Error in Danish phone number format (from Kubuntu 26.4.4)

Albert Astals Cid aacid at kde.org
Tue May 26 23:54:12 BST 2026


El dilluns, 25 de maig del 2026, a les 0:23:04 (Hora d’estiu d’Europa 
central), Steen Ricks Olsen va escriure:
> Hi, 

Hello.

You wrote an email to kde-doc-english at kde.org

Your email is neither a documentation nor an English problem.

Please see https://kde.org/support/ to find the appropriate place to get help 
about your issue.

Best Regards,
  Albert

> What a great collection of most nations text and number formats.
> Really an impressive work, but as a born Dane, preferring English
> language on my PC, I came across an error in the Danish phone number format.
> 
> The current setup for Danish Phone number is +45 123 1234567 as shown in
> this Linux distro.
> 
> The actual format (and in Denmark ALL phone numbers have generally 8
> digits both mobile and land line) so the right format is:
> 
>     +45 12 34 56 78  always in blocks of 2 digits.
> 
> 
> Only for emergency and other special numbers, we use 3 digits or more
> like (911) in EU form that is for Denmark 112. The number format is run
> by the Danish  "Digitaliseringsstyrelsen" who has the responsibility to
> make the formats. You can't define a location based on our number system
> as that is random.
> 
> Here is the link to Digitaliseringsstyrrelsen page for phone and mobile
> numbers:
> 
> "https://digst.dk/tele/telefoni-og-internet/numre/den-samlede-danske-nummerp
> lan/"
> 
> Thank you for the great job it is.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Steen Ricks Olsen
> 
> email: sro at steenro.com






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