# Denmark license plate: Historic pre-1976

> The Denmark historic pre-1976 license plate: format LL 999, for example LX 432, 2011 to today, car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Denmark license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/denmark) (21 registration series).

![Denmark license plate, Historic pre-1976 (2011 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/dk/dk-historic-pre1976/denmark-license-plate-historic-pre-1976.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2011 → today |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 504 × 120 mm |
| Colours | background sort #000000; characters #FFFFFF |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `dk-historic-pre1976` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/denmark/historic-pre1976) |

Sources:

- [§ 75 in full: eligibility (first registered before 1 April 1976), the period-correct type-and-number rule with § 56, the six-month deadline, and that the plate FOLLOWS THE VEHICLE and must be surrendered on deregistration or renumbering; § 68, stk. 4, nr. 3 and stk. 5; § 70, stk. 3; § 72, stk.](https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2025/663/dan/xml)
- [retsinformation.dk](https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2010/811/dan/xml)
- [retsinformation.dk](https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2018/1643/dan/xml)

## About this plate

THE HISTORIC PLATE AS IT STANDS. Eligibility: first registered before 1 April 1976. The plate must match the vehicle's kind and the time of its first registration "eller senere" (§ 75, stk. 2), so a 1960s car may lawfully wear a 1970s plate but not the reverse, and a specific number may be requested in the application. Unlike an ønskenummerplade it FOLLOWS THE VEHICLE (§ 75, stk. 4). Note the separate veteran regime it is often confused with: § 4 lets a vehicle first registered more than thirty years ago be registered "til veterankørsel", which restricts USE (occasional only, no commercial passenger transport, no dangerous goods, no emergency driving, no hire without driver) and has nothing to do with plates.

## About its years

BEK 811/2010 came into force on 1 July 2010 (§ 103, stk. 1), but § 103, stk. 3 held its historic-plate section back: "§ 79 har virkning fra den 1. april 2011." Shipping 2010 here, from the bekendtgørelse's own date, would have been the Spanish defect in miniature.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Historic pre-1958](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/denmark/historic-pre1958) | 2008 to 2011 |

## Other historic plates here

- [Historic pre-1958](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/denmark/historic-pre1958) (2008 to 2011)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/dk/dk-historic-pre1976.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/denmark?series=dk-historic-pre1976
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/dk` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "dk-historic-pre1976"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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