Unlike many countries, Denmark has no separate administrative-court system: challenges to administrative decisions are heard by the ordinary civil courts under the Retsafgiftsloven, not a dedicated administrative-procedure statute. Two shapes appear here — a review of a public authority’s decision, and an administrative action for damages or in a tax matter. The first is charged at the low-band filing fee plus, if heard, a special flat hearing fee (§ 2 stk. 3); the second follows the ordinary value bands. The fees are mandatory court charges (retsafgiftDenmark's court fee — the mandatory charge payable to the court to bring or proceed with a case, fixed by the Retsafgiftsloven (Court Fees Act). Since the 2021 reform the filing fee is a fixed amount, not a percentage: 750 kr for a claim up to 100,000 kr (or with no economic value) and 1,500 kr above (§ 1), with an optional fixed main-hearing fee (§ 2). It is a court cost, not a lawyer fee — Denmark has no statutory lawyer tariff — and it carries no moms (VAT).Glossary →); Denmark has no statutory lawyer tariff, so advocates’ fees are agreed privately.
Administrative-court claim
A challenge to the lawfulness of an administrative decision (prøvelse af en administrativ afgørelse), brought in the ordinary court. It typically has no quantified economic value.
You file it when a public authority’s decision affects you and you ask a court to review and set it aside.
State court fee — § 1 stk. 2 + § 2 stk. 3. A 750 kr filing fee (no economic value). If the case is set down for a main hearing, § 2 stk. 3 adds a flat 3,000 kr hearing fee — overriding the value-band table — so the full fee is 3,750 kr. The calculator’s headline is the 750 kr filing fee.
Compute this case in the calculatorAdministrative-court action (damages / tax)
An administrative action with a quantified value — a damages claim against a public authority, or a tax dispute brought before the court.
You file it when you seek money from, or contest a monetary determination by, a public authority, and the claim has a value the court fee can be assessed on.
State court fee — § 1 (+ § 2 stk. 4). The ordinary value bands: 750 kr up to 100,000 kr, 1,500 kr above. If set down for a main hearing above 100,000 kr, the § 2 stk. 4 value-band hearing fee (3,000 → 160,000 kr) is added — here the value-band table applies, not the § 2 stk. 3 flat.
Compute this case in the calculatorThese are the mandatory court fees (retsafgift) payable to bring an administrative case before the ordinary courts in Denmark, fixed by the Retsafgiftsloven (§ 1 + § 2) — exact statutory amounts, not reference valuesA tariff figure that is advisory, not mandatory — a guide to what a fee customarily is, which the lawyer and client remain free to depart from. Every number Tarifo shows is a reference value.Glossary →, and not lawyer fees. Denmark has no separate administrative-court statute and no statutory lawyer tariff (Retsplejeloven § 126); advocates’ fees are agreed privately. A fee exemption may apply where free legal aid (fri procesFree legal aid in Denmark (fri proces) — a grant that exempts a party from the court fee (retsafgift) and covers certain litigation costs, available on means and merits criteria (Retsafgiftsloven § 9 + Retsplejeloven). Legal-expenses insurance (retshjælpsforsikring) plays a similar exempting role.Glossary →) is granted (§ 9). See the methodology page for the § 2 hearing-fee rules.