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Lease termination letter template for Denmark

Tenant's notice to end the leaseOpsigelse af lejemål

The tenant's written notice that ends an open-ended residential lease. The notice period is 3 months to the first weekday of a month that is not the day before a public holiday, or 1 month for a room in the landlord's own home, unless the lease sets other terms.

Use it when you rent a home from a private landlord and want to leave. You need no reason. Check the lease first: a fixed-term lease cannot be ended early unless it says so, and section 11 of the standard form may set a longer notice or a period in which you cannot terminate. The landlord's notice follows different rules: only on grounds listed in the law, in writing, and with at least 1 year's notice when the landlord wants to live in the home.

Reviewed October 28, 2026. Not legal advice. Have a notary or lawyer check your case before you sign.

Key facts

Applies to
Denmark (not the Faroe Islands or Greenland). Private residential lets under lejeloven. Social housing (almene boliger) has its own rules.
Tenant's notice
3 months to the first weekday of a month that is not the day before a public holiday (lejeloven § 175(1)).
Room in the landlord's own home
1 month (§ 175(1), with § 170, nr. 1).
Other terms
The lease may set other notice terms for the tenant (§ 169(1)). Check section 11 of the form.
Fixed-term lease
Ends at the agreed date without notice. Cannot be ended early unless agreed or the other party is in breach (§ 173(1)).
Spouse's consent
Needed to give notice of the family home (§ 169(2)).
Viewings
At least 2 hours every second weekday, at a time the tenant sets (§ 186(1)).
New address
Tell the landlord at least 8 days before moving out (§ 186(2)).
Moving out early
Rent stays due until the lease ends. The landlord must try to relet and deduct what it earns or should have earned (§ 175(3)).
Landlord's notice
Only on grounds in §§ 170-171. In writing, not digital. Must state the tenant's right to object within 6 weeks (§§ 13(2), 176).

The document

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Tenant's notice to end the lease

  1. 1.Sender and recipient

    1. 1.1

      Tenant or tenants giving notice, Address of the rented home. To Landlord or administrator, Landlord's address or email. Place of writing, on Date of writing.

      Give floor and door in the address. Use the landlord's address in the lease, or the latest one the landlord gave you.

  2. 2.Notice

    1. 2.1

      I/we hereby give notice to end the tenancy of Address of the rented home under the lease dated Date of the lease, with the notice period of the Rent Act, to move out on Date the lease ends.

      If you are unsure of the date, write "eller førstkommende lovlige fraflytningsdag" (or the first lawful move-out date) after it.

    2. 2.2

      I/we ask for written confirmation of receipt of this notice and of the date the tenancy ends.

  3. 3.Spouse's consent

    1. 3.1

      Optional

      The undersigned Spouse's name consents, as spouse, to the notice ending the tenancy of the family home.

      Keep it when a spouse who is not a tenant lives in the home. The law requires the spouse's consent to end the lease of the family home (§ 169(2)).

  4. 4.Viewings

    1. 4.1

      Prospective tenants may view the home Times for viewings. Contact Contact for viewings and inspection about viewings.

      Offer at least 2 hours every second weekday.

  5. 5.Move-out inspection and new address

    1. 5.1

      I/we ask for a written summons to the move-out inspection. My/our new address, to which notices can be sent, is: New address.

      If you do not know the new address yet, give it at least 8 days before you move out.

  6. 6.Deposit and prepaid rent

    1. 6.1

      I/we set off the prepaid rent against the last part of the tenancy. Please transfer the deposit, less documented claims, to account Bank account for the deposit refund.

      After notice, the law lets the tenant set off prepaid rent against the last months (§ 59(3)). Delete the first sentence if you paid no prepaid rent.

  7. 7.Signatures

    1. 7.1

      Kind regards. Signature of each tenant: Tenant or tenants giving notice.

      Every tenant named in the lease signs.

Formalities

  1. The standard lease form requires written notice.
  2. Send it so you can prove when it arrived: by email or digital post with a reply, by registered letter, or by hand against a dated signature.
  3. Digital messages are valid unless you or the landlord refused them with 1 month's notice, or one of you is exempt from Digital Post.
  4. Every tenant named in the lease signs. The spouse must consent to a notice of the family home (§ 169(2)).
  5. The notice period runs from the day the landlord receives the notice.
  6. Until the lease ends you pay rent, and you must let prospective tenants view the home.

Common mistakes

  • Counting the 3 months from the day you send the notice. They run from the day the landlord receives it, to the first weekday of a month.
  • Giving notice on a fixed-term lease. Unless the lease allows it, you are bound until the end date.
  • Missing the terms in section 11 of the lease. A longer notice or a period without termination binds you if it is there.
  • Signing alone when there are co-tenants or a spouse in the home. Ask every co-tenant to sign, and get the spouse's consent.
  • Moving out early and stopping the rent. You owe rent until the lease ends, less what the landlord earns or should have earned by reletting.
  • Leaving without giving a new address. The landlord sends the move-out summons and the repair claims to it.

Legal basis

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