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Residential lease checklist for Denmark

Residential lease: checklist for the authorized standard formLejekontrakt for beboelse (Typeformular A, 10. udgave)

In Denmark a standardized lease is valid only on the authorized Typeformular A, 10th edition, in Danish or in the official English version from 2025. This checklist follows its sections and lists what to check and fill in: rent rules, deposit and prepaid rent caps, utilities, inspections, maintenance and special terms.

Use it when you let or rent a home from a private landlord. Download the official form, fill it in section by section with this checklist, and put every agreed departure from the law in section 11. The landlord must hand over the energy label before the lease is signed.

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

Official model: Typeformular A, 10. udgave (lejekontrakt for beboelse), with the English version Typeformular A, 10th edition (ENG)

Authorized under lejeloven § 14 by bekendtgørelse nr. 77 of 29 January 2025, in force 1 February 2025. The English version applies to leases signed after 1 February 2025. A form identical in content and layout also counts as authorized. Børne-, Ældre- og Boligministeriet now publishes both forms.

Key facts

Applies to
Denmark (not the Faroe Islands or Greenland). Private rented flats, single rooms and let owner-occupied flats under lejeloven. Not for social housing (almene boliger) or holiday lets.
Deposit (depositum)
At most 3 months' rent (lejeloven § 59(1)).
Prepaid rent (forudbetalt leje)
At most 3 months, and not more than the rent due during the tenant's notice period (§ 59(3)).
Rent payment
Monthly in advance. Never more than 3 months at a time (§ 58(1) and (3)).
Tenant's notice
3 months to the first weekday of a month that is not the day before a public holiday (§ 175(1)).
Landlord's notice
Only on grounds in §§ 170-171. At least 1 year when the landlord will live in the home (§ 175(2)).
Defects at move-in
Tenant must report them within 2 weeks of the start (§ 91).
Energy label
Landlord must hand it over before the lease is signed (bygningsenergispareloven § 7).
Key money
Banned. Fine or up to 4 months' prison, and the tenant can reclaim it (§ 15).
Free rent
Allowed for flats in buildings taken into use after 31 December 1991 and some converted spaces (§ 54).
Rent tribunal fee
367 kr. to bring a case in 2026 (borger.dk).

The checklist

Before you sign

Section 1: Parties and the rental unit

  • Names, addresses and contact details of landlord and tenant, and the landlord's CVR number if a companyParterne

    Every tenant who signs is a party to the lease.

  • Type of unit: flat, single room, owner-occupied flat, or subtenancyLejlighed, værelse, ejerlejlighed, fremleje

    The type decides the notice periods and the landlord's grounds for termination. An owner who may move back must tick owner-occupied flat.

  • Gross floor area, number of rooms and shared facilitiesBruttoetageareal, brugsret til fællesfaciliteter

    The area is the basis for many rent rules. List laundry, storage, garage and garden rights.

  • Permitted use of the unitAnvendelse

    Other use, such as a business, needs the landlord's written consent.

Section 2: Start and end of the tenancy

Sections 3 and 4: Rent, deposit and prepaid rent

  • Annual rent, payment date and payment periodÅrlig leje, forfaldsdag

    Rent can be required monthly in advance, and never for more than 3 months at a time.

  • Each amount charged on top of the rent, with its legal basisAconto varme, vand, el, antenne, internet

    The form warns that any extra amount needs a legal basis. Otherwise it must be part of the rent.

  • Landlord's bank account or BetalingsserviceBetalingssted

    Payment into this account counts as payment on time.

  • Deposit of at most 3 months' rentDepositum

    It secures the tenant's obligations at move-out. The landlord can raise it when the rent rises, in monthly instalments.

  • Prepaid rent of at most 3 months, and not more than the rent for the notice periodForudbetalt leje

    The tenant sets it off against the last months of rent after giving notice.

  • Rent increases by net price index, written in section 11Nettoprisindeksregulering

    Index-linked increases need an express term in the lease, and the landlord must notify each increase in writing.

Sections 5 to 7: Utilities and inspections

  • Who supplies heating, hot water, water, electricity and cooling, and how each is measuredVarme, vand, el og køling

    Consumption is shared by individual meters and paid on account, or included in the rent. The form states the start of each accounting year.

  • Communal aerial and internet contributionsFællesantenne, internet

    State whether the tenant pays a contribution for each.

  • Whether the landlord lets more than one flat, and the move-in inspectionIndflytningssyn og indflytningsrapport

    Such a landlord must inspect with the tenant and hand over a move-in report, or lose most move-out repair claims.

Sections 8 to 10: Maintenance, appliances and other terms

  • Who does interior maintenance: painting, wallpaper and floor treatmentIndvendig vedligeholdelse

    If the landlord does it, the form shows the balance of the unit's maintenance account. The tenant maintains locks and keys unless agreed.

  • Appliances that belong to the landlordHårde hvidevarer

    The form lists the appliances the landlord owns at the start of the tenancy. List each one.

  • Pets, tenant representation and house rulesHusdyr, beboerrepræsentation, husorden

    State whether pets are allowed and on what conditions.

Section 11: Special terms

  • Every departure from the law and from sections 1 to 10, written here and nowhere elseSærlige vilkår

    A term that reduces the tenant's rights binds the tenant only if section 11 states it.

  • Free rent statement, if the rent is free under § 54Fri leje

    For converted business premises and new attic or rooftop flats, the lease must say the unit falls under these rules, or rent is not free.

  • Do not repeat terms that already follow the lawGentagelse af lovens regler

    The form says such terms do not belong in section 11. Extra information goes in section 10.

Signing and after

Formalities

Lejeloven § 14 allows a standard form for flats and rooms only if authorized. A private template offered to many tenants is such a form. Typeformular A is free, so this page is a checklist for it.

  1. Either party can require the lease to be in writing (lejeloven § 11).
  2. The parties sign the form. Each keeps a copy with the guide that is part of it.
  3. No registration is needed. The tenant's rights under the law are valid against any later owner.
  4. The parties may use the English form, but must then fill in every field in English.
  5. Departures from the law that favour the landlord are valid only if section 11 states them.

Common mistakes

  • Writing your own lease from an internet template. If it reads as a standard form, every term giving the tenant fewer rights or more duties than the law is void.
  • Putting a departure from the law outside section 11, or deleting printed text. Such a term does not bind the tenant.
  • Charging extra amounts that have no legal basis, such as a cleaning fee. They must be part of the rent or not charged at all.
  • Agreeing a fixed term without a real reason in the landlord's situation. The housing court can set the time limit aside. The lease then runs until terminated.
  • Letting your own flat without stating that it is an owner-occupied flat. The landlord may then be unable to end the lease to move back in.
  • Taking a deposit or prepaid rent above the caps. The rent tribunal decides such disputes (§ 63).
  • Skipping the move-in inspection as a landlord who lets more than one flat. You then lose the right to charge move-out repairs, except damage the tenant caused.

Legal basis

Sources

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