Operating assets and liabilities - Leases - Narrative (Details) - DKK (kr) kr in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract]
Lease term	12 months
Lease liability, amount excluded	kr 2,760
Lease costs		kr 1,299

The amount of operating lease income. Operating lease is a lease that does not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of an underlying asset.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 16
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 90
-Subparagraph b
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_90_b&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

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