Painters
How to book a painter in Denmark
Painter is maler. Indoor and outdoor painting are often the same firm, and the quotes look similar until the preparation is written down. Firms on the painter lists are the same names as on the Danish pages.
Preparation is the price
| Danish | In this context |
|---|---|
| maler | painter |
| indvendig | indoors |
| udvendig | outdoors |
| spartling | filling holes and cracks |
| afdækning | masking and covering floors |
| loftshøjde | ceiling height |
| stillads | scaffolding, for outside work |
| moms | VAT, 25% |
Ask whether filling and masking are included, and whether the job is inside, outside, or both. Outdoor work waits on weather. Scaffolding is a separate question, not a detail hidden inside “painting the facade”.
Ordinary indoor painting is not the usual path to the green home-improvement deduction. Do not subtract a tax saving from the quote until you have checked the current list. The ceilings this catalogue recorded on 18 September 2026 are on the deduction page, with the SKAT link.
A message you can send
That asks for a written quote and forces filling, masking, scaffolding and VAT into separate answers.
On the phone: jeg vil gerne have et tilbud på malerarbejde. If you rent, painting the inside can be your job when the lease says indvendig vedligeholdelse is yours. The outside of the building usually is not. Details are on rental repairs.