Danmarks Nationalbank (DN) — currency rates
Daily exchange rates published by Danmarks Nationalbank. Calculator below uses the bank's rate for the date you pick, with previous-business-day fallback for invoicing and tax filings.
Danmarks Nationalbank
Årsgennemsnit — Danmarks Nationalbank's annual average
Danish tax filings frequently use the Nationalbankens årsgennemsnit (annual average). exrate exposes DN's daily rate set; the annual average is computable client-side from the full series — see /v1/rates/series.
How DN sets the rate
DN publishes daily rates around 14:15 Copenhagen time. Denmark participates in ERM II at a central rate of 7.46038 DKK per EUR ±2.25%; DKK trades within a narrow band against EUR.
Update schedule
Mon–Fri ~14:15 Europe/Copenhagen. Danish bank holidays observed.
Programmatic access
GET https://api.banks-rates.com/v1/rate?bank=DN&date=YYYY-MM-DD&from=USD&to=DKK&amount=100.
Frequently asked questions
Where do you get DN rates?
Directly from Danmarks Nationalbank's published feed — no intermediate provider. The exact source URL is documented on the About page.
Is your data delayed?
We ingest within minutes of publication. The visible 'last updated' timestamp on this page is the source-of-truth.
Do you cover historical rates for DN?
Yes — back to each bank's earliest archive. Use the calculator with a past date or the /v1/rates/series API endpoint.
Is there an API for DN rates?
Yes: GET /v1/rate?bank=DN&date=YYYY-MM-DD&from=USD&to=DKK&amount=100. See /en/api/ for full reference.
What if the date I want is a weekend or holiday?
The calculator transparently falls back to the previous business day rate, which is the legally correct value for invoices and tax filings under most EU rules.
Can my AI assistant query DN rates?
Yes — connect Claude / Cursor / ChatGPT to mcp.banks-rates.com. See /en/mcp/ for setup.