# DAWA — Danish Addresses Web API

REST API for Danish addresses, postcodes, cadastre, and administrative geodata.

## Access profile

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Category | API |
| Sector | Government |
| Access type | Direct |
| Auth required | Public |
| Reliability | Fragile |
| Official | Yes |
| Status | active |
| Agent can | read, search |

## Links

- Website: https://dawadocs.dataforsyningen.dk
- Docs: https://dawadocs.dataforsyningen.dk
- Directory entry: https://agentaccess.dk/dawa

## About

DAWA (Danmarks Adressers Web API) provides fast address autocompletion, fuzzy matching, coordinate lookups, and administrative boundary data. Maintained under Klimadatastyrelsen during the transition to Dataforsyningen.

## Agent use cases

- Autocomplete and validate Danish street addresses and postal codes in user forms
- Reverse-geocode coordinates to official Danish BBR addresses
- Lookup administrative district boundaries (DAGI) and cadastral parcel identifiers

## Notes

Freely accessible without an API key, but currently in a long-term transition towards Dataforsyningen/Datafordeler infrastructure.

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Source: [AgentAccess](https://agentaccess.dk/) — directory of agent interfaces for Denmark.