Danish Company Owners and Management API

Two ways to get them

The full lookup /api/v1/{cvr} includes the direktion, fuldt_ansvarlige and ejere fields. If you only need the people, the slim endpoint is faster because it skips production units and company details:

bash

curl https://apicvr.dk/api/v1/24256790/direktion-og-ansvarlig

Example response

json

{
  "vat": 24256790,
  "direktion": [
    {
      "name": "Karsten Munk Knudsen",
      "role": "DIREKTØR",
      "type": "PERSON",
      "cvr": null,
      "startdate": "2018-02-15",
      ...
    }
  ],
  "fuldt_ansvarlige": [],
  "ejere": [
    {
      "name": "Novo Holdings A/S",
      "type": "VIRKSOMHED",
      "cvr": 24257630,
      "country": "DK",
      "ownership_percent": 0.25,
      "ownership_range": "25-33,32%",
      "voting_rights_percent": 0.6667,
      "voting_rights_range": "66,67-89,99%",
      "startdate": "2000-11-13"
    }
  ]
}

Reading the fields

Field	Meaning
`direktion`	Current executives (e.g. DIREKTØR or ADM. DIR.).
`fuldt_ansvarlige`	Participants with personal liability, e.g. partners in an I/S.
`ejere`	Legal owners from the ownership register, with share and voting rights.
`ownership_percent`	Ownership as a decimal: `0.25` means 25%.
`ownership_range`	The band CVR records the share in, e.g. `25-33,32%`.
`type`	`PERSON`, `VIRKSOMHED` (with `cvr`) or `ANDEN_DELTAGER`, e.g. a foreign owner.

Walk the ownership chain

When an owner is a company, it has its own CVR number, so you can walk up one level at a time:

python

import requests

def owner_chain(cvr: int, depth: int = 0, max_depth: int = 5):
    url = f"https://apicvr.dk/api/v1/{cvr}/direktion-og-ansvarlig"
    data = requests.get(url, timeout=10).json()
    for owner in data["ejere"]:
        share = owner["ownership_percent"] or 0
        print("  " * depth + f"{owner['name']} ({share:.0%})")
        if owner["type"] == "VIRKSOMHED" and owner["cvr"] and depth < max_depth:
            owner_chain(owner["cvr"], depth + 1, max_depth)

owner_chain(24256790)

Good to know

Only owners with at least 5% of the capital or votes must be registered as legal owners. The list can be empty for listed companies with dispersed ownership.
Shares are recorded in bands. Use ownership_range when showing the share to users.
The response only contains current roles – former executives and owners are filtered out.
Names of people are personal data. Only use them for purposes you have a lawful basis for.

Frequently asked questions

Do I also get the beneficial owners?

The API returns the legal owners from CVR. Beneficial owners (UBOs) are registered separately and aren't part of the response.

Why is ownership_percent 0.25 and not 25?

The share is a decimal between 0 and 1. Multiply by 100 to get a percentage.

What's the difference between management and fully liable participants?

Management runs the company. Fully liable participants are personally liable for its debts, such as partners in an I/S or general partners in a K/S.