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Digital health solutions are merged into Digital Sundhed Danmark
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om overførsel af aktiver, passiver, rettigheder, pligter og ansatte til Digital Sundhed Danmark
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What it sets out:
- On 1 January 2027, the Danish Health Data Authority, sundhed.dk and MedCom move into Digital Sundhed Danmark.
- Their assets, debts, rights, obligations and employees move with them.
- This applies unless the Finance Act or the minister's decision states otherwise.
- Three regions also hand over tasks.
- Region Nordjylland hands over, among other things, the Sundhedsjournalen, the MinSundhed app, Vacciner.dk and Coronaprøver.dk.
- Region Midtjylland and Region Syddanmark also hand over tasks.
- Employees move with the tasks if they spent at least half of their working time on those tasks on 1 January 2026.
- If the parties disagree about what should be moved, the Minister of Health decides.
- Who: The rules apply to the Danish Health Data Authority, sundhed.dk, MedCom, Region Nordjylland, Region Midtjylland, Region Syddanmark and the employees who are moved.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 25 June 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 27 June 2026
- In force · 1 July 2026