Operating assets and liabilities - Leases - Amounts recognised in the income statement (Details) - DKK (kr) kr in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract]
Depreciation	kr 964	kr 852
Interest on lease liabilities	97	108
Variable lease expenses	135	113
Short-term leases	98	201
Lease of low value assets	79	63
Total amounts recognised in the income statement	kr 1,373	kr 1,337

The amount of depreciation of right-of-use assets. [Refer: Depreciation and amortisation expense; Right-of-use assets]

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The amount of the expense relating to leases of low-value assets accounted for applying paragraph 6 of IFRS 16. This expense shall not include the expense relating to short-term leases of low-value assets.

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The amount of the expense relating to short-term leases accounted for applying paragraph 6 of IFRS 16. This expense need not include the expense relating to leases with a lease term of one month or less. Short-term lease is a lease that, at the commencement date, has a lease term of 12 months or less. A lease that contains a purchase option is not a short-term lease.

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The amount of the expense relating to variable lease payments not included in the measurement of lease liabilities. Variable lease payments are the portion of payments made by a lessee to a lessor for the right to use an underlying asset during the lease term that varies because of changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the commencement date, other than the passage of time. [Refer: Lease liabilities]

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The amount of interest expense on lease liabilities. [Refer: Lease liabilities]

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