One REST API for all of Denmark's address stack.

2.4M access addresses · 1.4M full addresses · 113,000 street segments · 99 municipalities · 1,089 postcodes · 2,097 parishes — all available via one endpoint per task. JSON, drop-in DAWA format, free up to 1,000 calls/day.

What you get access to

🔎 Autocomplete

Typo-tolerant search-as-you-type. Meilisearch-powered. P99 < 50 ms. Works with Danish characters (æ, ø, å) and abbreviations.

✅ Validation

Address cleansing · category A/B/C scoring like DAWA. Returns the top match even with typos. Both GET and POST.

🎯 Lookup

Look up by UUID, postcode, municipality code, street code. Pagination (side, per_side) like DAWA.

🌍 Geocoding

Forward (address → coordinate) and reverse (GPS → address). WGS84 and ETRS89/UTM32N (EPSG:25832).

🏢 BBR enrichment

35 fields per building · 12 fields per unit · 120+ usage codes. Add ?include=bbr to any address call.

🗺 DAGI areas

Parish, police district, court district, region, constituency, national part. ?include=dagi — all 10 areas in one call.

Data catalogue — what we have right now

Dataset	Count	Endpoint	Status
Access addresses	2 416 787	`/adgangsadresser`	✓ Live
Full addresses	1 465 200	`/adresser`	✓ Live
Street segments	113 796	`/vejstykker`	✓ Live
Postcodes	1 089	`/postnumre`	✓ Live
Municipalities	99	`/kommuner`	✓ Live
Parishes	2 097	`/sogne`	✓ Live
Police districts	12	`/politikredse`	✓ Live
Court districts	24	`/retskredse`	✓ Live
Regions	5	`/regioner`	✓ Live
Cadastre / parcels	~2,4 M	`/jordstykker`	✓ Live
BBR — buildings	~2,1 M	`/api/v1/enrich/.../bbr`	◑ Q3 2026
Replication / events	Event-stream	`/replikering/*`	✓ Live

30-second quickstart

# 1. Test without a key (1,000/day per IP)
curl 'https://api.danadresse.dk/autocomplete?q=R%C3%A5dhuspladsen'

# 2. Get a free key: https://danadresse.dk/dashboard/signup

# 3. Use the key — 1,000/day per key
curl 'https://api.danadresse.dk/autocomplete?q=R%C3%A5dhuspladsen' \
     -H 'X-Api-Key: dawa_live_…'

Drop-in DAWA-compatible

If you already have a DAWA integration: change dawa.aws.dk to api.danadresse.dk, add an X-Api-Key header. The rest of your code stays put — we mirror DAWA's paths, query parameters, JSON shape and UUIDs 1:1.

👉 Read the migration guide · Why DAWA is shutting down

Auth options

Method	Example	Used for
X-Api-Key header	`X-Api-Key: dawa_live_…`	Standard. Recommended.
?api_key= query	`?api_key=dawa_live_…`	JSONP, legacy clients, browser tests.
Bearer JWT	`Authorization: Bearer ey…`	Dashboard sessions (internal use).
None	—	Free tier: 1,000 calls/day per IP.

Technical guarantees

📐 Stable JSON format

We never add breaking changes in v1. New fields are additive — old clients aren't affected.

⏱ ETag + If-None-Match

Idempotent endpoints send an ETag. Send it back → 304 + 0 bytes. Save bandwidth.

📦 Gzip compression

All JSON compressed. Save ~70% bandwidth vs uncompressed DAWA.

🔁 Idempotent writes

POSTs accept an Idempotency-Key. Safe against retries after timeouts.

One API. All of Denmark's addresses. Done.

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