Verify users from Region Hovedstaden
Region Hovedstaden is a member of WAYF, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with Region Hovedstaden by having them sign in with their Region Hovedstaden account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Denmark
- Federation
- WAYF
Institution details
- Organization
- Region Hovedstaden
- Country
- Denmark
- Website
- https://www.regionh.dk/
- SAML Entity ID
http://fs.regionh.dk/adfs/services/trust- Scopes
- Federation
- WAYF
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- technical
- administrative
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Region Hovedstaden?
Yes. Region Hovedstaden participates in WAYF, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Region Hovedstaden account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Region Hovedstaden support persistent identifiers?
No. Region Hovedstaden only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Region Hovedstaden in?
Region Hovedstaden is located in Denmark.
How do I verify students from Region Hovedstaden?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at Region Hovedstaden. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Region Hovedstaden?
Start the demo and authenticate with Region Hovedstaden, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.