitID Erhverv

Separate MitID: A MitID used only for business purposes

Instead of using private MitID, it is also possible to create a new MitID that employees only use when acting digitally on behalf of your organisation.

This is called a separate MitID. It means the employee will get a new MitID user ID, which they will enter when logging in or signing on behalf of the organisation.

Separate MitID on the employee's personal phone or another phone

If your employees use the MitID app, they can decide whether to have a separate MitID on:

  • their personal phone
  • a phone other than their personal phone, usually a work phone
  • both of the above

Please note that employees cannot use biometric (fingerprint or facial recognition) to authenticate if the separate MitID is on their personal phone or on a phone that already has another MitID user ID.

The organisation administrator can customise settings to determine whether employees can use private MitID or a separate MitID with the MitID app, code display, audio code reader, or chip when acting on behalf of the organisation. These setting can be set by the organisation administrator. Find the guide here:

Edit which identification methods the organisation allows in MitID Erhverv

When your employees are created as users in MitID Erhverv, they must activate themselves as users. During activation, they will be asked whether they want a separate MitID. Find the guide here:

How to activate yourself as a user in MitID Erhverv

Shared credential: Using the Same MitID user ID on behalf of multiple organisations

A MitID Erhverv user in your organisation may choose to use a separate MitID. The user can then use the same MitID user ID that your organisation has set up when acting digitally on behalf of other organisations. This can include multiple businesses, associations, or public authorities. This is called shared credential.

The user can only use shared credential if all organisations involved approve it.

When the user uses shared credential, the MitID includes data from all the organisations they act digitally for. These data are completely separated in MitID Erhverv, so there is no mixing of data.

The user can act on behalf of your organisation with MitID from another organisation via shared credential, only if the following 2 conditions are met:

  • The organisation administrator has indicated in the settings of MitID Erhverv that your organisation allows the use of shared credential.
  • The user administrator assigns MitID from another organisation as an authenticator to the user who wishes to use shared credential.

The organisation administrator decides whether your organisation allows shared MitID. The administrator can do this in MitID Erhverv. Find the guide here:

Edit which identification methods the organisation allows in MitID Erhverv

It is the user administrator who can assign a shared MitID as authenticator to users who request it. The option to assign a shared MitID is only visible when the organisation administrator has already allowed the use of shared MitID in your organisation. Find the guide here:

Edit which identification methods the organisation allows in MitID Erhverv

When the user logs into a self-service function, such as Virk or Digital Post, they will use the same MitID user ID, not matter which organisation they are acting on behalf of. After entering their MitID user ID and approving the login, the user will be prompted to choose which organisation they want to log in on behalf of. Find the guide here:

How to log in with MitID Erhverv

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