New year, new taxes. Or rather – more of them. Also for Danish diesel car owners, who now have to pay more to fill up the same tank.
If you filled up your diesel car on December 31, 2024, the state would have to pay less in tax per liter than it does now.
Specifically, increased taxes make diesel about 65 cents more expensive in Denmark. That is, per liter. But there is more. Because there is a so-called displacement requirement. In 2024 it was 3.2 percent. In 2024 it has grown to 5.4 percent.
This means that diesel has become just under 1 krone more expensive per liter in one day. And that is something that drivers will notice immediately.
According to calculations from the member association FDM, it will be a good 1,000 kroner more expensive to drive 20,000 kilometers per year in a diesel car. The money, which must be paid solely in taxes to the state. In other words, an extra tax for drivers.
– Diesel owners will be hit hardest. In addition to previous increases in the equalization tax from 2020, they will now have to pay for higher CO2 requirements and further tax increases that make it even more expensive to be a diesel driver, says Ilyas Dogru, consumer economist at FDM, in a comment on the association's own website.
In return, another tax that diesel car owners already pay will be reduced. But it is only very temporary. Read more about it here .
In Sweden, the opposite is true with fuel prices. The Swedes actually have the second cheapest petrol in the EU. Only surpassed by the price in Lithuania. While one litre of diesel costs 10.8 Danish kroner.
