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DAWA shuts down 17 August 2026.
What now?

DAWA — dawa.aws.dk — has been the backbone of Danish address integrations since 2013. It shuts down permanently on 17 August 2026. 62 days left.

62Days left
17/8Shutdown date
2026Year
~30 sMigration

Why is DAWA shutting down?

The Danish Climate Data Agency (SDFI) has announced that DAWA's functionality is being consolidated into Datafordeleren. Official source: danmarksadresser.dk.

For developers this means: every integration that hits dawa.aws.dk stops working on 17 August 2026 at 00:00 UTC. Datafordeleren has a completely different API form (GraphQL, OAuth2, enterprise agreement) — you can't just flip the base URL.

Which products are affected?

Webshops

WooCommerce, Shopify, Magento, PrestaShop, DanDomain. Most use DAWA for checkout autocomplete.

CRM systems

Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics — address validation at customer onboarding.

Citizen portals

Municipal self-service, health platforms, parking apps — lookups based on a citizen's registered address.

Logistics & fleet

DTU Transport, Postnord, hauliers — geocoding delivery points, ETA calculation.

Insurance platforms

BBR + DAGI for risk profiling: exterior wall, roof, flood zone, police district.

Estate agents

Property portals, agency systems — building data + parcels from an address.

Timeline to the shutdown

DateWhat happens
Now — 30 June 2026DAWA runs in parallel mode. Test your migration risk-free.
1 July 2026Deprecation headers (X-Sunset-Date) added to DAWA responses.
1 August 2026SDFI sends the last warning email to all registered DAWA users.
17 August 2026, 00:00 UTCDAWA shuts down. dawa.aws.dk no longer responds.
17 August 2026 — onwardsDatafordeleren is the only official source. Or us.

What to do today — 3 minutes

  1. Get a free key: danadresse.dk/dashboard/signup (1,000 calls/day, no credit card).
  2. Change the base URL in your code: dawa.aws.dk → api.danadresse.dk.
  3. Add a header: X-Api-Key: dawa_live_….

That's it. No other code changes — we mirror DAWA's JSON shape 1:1.

# Before (DAWA)
curl 'https://dawa.aws.dk/autocomplete?q=Rådhuspladsen'

# After (Danadresse) — same response
curl 'https://api.danadresse.dk/autocomplete?q=Rådhuspladsen' \
     -H 'X-Api-Key: dawa_live_…'

FAQ — DAWA shutdown

Do I lose my address IDs?

No. We use the same UUIDs as DAR (the Climate Data Agency's authoritative register). DAWA's id === our id. No database migration on your side.

What about the /replikering endpoint?

Our replication stream is native and live — event-based sync with senesteSekvensnummer, just like DAWA.

Can I test BEFORE I flip production?

Yes. We have both dawa_test_* keys (sandbox mode) and a migration CLI: npx @danadresse/migrate-cli scan ./src which scans your codebase for DAWA references.

Is Danadresse cheaper than DAWA?

DAWA is free because it's state-funded. We're free up to 1,000 calls/day per IP. After that 99 DKK/mo for 100k calls — cheaper than the alternatives.

What if the Climate Data Agency changes its mind?

The date has been fixed since the first announcement. Official resources: danmarksadresser.dk. Even if it's pushed — our API keeps running.

Is it legal?

Address data is public (CC BY 4.0 from the Climate Data Agency). We have the same licensing basis DAWA had.

Migrate today — sleep easy until August

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