Denmark Statutory default interest (morarente)
Denmark Statutory default interest (morarente) is 10 percent, in force since 1 Jul 2026. Last checked against the official source on 10 Aug 2026.
Denmark's statutory default interest under renteloven § 5: Danmarks Nationalbank's official lending rate as it stood on 1 January or 1 July, plus 8 percentage points — 10.00% per annum from 1 July 2026.
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| Current value | 10 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-07-01 |
| Official source | Renteloven (lov om renter og andre forhold ved forsinket betaling) § 5, stk. 1: 'Renten efter forfaldsdagen fastsættes til en årlig rente, der svarer til den fastsatte referencesats med et tillæg på 8 pct.', the referencesats being 'den officielle udlånsrente, som Nationalbanken har fastsat henholdsvis pr. den 1. januar og den 1. juli det pågældende år'; Danmarks Nationalbank's udlånsrente was raised to 2.00% p.a. with effect from 12 June 2026, giving a morarente of 10.00% from 1 July 2026 (9.75% from 1 January 2026) |
| Last verified | 2026-08-10 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
One rate for money claims across the law of obligations — civil and commercial alike — and the same rate carries a judgment (procesrente). It is 10.00% from 1 July 2026, up from 9.75% which applied from 1 January 2026. HALF-YEARLY SNAPSHOT, NOT A LIVE TRACKER: § 5 fixes the reference to Nationalbanken's official lending rate as it stood ON 1 January and ON 1 July. Nationalbanken raised the lending rate to 2.00% on 12 June 2026, but that move did not change the morarente until 1 July — a rate change inside a half-year is ignored until the next turn. Setter: no decree is issued; the figure follows arithmetically from the Nationalbank rate on the fixing date. § 5, stk. 2 lets the Minister of Justice vary the rate every second year after negotiation with Danmarks Nationalbank, but the supplement can never be set below 8 percentage points, so 8 is a floor. § 5, stk. 3 lets a court order a higher or lower rate where special circumstances justify it. TRAP FOR OLD CLAIMS: the 8-point supplement applies to claims falling due on or after 1 March 2013; before that date the supplement was 7 points, so a legacy claim must be split at 1 March 2013. Commercial invoices: Denmark implements the EU Late Payment Directive inside the same renteloven, so the PERCENTAGE is identical, but the commercial regime adds the fixed recovery compensation and its own default triggers and is served in our late-payment-interest product — use that product for a B2B or B2G invoice. NEXT FIXING: 1 January 2027, on Nationalbanken's lending rate as it stands that day.
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