§ 182

The landlord may terminate the lease agreement in the following cases, subject to § 183:

1)When rent or other obligatory monetary payment is not paid on time, cf. subsection 2.

2)When the leased property is used for purposes other than agreed, and the tenant does not cease despite the landlord's objection.

3)When the tenant opposes the landlord or others accessing the leased property, where they are entitled to do so under § 54, subsection 1, no. 3, § 102, § 126, subsection 2, and § 186.

4)When the tenant vacates the leased property prematurely without agreement with the landlord.

5)When the tenant neglects the leased property and does not promptly restore it after the landlord's objection.

6)When the tenant wholly or partially transfers the use of the leased property to another in cases where the tenant is not entitled to do so, and does not cease the situation despite the landlord's objection.

7)When the tenant has violated good conduct and order, cf. § 153, subsection 1, no. 1-8 or 11, cf. § 154, subsection 2, and the situation is such that the tenant's relocation is required.

8)When the tenant has violated the conditions of a conditional tenancy, cf. § 154, subsection 1, no. 1, and the situation is such that the tenant's relocation is required.

9)When someone is penalized under § 4 of the Act on the Prohibition of Visitors in Certain Premises for having received visitors in or near the leased property contrary to a prohibition issued under the law, or when the tenant is penalized under § 8, subsection 1, of the Act on the Prohibition of Using Certain Properties as a Meeting Place for a Group for having used the leased property as a meeting place contrary to a prohibition issued under the law.

10)When the tenant or members of the tenant's household are sentenced to an unconditional prison sentence or another criminal sanction of a custodial nature for violating §§ 119, 119 b, 134 a, 180, 181, 192 a, 216, 237, or 244-246, § 252, subsection 1, §§ 260, 266, 276 a, 281 or 288 or § 291, subsection 2, of the Penal Code or under § 3 of the Act on Narcotic Drugs for possessing narcotic drugs with the intent to distribute, and when the violation is committed within 1 km of the property where the lease is located.

11)When the tenant of a shop or tavern, despite the landlord's objection, does not fulfill the obligation to keep the business open and in proper operation.

12)When a tenant, who is to pay rent wholly or partially by performing work, grossly neglects their duties in performing the work, and the employment relationship is thereby terminated.

13)When the tenant otherwise breaches their obligations in such a manner that the tenant's removal is required.

Stk. 2.The landlord may only terminate the lease agreement due to late payment if the tenant has not remedied the arrears no later than 14 days after written demand has been received by the tenant. The landlord's demand can be made no earlier than the third weekday after the last due payment date and must explicitly state that the lease agreement may be terminated if the rent arrears are not paid by the deadline. If the weekday mentioned in the second sentence is a Saturday or Constitution Day, the demand can be made no earlier than the following weekday. If the deadline mentioned in the second sentence falls on a public holiday, a Saturday, or Constitution Day, the deadline is extended to the next weekday. The landlord may charge a fee of 287 DKK for the demand. The amount mentioned in the fifth sentence is set at the 2021 level and is adjusted annually, cf. § 204, subsection 1. The fee is an obligatory monetary payment in the lease.

Stk. 3.If the lease agreement concerns a care home under § 1, subsection 1, second sentence, of the previously applicable Act on Housing for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities, cf. Consolidation Act No. 316 of April 24, 1996, with later amendments, or § 5, subsection 2, of the Act on Social Housing, etc., or an unsubsidized private care home, cf. § 1, subsection 5, assigned by the municipality or county, the agreement can only be terminated under subsection 1 when the tenant is simultaneously offered another suitable dwelling.