This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Denmark
Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
Type ECEE 7/5Earthed
Type FCEE 7/3 (Schuko)Earthed
Type KDanish 107-2-D1Earthed
Voltage
230 V
Frequency
50 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type E, Type F, Type K
Schuko and French plugs push into a Danish socket but make no earth connection, which is a real shock risk rather than a technicality.
What you need, by where you are coming from
Arriving from the United States or CanadaA plug adapter, and appliances marked 100-240 V. Anything single-voltage needs a converter.
Arriving from the UK or IrelandA plug adapter is enough - the voltage is the same as at home.
Arriving from most of continental EuropePlugs go straight in and the voltage matches. Nothing to pack.
Arriving from Australia or New ZealandA plug adapter is enough - the voltage is the same as at home.
Socket types, voltage and frequency are the nominal domestic supply as published in IEC/TR 60083 and the national standards it lists.
Danish Type sockets smile back at you - and a Schuko plug pushed into one carries no earth at all, which is a genuine shock risk.
Sockets in Denmark are Type at 230 V, 50 Hz - two round holes over a D-shaped earth, which is why a Danish socket looks like a face.
The earth is a pin on the plug, not a hole in the wall, which is the opposite of the French arrangement and the reason Danish plugs look unlike anything else in Europe.
A Schuko or French plug fits the hole and earths nothing. Danish safety authorities warn about this specifically: the appliance runs, the metal case is live if anything fails inside, and nothing about the fit tells you.
A Europlug is safe and fits fine - it has no earth to lose.
Type and sockets have been legal since 2008 and turn up in new buildings, so a hotel may have either.
230 V is standard European. Only American 120 V-only equipment needs a converter.
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