Commercial modeling agencies in Aarhus
There are 4 modeling agencies in Aarhus, 3 of them holding a state licence or a professional-association membership. Below: every agency with its boards and founding year, a comparison table, and what international models need to know. We do not vouch for agencies: each profile shows what we found about it, good and bad.
Aarhus is Denmark's second model market after Copenhagen: four of the 32 Danish agencies in our catalogue work here, with one more each in Ebeltoft, Silkeborg and Herning. Two are home-grown (Smash Agency and Legend Model) and two are offices of the big names: Le Management, legally an Aarhus company since 2010, and the Unique Models branch opened in March 2010. The catalogue lists every business that represents models; we do not vouch for them, and each profile shows what we found, good and bad: the DKK 1,800 introduction shoot reviewers describe, a DKK 100 health fee in client terms, and Diva Models, the city's oldest agency, gone in 2026.
Where the agencies are in Aarhus
The agencies
Legend Model
- Women
- Men
- New faces
- Curve / plus-size
- Senior
- Commercial
- Talent
Legend Model is a modeling agency based in Aarhus, Denmark. It is a member of Danish Fashion Ethical Charter.
Unique Models (Aarhus)
- Women
- Men
- New faces
- Commercial
- Talent
Unique Models (Aarhus) is a modeling agency based in Aarhus, Denmark. It is a member of Danish Fashion Ethical Charter.
Compare at a glance
| Agency | Founded | Boards | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legend Model | Women, Men, New faces, Curve / plus-size, Senior, Commercial, Talent | Danish Fashion Ethical Charter | |
| Unique Models (Aarhus) | Women, Men, New faces, Commercial, Talent | Danish Fashion Ethical Charter |
Aarhus for international models
- As an EU citizen you need no work permit in Denmark: SIRI writes that an EU citizen may freely enter Denmark and begin to work upon arrival, with or without an EU residence document. For up to 3 months there is nothing to apply for; if you stay longer than 3 months, you apply through SIRI for the free EU residence document (form OD1A), which has no expiry date.
- A tax card needs a CPR number or a tax number. If you work for 3 months or less, you get a tax number instead of a CPR number. If you intend to stay 3 months or more (6 months for EU citizens), you register with the Civil Registration Office in person at a Citizen Service centre with the EU residence document, your passport and proof of a permanent Danish address; International Citizen Service centres are in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg, Esbjerg and Sønderborg. Without a tax card an employer withholds 55% of a salary.
- Fees in Denmark are B-indkomst: tax and the 8% labour-market contribution (am-bidrag) are not deducted from them, the recipient pays them; from 2026 am-bidrag on B income is paid only from the age of 18. A business must register for VAT once taxable sales exceed DKK 50,000 within a calendar year; below that, registration is optional.
- Denmark has no artist or model withholding tax for non-residents. The Tax Agency's legal guide says limited tax liability arises only with employment by a Danish employer or a foreign employer with a permanent establishment in Denmark, or with an establishment of your own there. Our reading: a self-employed model living abroad who is paid a fee by a Danish agency or client for a few days' work owes no Danish tax on it and declares it at home. We did not read the treaty position for any country, so talk to a tax adviser and ask your home social-security institution about an A1 certificate.
- If you are not an EU citizen, you need a residence and work permit (application fee for the work schemes DKK 6,810 in 2026). The exemption for models: professional models who work in Denmark for a short period in connection with companies holding significant international fashion shows and fairs are exempt from the work permit for up to 3 working days within 180 days, together or as three separate days; a visa is still needed where your nationality requires one. For other cases SIRI issues a guiding statement in writing.
- Public payments and tax refunds go to a NemKonto; if you live abroad you can set up a non-Danish account. You can open a Danish bank account only once you have a tax card. An employer reporting a non-resident's pay must have your home-country Tax Identification Number since 2024.
- No law or association sets the commission in Denmark and no agency publishes one; read the percentage, and the amount it is calculated on, in your contract. No law bans an agency's fees to models: Casablanca Models charges DKK 500 for a test shoot, Cast Agency Denmark a DKK 385 registration fee and JS Total Booking DKK 98 for a profile; the amounts are on the profiles.
- The Danish Fashion Ethical Charter, run by Copenhagen Fashion Week, requires a model to be 16 (15 with dispensation and an adult), payment for work, and an LMS health check for every Danish model at a charter agency, paid for by the agency. International models at Copenhagen Fashion Week file a medical certificate valid for 2 years, usually paid for by the foreign agency or the model. The next fashion week, AW27, runs from 1 to 5 February 2027.
Sources: Smash Agency – pagrindinis puslapis ir skyriai (Åboulevarden 66, 2. sal, 8000 Aarhus C) · Smash Agency – apie agentūrą (Louise Greve ir Anja Aarestrup Lund; „Børsen Gazelle“ 2024 ir 2025 m.) · Smash Agency – paraiškos (šešios nuotraukos; be ūgio ir dydžio apribojimų; atrankos tik agentūroje; atsakymas per 8 dienas) · Smash Agency – komanda (biuro adresas; Kopenhagos adreso nėra) · Trustpilot – Smash Agency atsiliepimai (3,8 iš 5, 17 atsiliepimų, profilis neperimtas; 1 800 DKK įvadinė fotosesija pagal atsiliepimų autorius; tikrinta 2026-10-18) · MigogAalborg (2023-10-16) – Smash Agency vaikų atranka „Salling“ Olborge · CVR registro kopija (cvrapi.dk) – „Smash Agency ApS“, CVR 40640193, įregistruota 2019-07-02 · Legend Model – pagrindinis puslapis ir skyriai · Legend Model – kontaktai (Ryesgade 6, 1 aukštas; Peter Niebuhr; agentės Louise Hyhne Rohard ir Olivia Kaae Eriksen) · Legend Model – paraiškos (merginos 174–184 cm nuo 12 metų, vaikinai 184–192 cm nuo 14 metų; penkios nuotraukos be makiažo) · Legend Model – sąlygos užsakovams (100 DKK sveikatos ir gerovės mokestis už modelį ir užsakymą; 18 skyrius apie DI, atnaujintas 2026-09-21) · Lasso.dk – „ANDMM ApS“ pervadinta į „LEGEND Model ApS“ 2020-09-12; Peter Niebuhr Rasmussen anksčiau valdė INQ Models · CVR registro kopija (cvrapi.dk) – „LEGEND Model ApS“, CVR 37123536, įregistruota 2015-09-23 kaip „ANDMM ApS“ · Fashion Forum (2014-08-01) – INQ Models prisijungė prie Unique Models ir uždarė apkūnių modelių skyrių; Maja Volmark įkūrė Volume Model Management · Cylex – „INQ Models ApS“, Kystvejen 65, Bergmodels ir Niebuhr Models sujungimas (paieškos rezultatas) · Le Management – kontaktai (Orhusas: Åboulevarden 52, 2–4 aukštas, 8000 Aarhus C; PVM DK33060009) · Le Management – apie agentūrą (įkurta 2010 m.; Le Management Kids įsigyta 2012 m.; Le Management Society nuo 2018 m.) · Le Management – etikos įsipareigojimas (chartijos bendrasteigėja; asmeninis agentas kiekvienam modeliui) · Le Management – atviras kvietimas (paraiškos puslapis su Orhuso adresu) · Le Management Kids – kontaktai (Orhuso biuras Åboulevarden 52, CVR 33060009) · Le Management Kids – pagrindinis puslapis (skyriai pagal miestą: Kopenhaga, Orhusas, Stokholmas, Geteborgas) · Lex.dk – Le Management (įkurta 2010 m. Orhuse; Mathilde Brandi, Laura Julie, Line Brems; Little People) · CVR registro kopija (cvrapi.dk) – „Le Management ApS“, CVR 33060009, registruota buveinė Åboulevarden 52, Orhusas, 106 darbuotojai · TV 2 (2025-09-05) – sukčiai „Instagram“ tinkle apsimetinėjo Le Management skautais · Unique Models – kontaktai (Orhuso biuras Maren Smeds Gyde 9, 1. sal; Gry Halling Voetmann ir Martin Julian) · Unique Models – apie agentūrą (nuo 1989 m.; skyriai mainboard, direct, development, Unique Creatives) · Unique Models – paraiškos (nuo 14 metų; atvira atranka penktadieniais 14–16 val.; trys nuotraukos be makiažo) · Unique Models – klausimai ir atsakymai (pradžia ir kursai nemokami; sutartis vieniems metams; modeliai nesveriami) · Jyllands-Posten (2010-01-28) – Unique Models atidaro padalinį Orhuse nuo 2010-03-01 · Randers Amtsavis (2010-02-06) – Orhuso biuras Søndergade gatvėje nuo 2010-03-15, vadovė Henriette Schausen · Salling Group pranešimas spaudai (2018-04-04) – septintoji „Salling“ ir Unique Models atranka; Solveig Mørk · Salling renginių kalendorius – modelių paieška su Unique Models 2026-10-17 Orhuse ir 2026-10-16 Olborge · Proff.dk – „Unique Århus“, CVR 13403147 gamybos padalinys Maren Smeds Gyde 9 (paieškos rezultatas) · CVR registro kopija (cvrapi.dk) – „Unique Models of Copenhagen A/S“, CVR 13403147, įregistruota 1989-08-01 · Lex.dk – Unique Models (savininkai, atrasti modeliai, pirmoji Danijoje įvedė sveikatos patikras) · Casablanca Models – DUK vaikų kandidatams (500 DKK bandomoji fotosesija; 80 % darbų Kopenhagoje arba Orhuse) · Casablanca Models – „Model for a day“ (1 950 DKK) · Trustpilot – Casablanca Models (2,7 iš 5, 24 atsiliepimai; kontaktinis adresas Jægergårdsgade 76, Orhusas) · MigogAarhus (2024-02-15) – Cast Agency Denmark vaikų atranka Orhuse · Business of Fashion – Mona Tougaard (iš Orhuso; Elite Model Look 2017; Prada ir Chanel AW19) · Danijos mados etikos chartija – pasirašiusiųjų sąrašas (Le Management, LEGEND Model, Unique Models, Diva Models, & Model Management) · Danijos mados etikos chartija – tekstas (amžius 16, 75 DKK sveikatos patikros mokestis sąskaitose) · Arbejdstilsynet – leidimas vaikui iki 13 metų dalyvauti fotosesijoje · Life in Denmark – atvykus: CPR numeris, tarptautiniai piliečių aptarnavimo centrai (ICS West Orhuse) · datacvr.virk.dk – Danijos įmonių registras (CVR patikra)
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How this list is made
The list includes every agency that represents models. We check the facts on each agency's own website, in public company registers, on association member lists and in the press, and publish what we find: fees charged to applicants, schools, company status, press reports, history and memberships. We do not vouch for or recommend agencies. No agency pays to be listed and there are no rankings. Last checked: 2026-10-10.
01How many modeling agencies are there in Aarhus?
This catalogue lists 4 agencies in Aarhus, including Le Management (Aarhus), Legend Model, Unique Models (Aarhus) and Smash Agency. It includes every agency that represents models; we do not vouch for them, and each profile shows the facts we found, good and bad.
02How many modeling agencies are there in Aarhus?
The catalogue has four of the 32 Danish agencies: Smash Agency (registered 2019), Legend Model (a company since 2015, under its present name since 2020), the Aarhus office of Le Management, which is also the company's registered seat, and the Aarhus branch of Unique Models, opened in March 2010. Three of them sit on or next to Åboulevarden. A fifth agency, Casablanca Models, is in Ebeltoft, 45 km away, but holds test shoots in Aarhus too. Copenhagen has 16 agencies in the catalogue.
03Do Aarhus agencies charge new models?
None of the four states a fee to applicants on its site. For Smash Agency, four Trustpilot reviews (June 2022, September 2023, January and May 2024) say new models paid for an introduction portfolio shoot themselves, one giving DKK 1,800. The agency has not replied and has not claimed its Trustpilot profile, so these are the reviewers' claims. Unique Models says in its Q&A file that starting and the courses are free for the model. Legend Model's client terms carry a health and well-being fee of DKK 100 per model per booking; the client pays it, not the model. Danish law neither sets nor bans an agency's fees to models.
04Where are open castings held in Aarhus?
Unique Models holds an open casting every Friday from 14.00 to 16.00 (except holidays); the agency takes applicants from age 14 only. With the Salling department store it also holds large castings: the seventh took place on 6 April 2018, and Salling's event calendar listed a model search on 17 October 2026 in Aarhus and 16 October 2026 in Aalborg. Smash Agency says it casts only face to face at the agency, never over a webcam. Cast Agency Denmark held a casting for children aged 3 to 16 in Aarhus in February 2024.
05Is Le Management an Aarhus or a Copenhagen agency?
Legally, an Aarhus one. The Danish national encyclopaedia Lex says Le Management was founded in Aarhus in 2010 by Martin Lyne and Jannick Lindberg, and that the Copenhagen, Stockholm and Hamburg offices came later. In the company register Le Management ApS (CVR 33060009) was registered on 8 July 2010 and its registered office is still Åboulevarden 52 in Aarhus. The catalogue has two records for the agency, one for the Aarhus office and one for Copenhagen. The kids division, Le Management Kids, has its own office at the same Aarhus address.
06What happened to Diva Models?
Diva Models was the oldest agency in Aarhus: according to Lex it was founded in 1987 by Lene Tinning Barbagallo, Jette Mondrup and Lina Barbagallo, had models such as Marianne Schrøder, Maria Gregersen and Stefan Kristensen, and was a member of the Danish Fashion Ethical Charter. The company Diva Models ApS (CVR 29611270) was dissolved by merger into Diva Models Holding ApS on 8 June 2026, divamodels.com no longer resolves, and the last press items (Århus Stiftstidende, June 2024) were about loss-making accounts. The catalogue has no live record for it, although its name is still on the charter's signatory list.
07From what age do Aarhus agencies take applications?
Legend Model takes girls from age 12 (174-184 cm) and boys from 14 (184-192 cm). Unique Models says it is not a kids agency, so it takes applicants from 14, and prefers models to be 16 before working in Denmark, as the Danish Fashion Ethical Charter provides. Smash Agency has no height or size limits and has a kids and teens board, and Le Management Kids works with children. Children under 13 need a permit from the Working Environment Authority (Arbejdstilsynet); from 13, shoots and shows are allowed without a permit within the safety rules.

