Denmark has awarded a contract to IT company Nine, a subsidiary of Trifork Group, to develop a national EU digital identity. Signalling an ambitious timeline to launch the wallet, the contract signed is worth a total value of DKK 29 million for phase 1 which will begin in April 2025 and go live in Q1 2026. The wallet may not be totally compliant with the eIDAS 2.0 requirements now, and the infrastructure will continually be reviewed two years after the build. The project is awarded through the SKI framework agreement.
The wallet will offer Danish citizens access to secure and user-friendly age verification and a digital ID credential to use online or offline without compromising on sharing personal information.
In later phases, the functionality of the wallet will be expanded to compete with other EU member state wallets, integrating a wider range of digital credentials and ensuring interoperability on privacy standards.
In the long term, many public authorities are expected to use the wallet to issue digital credentials.
