Postal codes in Denmark
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Postal codes in Denmark are determined by a four digit system that was introduced in 1967.[https://books.google.com/books?id=-0MVAQAAMAAJ&q=%22F%C3%A6r%C3%B8erne%22 Tidsskrift for industri], 1967, page 382 The only exceptions are five special purpose 3-digit codes.
The self-governing territory of Greenland is part of the Danish system (39xx).{{cite web|title=Find dit TELE-POST Center (Find your TELE-POST Center)|url=http://www.post.gl/dk/Ditposthus/|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160520073951/http://www.post.gl/dk/Ditposthus/|archive-date=May 20, 2016|accessdate=January 17, 2009|work=Greenland Tele-Post website|language=Danish}} Historically, the Faroe Islands also formed part of the Danish postal code system using the 38xx range and the prefix "FR", but this was changed to a new format consisting of a three-digit code and the country code "FO", with FR 3800 Tórshavn becoming FO-110 Tórshavn.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Hwi0s3I5jLEC&dq=%223800+T%C3%B3rshavn%22+%22110+T%C3%B3rshavn%22&pg=PA113 Europe Review], Kogan Page Publishers, 2003, page 113
Format
The code is written before the city name. For example:
- 1000 København C
- 6100 Haderslev
- DK-9000 Aalborg
New regulations add the country code DK to the postal codes,{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} but in practice it is most often omitted. DK or Denmark must be used when mailed from abroad.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Asiatisk Plads 2
1448 Copenhagen K
Or in Danish:
Udenrigsministeriet
Asiatisk Plads 2
1448 København K
Postal code ranges
The postal codes follow a geographic pattern and most Danes can tell which region an address belongs to based on the postal code alone.
- 0000–0999: special postal codes, reserved for government use, post offices and package centers
- 1000–2999: Copenhagen and the surrounding area
- 3000–3699: North Zealand
- 3700–3799: Bornholm
- 3800–3899: formerly used for the Faroe Islands, no longer in use.
- 3900–3999: Greenland
- 4000–4999: Zealand (excluding North Zealand and the capital region), Lolland-Falster, and Møn
- 5000–5999: Funen and its surrounding islands
- 6000–9999: Jutland