Without a CPR number, you get MitID Erhverv as a separate MitID. Here, we guide you through the whole process in 3 phases.
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To get MitID Erhverv, you must scan your passport/ID card in the MitID app during the process.
If the app cannot scan your passport/ID card correctly, you unfortunately cannot get MitID Erhverv, even by attending a citizen service centre (borgerservice) at a municipality in Denmark.
A MitID without a CPR number, which citizen service centres can create, does not meet the security requirements for MitID Erhverv.
Check whether your passport/ID card can be scanned in the MitID app here:
Without a CPR number, you get MitID Erhverv as a separate MitID, which:
This means that you get 2 user IDs:
A user ID is what you enter when you log in or approve with MitID. When you log in to act on behalf of your organisation, you must enter the user ID for MitID Erhverv.
Your separate MitID can be used for several Danish organisations, if they allow it.
You can choose to have the 2 MitIDs on different devices, for example on separate phones, or on the same device. Please note that you cannot use biometrics (fingerprint or facial recognition) to approve in the app when you have both on the same device.
A private MitID with a P code is a private MitID that you can get if you do not have CPR number. The P code is used instead of a CPR number when you activate your private MitID.
To create a private MitID without a CPR number that meets the requirements for MitID Erhverv, you must have:
Learn more about the requirements for phones and for the chip in passports/ID cards:
MitID.dk: Technical requirements
MitID.dk: Passport/ID card requirements for MitID app
Please note that you will not be able to get MitID Erhverv if your passport or ID card cannot be scanned in the MitID app. Even though citizen service centres (in Danish: Borgerservice) in Denmark can help you create a private MitID without scanning, it does not meet the security requirements for MitID Erhverv.
When activating your private MitID, you will need an 8-digit P code. You can get the code from MitID Support by phone on 33 98 00 10.
Please note that you must be the one to call; it cannot be another person from your organisation, such as a user administrator.
The P code is valid for 60 days and can be used for 3 attempts. Once the P code has been used successfully once, it cannot be used again.
Download the MitID app from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Make sure you choose the MitID app published by the Agency for Digital Government.
Open the app and start the activation. Select “Passport/ID card”.
You must accept the terms and conditions, and the privacy policy.
You must:
Then you will need to use your phone to:
A detailed guide on how to scan your passport or ID card and your face in the MitID app can be found at MitID.dk:
The user ID you create here is only used to confirm your identity when you activate MitID Erhverv. Choose a user ID that is easy for you to remember but hard for others to guess.
Keep your user ID securely, as you may need it again, for example if you get a new phone. Without it, you will need to start over with a new P code.
Once your user ID has been created, you must enter your phone number. You will receive a temporary code by SMS, which you must enter in the MitID app to link the number.
To activate your private MitID, you must choose which device you want to use it on:
A detailed guide to activating a private MitID is available on MitID.dk:
Once your have a private MitID, you must ask the MitID Erhverv user administrator in your organisation to create you as a user in MitID Erhverv.
You must contact one of the user administrators in your organisation. If you don't know who that is, you could, for example,
Many organisations allow employees to request to be created as a user in MitID Erhverv themwelves. You can test whether this applies to your organisation by following this guide:
Request to become a user in MitID Erhverv
If you still cannot find out who the administrator is, you can contact MitID Erhverv Support to find out.
Once your user administrator has created you as a user in MitID Erhverv, you will receive an activation email from MitID Erhverv. The email is titled "Activate your user profile (in Danish: Aktivér din brugerprofil)".
Your user administrator will give you a temporary code (activation code) in a secure manner. You will need this code when activation MitID Erhverv.
You are ready to activate MitID Erhverv once you have received:
Activation works in the same way as for people with a CPR number. The guide to activating MitID Erhverv can be found here:
Activate yourself as a user in MitID Erhverv
Please note that you have been given a separate MitID. This means that:
Please keep the user ID for your private MitID safely. You may need it again, for example if you change phone.
Activate yourself as a user in MitID Erhverv
Forgotten password for MitID code display, audio code reader, or chip
You have received a new phone or new phone number
You do not have access to the self-services that you require
Which administrator can help with what?
Our administrators have left the organisation
You live in Greenland and use MitID Erhverv
How to log in with MitID Erhverv
MitID Private for Business users
View your access or rights to self-services and powers of attorneys in MitID Erhverv
Issue, download, block, or renew your user certificate
Find your UUID as a user in MitID Erhverv
Find out who the administrators are in your organisation
Gå tilbage til MitID Erhverv Brugerunivers:
Hvis du gerne vil vide om MitID Erhvervs funktioner:
Hvis du er administrator og skal udføre opgaver som administrator: