Electricians
How to hire an electrician in Denmark
Electrician is elektriker. The English lists repeat the Danish electrician lists firm for firm. The page does not claim anyone answers in English.
What you are allowed to point at
| Danish | In this context |
|---|---|
| elektriker | electrician |
| autoriseret elinstallatørvirksomhed | firm authorised for fixed electrical work |
| faste installationer | fixed wiring, not a plug-in lamp |
| tavle | consumer unit / fuse board |
| ladestander | EV charger |
| stik | socket |
| kørsel | the drive to your address |
| fast pris | a fixed price, not an open hourly bill |
Work on fixed installations has to be done by an authorised electrical firm. New circuits, the consumer unit and an EV charger sit in that group. Ask whether the firm holds the authorisation itself or brings an authorised person, and get that sentence on the invoice. Check the firm at sik.dk before you pay a deposit. The CVR number on the invoice should match the firm you looked up. How to read a CVR number is on the CVR page.
In cities the drive is often inside the hour rather than a separate line. Ask anyway: er kørsel inklusiv?
A message you can send
That asks for a fixed price by email and asks the firm to say whether it holds the authorisation itself.
If you only need words for the phone, start with jeg ringer om en elektriker and spell the street name. Street names stay in Danish on the lists. For a rented flat, new fixed wiring is usually the landlord’s decision. See who pays.